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The final five posters have arrived! After a sleepless night of drawing illustrations of "The Electric Double-Decker" buses. From learning the workings of an electric double-decker bus to studying vintage Indian advertisement posters, The project not only taught me patience but I got the opportunity to explore new illustrations.

News! The final poster design assignment begins! We were asked about the latest news (near to 48 hours) and studied deep into the news we selected for ourselves. From the World Cup finals to the Uttarakhand tunnel disaster, people brought up many news from around the world. I chose the news " Electric Double Decker Bus Starts in Andheri, Mumbai". A spacious public transport with 0 carbon footprint and a nostalgic vibe for a Mumbaikar caught my eye. I got my idea approved after my batchmates' unsuccessful attempt to shoot down my idea( we were asked to shoot down the idea). The study for the promotion of electric double-decker buses begins!

Heya! The mornings have been chilly and sweaters and mufflers can be seen around. Students started going back to their homes for Diwali. After the Power typo poster, our group levels up to the interactive poster with the concept of "Be the hero of your own Story". Brainstorming about the concept was a big deal. Scrolling through Pinterest for inspiration and discussing the topic with friends with military backgrounds helped us understand military power and how a citizen gets to hold the power of not only being the hero of other people's stories but also of being the hero of their own story. Ma'am accepted the concept.. but making the poster interactive was a difficult phase for the four of us. Discussion through online meets and getting lights, sun board, and mirror, all included in our interactive poster.

Hey everyone! Here's an update on the power poster project. We finally came up with a concept and started working on the poster design. As graphic design students, we're used to rejecting our own work before it gets rejected by the faculty. The poster we designed was typographic, and as expected, we had to make some changes and do some redos before it was approved. We even bargained with our professor for decent marks. Sometimes I think we annoy her a lot, like when we write emails just to take a coffee break.

In the previous blog post, this is our second assignment where we will be focusing on a specific power within our group of four - Armaan, Pragya, Manas, and myself. We created a mind map to help us with this task. we had to give a presentation about the mindmap we created and yes it was the most difficult part. After conducting thorough research and discussing with Ma'am, we decided to focus on both political and physical power. our exploration led us to discover that military power has a close connection to both political and physical power. As a result, we expanded our research to include military power. We brainstormed various ideas and then, with the guidance of our faculty and further research, we moved on to explore concepts with the taglines, "You decide self before service or service before self." and "Survive? more like sir vibe!"

The day started with the pleasant fragrance of coffee as graphic design students embarked on their journey to create their second poster design. The theme assigned to them was "POWER". They had to brainstorm different ideas related to the theme, resulting in a diverse range of inputs. Some of the words that came up were Newton, nepotism, responsibility, etc. The activity was quite enjoyable and interactive. After the brainstorming session, the students formed groups and began mind mapping.

Welcome to another blog post about a typical day in the life of a graphic design student. The autumn morning started with Milly Ma'am giving us a fresh redo of our first assignment. The project was called #KnowYourClassmate or KYC, and we had to partner up with a classmate and create a poster introducing them. My partner was Pragya J., who is also the new kid in our class. Despite being good friends, we realized that we didn't know each other as well as we thought we did. We worked on our poster and then waited for Ma'am's feedback. As she reviewed the posters, we learned many things that we missed in our previous modules. Her feedback was not overly critical, but it helped us to see the mistakes we had made while creating the posters. It was like she was untying our blindfolds and showing us things that we had missed.