The document outlines a creative portfolio for a Master's in Design program, featuring various projects including a landscape calendar, a photocopy management device, and branding concepts for Indian spices. It details the development of design ideas through sketches and models, emphasizing collaboration and guidance from various professors. The portfolio showcases a range of materials and techniques applied through the projects, highlighting the author's artistic journey.

2. ImagIne Tree
Portfolio for admissions to Master in Design programme. Landscape calendar format with 8 leaves and Above Original Artwork
spine inspired from personal artwork,
Below left Details of Spine
The Imagine Tree – Know where you are from, but always try to reach ever higher
Below Pages and Wrapped Up
Self Moulded PVC Pipe finished in Silver Acrylic and decorative paper

3. PaPerweIghT
Above Ideation Sketches
Below left Morphology matrix
Paper management device for photocopying outlets on campus. Uses the weight of the document to hold
it down. Unobtrusive and simple device that is cheap and simple to use. Below Photocopying outlet with fan on high speed
Inspired by fingers separating sheets
Finished in Styrene
Guide: Prof. P Yammiyavar

4. gender SPecIfIc handleS
Above Initial sketches to illustrate the idea
Below left Rear view, Female and Male holds
Below Obtaining handprints using dough
Developed to extend the difference in bicycle structures all the way to the grips, Dough used to obtain
sample handprints from which universal contours were approximated.
Rendered in copper to ease surface analysis
Guide: Prof. D Chakrabarti

5. logo
Logo designed from two initials of our own names. Glyphs of the Arabic letters for ‘M‘ and ‘H’ used to Above Skeleton of the Logo
reflect the arabic name.
Below left Potential colour combinations
Proportions set with use of Golden Ratio.
Below Various iterations considered
Guide: Prof. U Barua

6. SPIralIS
Above Seal, printed on cap; Promos
Below left Logo evolution
Visual Identity workshop for hypothetical promotion of Indian Spices
Below Kiosk and Bottle
Worked as part of a team developing a product for the luxury sector. Name, logo and ‘Seal of Quality’
designed for Indian Spices to be blended with other cuisines
Benchmarked against perfumes and cosmetics for the same market segment
Conducted by Prof. Iko Avital

7. ceramIcS
Above Baked tiles laid in formation
Below left Mood board
Fountain concept developed under the theme of ‘Wet Ceramic’ in a workshop at DoD, where the spout
of water chases people near the installation. Below Close up, Cutting using templates
Tile pattern designed and fabricated as part of a team of three.
Conducted by Prof. Goutam Das (Shantiniketan)

8. eScargoT
Above Modelling in Plastacine
Below left Snails as inspiration
Concept designed to take care of tangled earphones. Inspired from a snail, hence the name.
Below Design development
Spiral form is touchy-feely and covex to sit in the hollow of the hand
Modelled in Plastacine

9. ShaTranj
Above Sketches
Below left Using templates for accuracy
Form Studies using Chess Pieces as subjects. First set developed to convey the movement of individual
pieces while maintaining a familial resmeblance Below Finished first set
Second set to be developed to bring out the character of the pieces
Modelled in Plaster
Guide: Prof. Avinash Shende

10. maTerIalS worked wITh
Polystyrene Gift Box
Hand Molded PVC pipe
Form development from plaster
Dough handle Plastacine 1:1 model Clay Tiles from templates Bamboo Monitor Frame Paper Archemedian Solid

11. SkeTcheS

12. PhoTograPhy
Above
Below left
Below
Shot with Nikon D3000 and Olympus FE-320
Location: Guwahati and Dubai

13. PhoTograPhy
Above
Below left
Below
Shot with Nikon D3000 and Olympus FE-320
Location: Abu Dhabi and Dubai

14. PhoTograPhy
Above
Below left
Below
Shot with Nikon D3000
Location: Guwahati and Dubai

15. Mufaddal Shabbir Husein
DoD, IIT Guwahati