Write It Loud
“I worked for a paper company all these years and never wrote anything down.” There were plenty of things that pulled a string here and there in my heart as I watched the Finale episode of “The Office”. But this seemingly simple dialogue by Phyllis totally blew my mind and resonated with me at various […]
Living a Speculation
The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020 and on 11 February 2020, WHO announced a name for the new coronavirus disease: COVID-19. Though all this was going on it really did not matter to people in India until the following news broke, “India recorded its second fatality […]
What is Design?
Where do I start? There are so many definitions. Google gives me 3,73,00,00,000 answers in less than a second. Every time I sit down to think about what design means, I get a new answer. It is honestly confusing and intriguing at the same time. Even after being in the conscious process of designing for […]
A Blessing or a Curse?
I was always very thrilled to watch all those fiction movies, be it alien or a science fiction or movies based on some natural calamities. It all looked so adventurous with the technological advancement and computerization of the cinema. But today when I myself am stuck with the lockdown, I am actually able to feel […]
Beeswax
Among different by-products of the beekeeping wax is an important by-product. It is a complex mixture of several components consisting of mainly free fatty acids. The pure beeswax consists of 284 different compounds. Worker bees start secreting wax when they are of 12-18 days old. The wax is liquid at the time of secretion but […]
Brawny Bull
Brawny Bull collection can be described as a relationship between dream and dreamers, which transforms something into surreal and fantasy dreamworld. The implicit comparison between the real and imaginary tends to get quite fuzzy. The collection is indicative of metaphors that are strongly entrenched as well as provisional or tentative. This varying collection of my paintings […]
Is it Okay? Or it’s Okay!
During this wonderful period when everybody is busy discovering their inner strengths, talents, health goals, discipline etc. there would be many of us who would be facing one more severe crisis inside our “MINDS” besides the outside pandemic crisis. So what is basically going in our minds? Why I am not able to do the […]
An Animator’s Survival Tools
One of the most repeatedly asked questions by a budding animator is- “What software should I learn?” The question sounds rather ordinary. However, to become a professional Animator and getting into your dream job, it is very essential to gain wide exposure to the culture you are stepping into. For many years now, the rapid […]
World Reloaded
While there is a lot of uncertainty about the future and a fear of how “tomorrow” will unfold, one thing that we should remind ourselves time and again is that this health crisis shall soon be a past but so will this time. There is a ray of hope even on the adversity we are […]
Design Transitions
This painting depicts the idea of how design has evolved over a period, changed lifestyles of the people and had an enormous impact on different design fields. Design is an integral aspect of every field such as Fashion, accessory, architecture, automobile, graphics, animation, etc. Painting by Ajay Chowdhury displayed at UID (Karnavati University, Gandhinagar); | […]
