an inter-disciplinary design portfolio

apoorva Bansal

designportfolio

Textile

live projectsToys

Graphic

product

Textile wall streetShiboriprint pattern

I chose to work in particular with the indian street culture.Indian streets is a perfect example of coming together of incompatible elements, yet blending in to create a certain ambience and mood.Since the indian streets was too diverse a theme, i narrowed down to imagery on walls, trucks, and posters.

wall street.

Patterns and Sketches for screen print

print swatches.

print swatches.

print swatches.

print swatches.

print swatches.

print swatches.

print swatches.

print swatches.

Screen print swatches

I worked and experimented with a number of shibor i dying techniques such as Arashi, Itaj ime, Nui Shibor i etc. and combined with techniques such as degumming and heat sets. I a lso had an opportunity to play around with a lot of colour.

shibori

It is a hoodie combined with s leeves to form a shrug-l ike garment. I used layer ing and degumming for the s leeves and heatsets for the hoodie to make an unconvent ional wearable piece.

Prints done on cloth using pigments and textures

obtained and inspired from nature.

Print making

Patterns which are inspired by the elements and moti fs in nature and giv ing them a contemporary touch.

Pattern

productwall street

contain and concealtextile art

An abstract headpiece using mult ip les of yarn vessels and spheres, by wrapping yarn around bal loons and fevicol . My concept was inspired by the rural women in India and the way the baskets and containers they carry modify their s ih l louette .

contain and conceal

A lamp created out of a broken umbrel la using the burn technique by aggarbatt is to make patterns and create shadows. It a lso aimed at recycl ing of a waste product l ike a broken umbrel la.

TExtile art

This was the final project for my screen print course. Since i was using waste to create my swatches, i decided to further use junk to create products out of my prints. I used cycle tyres and fabric to create a temporary room partition.

wall street.

wall street.This was the final project for my screen print course. Since i was using waste to create my swatches, i decided to further use junk to create products out of my prints. I used cycle tyres and fabric to create a temporary room partition. I also made a lamp using the technique of rust dyeing, overlayed with screen printing.

live projectsco creationastitva

hoysala heritage 1hoysala heritage 2Weavers studio

This was a l ive project i worked on in Belur. The purpose of the project was to convert old bui ld ings and houses in Belur into homestays so as to retain the Hoysala her i tage value. I designed this col lect ion, ‘NAMA’ for the home furnishings of the homestays. The moti fs and patterns are inspired by the architecture of the window gr i l ls , the rangol i in front of their houses and architecture in and around the Hoysala temples.

HOYSALA HERITAGE PROJECT

‘NAMA’

This was the second part of this l ive project. I worked on layout and ambience of a restaurant to eventual ly design a range of lamps to be used as highl ights. I mainly aimed to use easy and cost fr iendly mater ia ls so that they can also provide employment opportunit ies to the local craftsmen.

hoysala heritage project ii

Thread, Handmade paper, Paints

Bamboo sl i t in half

Paper, Wood, OHP sheets, Acryl ics

WEAVERS STUDIO

I interned at the reknowned design studio ‘Weavers Studio’ in Calcutta. It was an unbelievable learning experience, not just in relation to work, but also as an understanding the dyanamics of a

proffessional work place.

Screen Prints

Woven Stoles

Block Prints

Co creat ion was a project held over 2 weeks which involved faci l i tat ion and creat ion with a group urban poor women embroiderers of Bangalore. The project involved introducing design methodolgy through workshops.The f inal products which were developed through this workshop were both contemporay and exhibited the versatal i ty of this technique.

co-creation

FINAL PRODUCTS : Cushion Covers, Hair Accessories, Pencil Pouches etc.

A board game developed to expose tourists in Kutch to the craft and the lives of the craftsmen of the weaving village of Bhujodi. The game is aimed to make the information more interactive, hence interesting. The Physical form of the game can be used for other purposes as well.It was also featured at the LENS conference 2010 held at Srishti.

Astitva

toylab 2011

An exhibition set up by a team of 9 students and headed by Anders Sandell, leader of the Toy lab at Srishti. The theme was the attack of the giant evil plush octopus on the 8 cities, each city being set up between the two legs of the octopus. Each city then had a toy being invented, to help the city break out of the control of the octopus!

toys TOy labmonstro-city

TOY LAB

This toy suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). It was designed to encourage

story-telling and imagination around itself since it involves multiple characters within one toy. One character opens into another

one and so on. Its a basic idea of a stuff toy but taken forward in terms of interactivity and

imagination. It also intrigues the child as it creates a mystery and surprise as well.

multipleplay

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monstro-cityThe toy revolvs around a similar concept as the MPD toy in form. However, these are travel plush toys. They come in the for of a bag monster with contains all the other characters, hence providing as a personal piece of luggage for the child. Moreover, it also has customisable features to make it more personal and engaging for the child. The monsters are travellers, collecters and explorers, and each provide an interaction in order to give the child company while they travel!

Ooohah.Ooohah cannot believe what his eyes acan see. He is in so much awe that he hasn’t blinked in years! He likes to remember all his good memories in his belly where his brain is.

Flap Flap. Since he has seen birds on the planet, Flapflap just cannot stop wishing he could fly!. Now he is on a mission. To collect as many feathers so that he can get he can build his own monster wings!

bwaak.Bwaak poor Bwaak. He is a travel freak! But oh no, speed makes him so so sick! He gets all dizzy and wants to throw up!

Some iterations of the journal that comes along with the toy.

The child can fill it up and stick things making it more interesting. It tells the story of each of the character and at the back has a list of statistics which can be then filled up by the kid completely upto his imagination!

wash care‘The monsters of Monstro-city have always been phobic of big washing

machines. It all started when a monstro-tian Boop tried to take a bath

in a latest automatic water heating machine instead of simply taking one in the tub, too lazy to heat up water. What

came out after the wash, Monstro-city will never forget. Half shrunken- half

colourless poor Boop. He still shivers when he hears the sound of the

machine! It seems Monstro-tians dont agree to the current and the motion

of the machine. So take care of your Monstro-tians and give them a gentle bath with your hands using only luke

warm water and some soap. They are not as strong as they pretend to be!’

graphiclayoutbusiness card

collagesketch and paint

toy brandillustation and character design

layoutA hypothetical identity redisign for Reader’s Digest

Business card

front back

Branding for wall street.Screen print project

Kipshake is a monster of many stories,wrapped in his arms are his multiple histories !

Alas life for Kipshake is not as easy as it seems, with the soul of one monster, he lives seven different lives,and each night has seven different dreams!

Open him up, meet each of the his inner friend,listen to their tales, play with them, show them some love, and help Kipshake’s life mend!

Billy Cho is a monster real crooked,for his dream is to steal all the cats in the world , make them sit still all day long, oh isnt that super wicked?

But some cats are smarter than what he thinks, they hide so cleverly, Billy cant trace the missing links !

Can you spot them anywhere around?I think they can see you ,laughing but trying so hard not to make any sound!

Meet the super tough monster

HOOHOO, the fighter against evil !Anyone out to harm you?No worries , he is always there, all you do is whistle !

The buttons on his body are his most important toolsbut the kind soul that he ishe doesnt mind sharing them with youto ward off evil fools !

Moony the monster was obsessed with the moon, so much so, he ate it up!oh such a loon!

But now he is never afraid of the dark,for he has the moonlight forever in his heart. So If you ever feel scared of the night,call out to Moonyfor the shining moon and the stars so bright!

for Bookbeast the monster, books were life.he read and he read and he read and he read,until the time everything had been fed into his head.

Little did he realise since he had not seen the mirror, he himself was turning into a page, of words, drawings, numbers and could not look funnier !

Dromee the monster is a strange little thing,he doesnt have a face of his own,nor can he sing!

He becomes what you wish for,just draw, paint and colour.give him a face, some teeth and maybe a superpower!

Have fun and use your imagination,for this monster can be your own personal creation !

Wishbone is a monster loved by manyfor he grants wishes and makes dreams come true, be it any!

How is that possible you wonder?His horns are magic horns with lovely rainbow colours !

They grant your wish if you want it with all your might . so share your secrets and wishes in his heart, and everything will be alright!

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illustrationandcharacter design

t-shirt design

illustrations for story books

Collage for a local magazine

Sketching and Painting