Designed this way podcast is an initiative to start candid conversations with designers and other creative folks, to bring out the stories about the realities of living a creative life.
Not just the stories of courage, hard work and success but also the stories of mistakes, rejections and doubts. These wide-ranging conversations also reveal the diversity of thoughts, practices and opinions that exist in the creative world.
Made by Kawal Oberoi for young creatives and creatives who are young at heart.
It's designed this way.
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Designed this way podcast is an initiative to start candid conversations with designers and other creative folks, to bring out the stories about the realities of living a creative life.
Not just the stories of courage, hard work and success but also the stories of mistakes, rejections and doubts. These wide-ranging conversations also reveal the diversity of thoughts, practices and opinions that exist in the creative world.
Made by Kawal Oberoi for young creatives and creatives who are young at heart.
It's designed this way.
Ishita is an illustrator and graphic designer from New Delhi. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and is currently pursuing her masters in Illustration as Visual Essay at the School of Visual Arts, New York. She loves to document moments from her life and travels in her sketchbooks. She co-authored and illustrated - The Girl who went to the Stars and Other Extraordinary Lives, a book published by Penguin Random House, India. On this episode, we talk about Ishita’s journey as a designer and about how she acquired the obsessive habit of documentation through sketching. She also shares with us her struggles in finding a right work-life balance and her efforts to build sustainable work habits.
SECTIONS - TIME INDEX
Childhood and Early influences - 00:02:00
Design Education at NID - 00:11:30
Graduation Project - 00:21:26
Part-time job with a start-up - 00:24:40
Book - ‘The Girl Who Went to the Stars: and Other Extraordinary Lives’ - 00:28:55
Masters Program at SVA - 00:41:50
Project - Unladylike - 00:55:00
Thesis Project - 01:02:00
RELEVANT LINKS
Ishita Jain - ishitajain.in
Ishita Jain Instagram - www.instagram.com/ishitajain24
Streams in Indian Senior Secondary education - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_India#12th_(Senior_Secondary_or_Higher_Secondary)_Exam
Cuttlefish - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish
My podcast with Rajesh Dahiya - designedthisway.com
I can draw (Book) - https://books.google.co.in/books/about/I_Can_Draw.html?id=9CHpeNGWPYgC&redir_esc=y
Ruskin Bond - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruskin_Bond
Entomology - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomology
Gemology - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemology
NID - www.nid.edu
Srishti Institute - http://srishti.ac.in
Green Goose Design - www.greengoosedesign.com
Tarun Deep Giridhar - www.nid.edu/hi/people/faculty/tarun-deep-girdher.html
Guesthouser - www.guesthouser.com
The Girl Who Went to the Stars: and Other Extraordinary Lives - www.amazon.in/Girl-Who-Went-Stars-Extraordinary/dp/0143442627
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls - https://www.rebelgirls.co/products/good-night-stories-for-rebel-girls
Naomi Kundu - www.naomikundu.com
Kalpana Chawla - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla
Janaki Ammal - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaki_Ammal
SVA - sva.edu
Visual Journalism - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_journalism
Parsons New School - newschool.edu/parsons/
Pratt Institute - pratt.edu
Unladylike - ishitajain.in/unladylike-1
Nariana, Delhi - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraina_Area
Riverside Park (Manhattan) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Park_(Manhattan)
New York Botanical Gardens - www.nybg.org
Roberto Burle Marx - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Burle_Marx
Wendy MacNaughton - wendymacnaughton.com
Dr. Ina Vandebroek - www.nybg.org/person/ina-vandebroek/
Alex W. Crowder - alexmakesthings.com
Auroville - auroville.org
Designed this way
Designed this way podcast is an initiative to start candid conversations with designers and other creative folks, to bring out the stories about the realities of living a creative life.
Not just the stories of courage, hard work and success but also the stories of mistakes, rejections and doubts. These wide-ranging conversations also reveal the diversity of thoughts, practices and opinions that exist in the creative world.
Made by Kawal Oberoi for young creatives and creatives who are young at heart.
It's designed this way.
