Here are a few of my hobbies and projects I did over the past few years.
I always find identity design projects a lot fun. Indulging in the exercise of identifying key traits that define something/someone or visualizing new traits where they intend to move, is always challenging and exciting.
The first project here was my attempt at redesigning the IKEA logo. Undertaken as a project in a design course, this was my first encounter with identity/brand design.
The second project showcased here are my experiments with self-branding. The current logo I use was a result of an iterative and confusing process. Deciding the key factors that represent you is always a tough task to pick and requires immense self-awareness.
Thinking of a way to capture the all inclusiveness of design, I dabbled a lot with circularly symmetric designs as well as ambigrams. Some of them even abstract.
After all the experimentation, I arrived on the current logo. The current logo uses the negative space much more efficiently while also being an ambigram.
I thoroughly enjoy carving wood to make useful contraptions. There's some organic quality to wood that makes its aesthetic appeal really difficult to replicate. The project showcased here is a 'Bedside Laptop Table' I designed during my undergrad. The table was specifically designed for the beds in our dorm rooms and can fold beneath the bed when not in use thereby removing any obstructions.
I've always found 3D Printing fascinating. The flexibility that Additive Manufacturing techniques provides over the conventional subtractive ones is immense and the ability to create quick scaled prototypes just sets it apart for me.
As part of a Studio course, we were tasked to re-design a flexion testing apparatus used in research by the Biomechanical Lab at Penn State. After understanding the constraints presented by the lab and the additional functionalities they wanted, we designed a new apparatus leveraging 3D printing to create a foot mold for better testing performance. Click here to read more about this project.
In this re-design projecting undertaken during a Design for Additive Manufacturing course, I was tasked to modify a mobile charging station posted on Thingiverse by adding an additional functional feature to it. The modified charging station I made was socket agnostic, foldable and was shaped like 'Batman' logo to induce hedonistic values for increasing the design's sustainability. Click here to read more about this project.
Done as a part of the same Design for Additive Manufacturing course, we were tasked to leverage the flexibility offered by 3D printing to create a topologically optimized bracket. This was part of an expired challenge posted online and we compared the final designs we obtained through conventional designing and 3D printing. Click here to read more about this project.
I avidly enjoy photography, especially macro. Having captured something from a camera lens not only is a great way to save a place and a memory but sometimes also gives much needed difference in perspective.
