Letterpressed 3D invite: Zipline Canopy tour

This is a 3D invitation for the Inaugural Zipline Canopy Tour from Flying Squirrel Adventures. The actual invite card and the elements inside the box are all letterpressed at the UCO Letterpress lab. Each tree and cloud from the below sheets were diecut and placed in the box to show the invitee what environment they will be ziplining in. The flying squirrel in the logo was hand illustrated.

Paper used: Neenah Royal Sundance Felt 

Flying Squirrel Adventures- Work in Progress

A zipline canopy tour invitation from Flying Squirrel Adventures! Just got these letterpressed and so excited to put it together. It's going to be a shadow box with the pine trees and mountain tops in it. I will definitely post more pictures once assembled! 

This was letterpressed at the UCO Letterpress lab and paper used was Neenah Royal Sundance felt. Stay tuned for progress pictures!

Get Your Monster On!

The monster cards are finally done! This is a pack of cards for monsters who aren't very good at scaring people. These friendly monsters just need some tips to get their scare on!
These cards were letterpressed at the UCO Letterpress lab and all the illustrations are vectored.

Having a studio job as a student

At times, it is challenging to manage my time between school and my job. But to be honest, I would not have it any other way. Working at Ackerman McQueen has taught me so much over the past seven months. I started off as an intern in August of last year, and then my internship turned into a part-time job. Being a junior in design school, this is incredibly exciting. My job has given me a lot of real world experience, as well as design know-how. I have a great mentor that encourages and inspires me to push myself and be the best designer I can. There are a lot of things that they don't teach you in design school, and I feel like my job has taught me all that and more. It is truly a pleasure working at a studio and being excited to go into work every day. As I said earlier, I would not have it any other way. This job is going to continue to teach me a lot, and I will just keep absorbing all the knowledge I can possibly get.

My advice to anyone in design school: Please take a chance and get an internship your junior year. It is going to completely change the way you think and the way you work. It is truly the best experience of my life.

Spring Break plans!

It's finally spring break! The semester has been going really slow and I am glad to have a week without school at last.
Yes, I still have projects due after break, but it helps to have some down time. I will be flying to Chicago Wednesday and spend some time there. I am very excited and look forward to do something else other than design! Chicago is definitely one of my favorite cities, and since I come from Mumbai, India, I like the busy-ness of the Windy City. I feel like I belong
in a busy place like that.

Chesapeake Boathouse: Photography

Oklahoma has a lot of hidden gems, and one of them is the Chesapeake boathouse. The architecture
of this boathouse is very unique and modern. Set in bricktown, this gem definitely stands out.
This is a fun little photography assignment where I integrated descriptive words into the pictures.
Here are some of my favorites:

Are you a graphic designer?

If you answered yes to that question, I highly recommend you read 'How to be a graphic designer without losing
your soul' by Adrian Shaughnessy.  It is one of the most insightful books I had read about design and it has given
a fresh perspective of the industry I am a part of.



















This book combines practical advice with philosophical guidance to help young professionals embark on their careers.
It talks about a multitude of things, from interview dos and don'ts and how to start your career, to setting up your own design studio. It also contains interviews from renowned designers like Stefan Sagmeister, and also has a foreword by Chip Kidd. The book focuses on various current issues related to design, and offers expert guidance on what to do after you finish design school.

Each page contains nuggets of wisdom and the author's style of writing is very personal. So it feels like you have a professional mentor when you read. The book is an excellent manual that talks about things that are not really taught
to you in design school. The new edition, which has the charcoal cover, has updated interviews, excerpts, and also a bonus section on digital design.

If you are a designer, you need to have this book on your bookshelf. Once you start reading it, you will not be able to
put it down. That, I promise.

You can buy the book here