Making the Abstract Concrete | CD Studio, 2021 — Every day, as we interact with our environments, we form new memories. The concept of memory seems so abstract, that people often wonder how it works? Sometimes, the most recent events are forgotten while a decade-old memory is still fresh in our minds. At the same time, we may forget…

Communication Design — 2 — Learnings and reflections from the communication design studio taught by Stacie Rohrbach at Carnegie Mellon University. The aim of the project is to address the challenge of making something abstract concrete using communication design, in my case, the Human Memory — how it works, where it exists and why is…

Communication Design — 1 — Learnings and reflections from the communication design studio taught by Stacie Rohrbach at Carnegie Mellon University. Contents Implicit Communication Knowing thy peers Truth Decay Style — Denotation, Connotation and Schema Napkin Sketches Making users cognizant Collective Understanding Whiteboard exercise Design Jam Characteristics of Intervention Navigating a city vs information

We read. We absorb. We forget. It often happens that we read several books about diverse topics, but as time goes by, this knowledge slowly fades away. While we ponder upon the details, some bits go missing from the puzzle. This raises the question of how do we retain the…

I have always been fascinated by fictional stories, but it was the first time I was hooked to a non-fiction book. When I say reading books comes easy to me, and I thoroughly enjoy it, I am most often than not talking about fiction and specifically detective novels and suspense…

Living in the information age, sharing content over social media has become a common activity. But seeing all these different platform, an obvious question that is raised in my mind is are they any different from one-another? …

Although we only get to spend a short amount of time on earth the changes that we experience shapes our lives. In the past 21 years of my existence there have been indeed a lot of notable changes. Now sitting and reflecting back upon those million memories, my mind is…

Wandering through the library and getting lost amongst the thousands of books is an irreplaceable experience. I often go to the library, but going there without any prior aim was a different experience altogether. I explored a number of sections starting from literature all the way to philosophical section.

The campus of IIT Guwahati is located on the northern banks of Brahmaputra and abuts the North Guwahati town of Amingaon. It is often considered as the most beautiful campus in India. However one major problem faced by the residents in campus is to reach the main city located in…