They say not to judge a book by its cover. But they also say that exceptions are always there. There’s no doubt, branding and packaging are the face of any business and product. They decide the way people will receive the brand; whether they will accept it or reject it.

To understand and gain more perspective on this much unsolved mystery, we invited many branding and packaging experts who throw light on the topic.

The Creative Under Lockdown!

We all started this year anticipating many things, but nobody thought of life coming to a complete halt. The Coronavirus pandemic has forced every human to re-evaluate their attitude towards nature and life. We also have been forced to lock down in our houses. Though we are no more in the lockdown, still many unfortunate ones continue to lose their lives and livelihoods.

This isolation has given many of us the time we needed to finish our long pending tasks. Some have turned to art and craft for peace and solace. While most got relaxed and enjoyed their time with family, others used the focussed time to prepare themselves for the life post lockdown. On the other hand, creative freelancers found it helpful for them to focus and produce more as their work setup usually is within their homes. So, to understand how all the creatives have handled the lockdown, we reached many who have been creating and sharing inspirational artworks during this time.

The Design in 2020
Each year starts with many predictions, anticipations and a lot of hope for bad things to go out and good things to come in our life. The year 2020 has already started with eventful initial months and may hold more surprises in coming times. To understand what's coming from the design perspective, we featured some of the best design projects from last year. Also discussed a few broad questions like how minimalism will affect our designs or what all an illustrator to keep in mind to be successful and much more.

So, if you are a curious designer or professional interested in design, then this issue is a must-read and is a collectable with a stunning cover design from Parvati Pillai. 

A Freelancer’s Life in India!

Every day, with a dream of ‘Being Your Boss,’ many creative professionals jump into the pool of freelancing. But many are not well prepared for the life of the freelancer, which brings many challenges along with benefits. So to explore further, we interviewed many freelance illustrators and designers to get answers to the question you should ask before taking the final call of becoming your boss!

So, if you are planning to or have already become a freelancer then this issue is a must-read for you.

Graduate Showcase 2019

Portfolios ready and design graduate all set to grab their first dream job in the studio and agency they admire. And on the other side, the industry is always on the look for the fresh talent to acquire.

The issue is full of advice on, what to expect from your first job, how to be prepared to get the best opportunities and much more. We have also featured some of the exceptionally talented graduates from some of the design colleges and institutes.

So if you are a recent graduate or looking to hire fresh talent, this is a must-have for you. So go ahead and order your copy now!

Designing For Kids

We all design for different audiences and always keep trying to figure out what they would need and how will they react to our designs? But, one audience who is the youngest of all and most difficult to predict is 'Kids'. So, to get more clarity, we focused on animation design, an extensively used medium to influence these young ones.

We interviewed and feature experts opinion from the industry leaders such as Suresh Eriyat, Dhimant Vyas and Vaibhav Kumresh to ponder on the use of animation for early education. Our cover designer, Sonia Tiwari, an animator and visual designer, shared her thoughts on 'How to make learning fun again'. While Suresh Eriyat emphasises on using animation as an effective medium for education, on the other hand, Dhimant Vyas and Vaibhav gave advice on how to make content for the young ones.

This issue is full of veterans advice and a lot of inspirations throughout for every creative soul. So, order your copy or subscribe, before print copies run out and enjoy reading this issue!

Trends of the Year

When celebrations are all around for the new year, everyone is curious about what this new year will bring. So, the rounds of looking back to the past year and trying to predict the new one starts. We started the same exploration through this issue by reaching various experts for their take on the trends for their respective fields.

And with many expert interviews, we got various unique viewpoints, as Elephant Design shared the importance of having a well-thought packaging design for products. And on another hand, VGC gave an insight into, how a brand should be created for the Millennials. But to top it all, with very deep logical design thought, Itu Chaudhuri says that the trends are a modern seasonal disease, and we designers should continue taking it with a grain of ethically-produced, iodide-rich rock or sea salt.

All-in-all this issue is a very interesting and a must-read, if you're looking for greater clarity and want to start your year with a lot of deep design knowledge about the brand development to packaging design, user experience design, to storyboarding and more. 

Yourself as Brand!

Who doesn't want to become famous, when everyone knows your name and especially for us designer, it is the basic dream every design student or young artist dream. But behind every successful studio, artist or designer there are stories of challenges, struggles and their unique solutions to these.

With this issue, we interviewed many well-known names from the creative industry and found their different learnings and experiences behind making their own self as a brand. 

Though they all have a different take on this topic, still they all unanimously emphasise on focusing on their skills and quality delivery of the final outcome.

So, if you are looking to establish yourself as a brand in the creative market or already in the process of it, this issue is a must read. Full of insights and inspirations from the best of the talents, this issue is waiting to reach your desks. Order before the print copies sold out!

The Intern Special!

With the changing weather comes the season of Interns, with fresh new energy everywhere and your talented creatives wanting to test their skills and knowledge in the real world of live creative briefs and super creative professional environment.
 
With this comes many dilemmas like where to intern and how to get selected in your favourite studio. So to bring little more clarity on current market trends of selecting the right interns, we interview some of the well-known studios to find their 'Secret Process' of selection.
 
Where Visakh Viswambharan, founder of Appiness Interactive said that they only 'hire attitude, and train skills'. For him, hunger to learn and go-getter attitude wins the real race in his team. Also, the founder of Wallcano, Arshad Sayyad, seconds the opinion of keeping the right attitude of learning and keeping up with the current trends & social media works for his interns. We also, gathered insights from freelancers, independent designers and seniors creative on the importance of an internship.

With all the insights, this issue is a must-read for internees and fresh talents. Go ahead and order your copy here or subscribe to not miss any future issues!

Freelancer’s Budgeting Special!

Every designer wish to be independent and willing to jump into the word of freelance but most of them unaware of the fundamental challenges of the initial phase. So, we dedicated this issue to freelancers and interviewed some established and talented designers to dig deep for the expert advice.

While illustrator Ritban Das, Pankaj Gole and digital artist Gajanan D. Nirphale shared their experience and advantage they get to be a freelancer. Kevin Roodhorst on the other hand, an experienced freelancer from Amsterdam, has recently shifted to be a full-timer with an Agency says “Freelancing is not all roses!” and shared the best way to survive as a freelancer.

Lavanya Naidu, another expert freelance illustrator & animator, shared more specific key points to grow as a freelancer and manage the most crucial factor, ‘finances’. She also advises to start investing little amounts and save for the rainy day!

This issue is packed with everyone’s share of advise for a freelancer while keeping it open for you to play as per your own rules. So, whether you are a freelancer or planning to be one, this issue is a must-read. Go ahead and order your copy here or subscribe to not miss any future issues!

Every year brings many opportunities and hopes along with celebrations. For this issue, we reached many visual artists and designers to know their expectations from the year 2018.

This issue's cover designer, Shreya Gulati is exceptionally impressed by the advancement of technology in design, especially how VR & AR has impacted new ways of creating. Whereas Seerow Unni, a digital artist sees the simple and minimal design is here to stay for long. On the other hand, Caricature artist from Barcelona (Spain), Ernest Priego Martin is really satisfied with his techniques and materials and doesn't want to see much change in this year. 

Honing and learning new skills is always a quest for every creative. So, whether you have many or none expectations for the year, this issue is a must-read. Go ahead and order your copy here or subscribe to not miss any future issues!

Motion Graphics Special

We all have favourite TV shows and we passionately discuss the stories and characters of it. But sometimes, we tend to ignore the channel and its branding. Now with many different channels to choose from, we are experiencing many new branding overhauls to grab the audience's attention. In this issue, we focused on Motion Graphics design and people behind some awesome channel rebrandings.

This issue features interviews with some of the well-known studios and teams of Motion Graphics from India and overseas, including FutureDeluxe Studio from London, Dynamite Design, Adaar and RocketScience Lab from India. It also includes digital artist, Renju MV, highlighting his exceptional control over the medium.

If you are interested in moving design or animated content then this issue is a must-read for you! So go ahead and order your copy or subscribe if you want to keep receiving your regular dose of inspirations!

As the festivity is all around, every brand or business is trying to impress the Indian audience. But what really works for us Indians? What is an Indian design? And how we can make designs for India?

To understand it, we interviewed some Indian creatives who are successfully creating designs for the Indian audience. Neha Tulisan, the founder of NH1 design, highlights to understand how we Indians live; how we grew up; and what moves us emotionally. Whereas Mira Malhotra, founder of Studio Khol, emphasises on the difference of Western and Indian Sensibilities. Also, we support keeping ourselves connected with Indian cultures, languages, history, aspirations and more, will help find the Indian context in everything we create.

This issue of Creative Gaga is a light read for someone looking for inspirations or insights on Indian design and how the Indian audience can be enticed. So go ahead and order your copy or subscribe if you want to keep receiving a regular dose of inspirations!

Each year around this time, many fresh young talented designers come out as design graduates to join the best of studios and agencies. Despite many find the perfect fit for their talent but still majority faces many dilemmas and questions. So with this issue, we try to explore different views from many well-known studio owners and senior designers. While Anthony Lopez of Lopez Design shared tips on what a studio looks for in a designer, Mohar Ray from Codesign highlights the key aspects that play a significant role and make the difference in whether you are hired or not as a promising designer. 

Also, this issue has an insightful article on ‘Branding with reason and love’ from Itu Chaudhry, founder ICD (Itu Chaudhry Design) along with Siddhi Ranade, explaining his tools of story telling through his unique style of illustrations. This issue is a must read for a talented graduate to a branding expert. Order you copy and enjoy reading it! 

Recent demonisation and changing Taxes has pushed most of us in planning our finances more seriously. So to answer some of the basic questions for designers, freelancers and creative studios, we interviewed some of the creative legends to guide and share their wisdom. The issue includes interactions with Preeti Vyas from VGC on ‘How to pitch for clients or retain the existing one’ and Ashish Deshpande from Elephant on ‘Challenges of working with a startup’, along with some best freelancers like Archan Nair, Shreya Shetty and Paul Sandip, sharing their knowledge of working with various clients. Also, Sachin Puthran from Thatzit.com gave a 10-point no-nonsense guide for studios to handle their finances. 

A must read, if you are planning for the financial year ahead or worried about your handling your money matter, this issue can give you much-needed insight and guide you to a better financial health of your business or freelancing. So don’t wait, just order your copy NOW!

Business Opportunities of 2017!

Every year brings a lot of hope and promises. With a New Year resolutions list (which might be lost by now) and hope of everything will change for good we all welcomed 2017. This issue explored, how these changes will affect our businesses and how we can be prepared for the growth predicted by the experts. The Wise Advice section includes pieces of advice on the web, mobile apps, user interface and user experience from well-known industry experts. Arun Pattnaik, a self-learned UX & UI expert also highlighted the importance of user experience in the process of building a strong brand.

This issue gives you hint about tends to keep an eye on and how to be ready for it! So not just for the business owners but also for upcoming creative entrepreneurs this one is a must read!

Festival & Calendar Design Special!
The season of the festival has started and everyone is preparing to have a unique one this time with less cash and more fun. We interview many creatives who creates promotional or calendar design each year. As most of the thing around us had shifted to digital, even calendar design and the promotion has shifted. But Yorick Pintos, a strategic consultant at studio Kohl suggests that best option would be to a mix of both, the traditional and digital media. Digital Illustrator Nithin Rao Kumblekar also shared his love for the printed calendars and emphasis on the effectiveness of it. If you are interested in print design & want to understand the future of the same. So, go ahead and get your copy!

This is a rebranding special issue focused on finding the answers to some of the basic questions like what is the right time for re-branding? or what all needs changing and how exactly?

We interviewed some of the best branding studios like Landor Mumbai, Elephant, VGC, Inchwork, and many more.  Also highlighted some of the best recent rebranding projects with understanding the concept behind them.

If you are considering rebranding or want to learn more about the art of doing it then this issue is a must read. So, go ahead and order your copy here http://www.creativegaga.com

We all face it! But everyone has their own unique way to come out of it, in this issue we try to explore these different ideas of handling the ‘Creative Burnout’. The most common of all was travelling, through everyone do it in their own unique style. Like Luke Ritchie from South Africa finds the nature and mountains as the best source of inspiration while Sushant Ajnikar says riding his bike and meeting four-legged loyal friends, dogs, on the way is the best way to learn. This issue is bundled with inspirations and suggests you to travel a lot. So, pack your bags and don’t forget to subscribe your copy before you leave! 
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If you are a recent graduate or about to finish your college then this issue may have answers to many of your questions. Like, how to get the best placement or the internship? How to present best in front of the interviewer? Which studio or agency to choose to start your career? How to work in a team or choose to be a freelancer?  This issue has advice from many experts such as Ashwini Deshpande and Gopika Chowfla who gave the secrets of choosing the right intern for their well-known design teams. And on another hand, Rajaram Rajendran and Ranganath Krishnamani advise young designer to gain multiple skills and be the best at them.
Also, recent MIT Post Graduate Vinita Jakkal shares her secret with which she grabbed the great opportunity of joining the Elephant Design, Pune team to start her career.

If you feel that it’s for you then subscribe for print here: CreativeGaga.com/subscribe.php

This Web and App special issue brings forward some very talented digital and web designers along with experts from top few digital/ UI & UX studios of India. Also, Visakh Viswambharan, founder of Appiness Interactive answered a very common client question, ' Why not templates?' in our Vantage View article.

Since stone age when individuals were identified with certain marks, branding has always been an integral part of our life. It has evolved so much that now every success can be connected to branding behind it, but still brand creation has always been a mystery. We interviewed the branding experts, who are behind some of the very successful brands. Lopez Design, have shared the story behind the recently developed branding of 'Bihar Museum' and also shared the basics of brand creation in the 'Gyaan' section. Young visual communication designer like Shaivalini Kumar shared her love for the letter design while experienced graphic designer Anup Shah dwelled upon his passion for calligraphy. In brief, this issue is packed with branding and typography design experts who can help you solve the mystery of the brand creation! Hope you will enjoy the articles!

As the growth of a tree can be determined by the strength of its roots, in same way we can try to presume the growth of design by the quality of fresh talent. So we dedicated this issue to all the design graduates of 2015. It includes all three types of young talent, last year graduates, 2015 graduates and students who will be graduating in next few years.

We also tried to understand the pros and cons of digital medium on our design education and Ms. Deepti Pant, Heads - School of Communication, Media and Films at Pearl Academy shared her thoughts on the same in Vantage View section.

We have featured design graduates from varied fields of design from most of the top colleges and institutes like MEER’s MIT Institute of Design, DJ Academy, Pearl Academy, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Wigan & Leigh College and many more. Each graduate has his or her own set of skills and everyone seems prepared to storm the design world.

This Illustration Special is best to know why and how illustration as a popular design form is taking the design world by storm! From evolution of illustrations to its place in the world today, renowned designers and illustrators like Abhishek Singh, Mukesh Singh, Archan Nair, Alicia Souza and Raj Khatri with some international talent such as Fil Dunsky from Russia, Iian Macarthur and Richard Field from UK, who live and breathe illustration, would be the right people to gain some insight from. 
 
With many more talents to explore with great insights and excellent techniques, again a fully packed issue is waiting to amaze you!

Happy reading!

This issue explores one of the widely discussed product design and automobile design which is very close to our heart. We spoke to few leading names to find out the future of product design and understand the Indian designers sensibilities and practices. Everyone believe that it's not just functionality but the visual appeal of the product are as crucial in the success of any product. This issue is a bundle of inspirations and and insights from the well know product and automobile designers. A must read which you will enjoy for sure...

Packaging is the first vital step towards enchanting the audience. Who doesn't like a cute box or a trendy bottle? With this issue, Creative Gaga Magazine lets the cat out of the box to reveal the world of packaging design.

Featuring various local and international designers like Petar Pavlov from Macedonia and Brandziac from Russia, Elephant Design from Pune and Impprintz from Pune, the issue promises to be a keepsake for many.

Creative Gaga kicks off the year with an issue that asks the important questions, is it the web that’s leading the brands or the other way around? With 2014 witnessing an increase in brands investing in digital marketing, 2015 will only be bigger. We can say India has accepted the revolution, where more and more people are opening browsers to e-commerce, literally window shopping, and setting up shops online as well. 

The issue brings together renowned designers with digital experience, who discuss and throw light on the pros and cons of this change and where we possibly are headed with this in the future. The issue sees Appiness Interactive, a young digital firm, talk about how they’ve tapped into the web and done wonders for brands. We’ve also got Chloe, a Berlin based designer, who believes the world wide web has the power to strip down walls and unify communication across borders and people. Also featuring the leading web font designers, Dave Crossland and Pathum Egodawatta, who are revamping Devanagari as part of the Google Fonts Project.

Gone are the days when Illustrations would take a back seat. Now, they are becoming more proactive and are evolving the way we communicate. This time, Creative Gaga focuses on how the advertisig world is opening its doors to this exciting form of design. Featuring renowned Illustrators like Chris Beatrice, Nasheet Shadani, Vijay Kumar, Gabriel Mareno and many more, this issue promises to leave no page unturned!

September issue explores yet another topic which is close to every designer – Business of Design. We try to understand from the experienced ones that when is the right time to open own studio and what more you should get in your toolbox before taking the plunge!

We had interactions with many talented studio founders like Rajesh Dahiya, Archan Nair, Ishan Khosla, Prasun Mazumdar and Anupam Tomer. Also featuring some of the best talent around the world such as Martin Grohs from Germany and Avi Sehmi from Cananda along with Sourajit Sengupta from New Delhi.

This issue not only provide answers to many questions but also initiate many new ones to explore further! We hope you will enjoy exploring the possibility of your studio with this issue. Happy reading!

This issue is dedicated to the young talent coming out of creative schools and colleges. With so many options and opportunities available for every student, which creates a potential for every to be a Buddha one day. To graduate is shifting their focus from just doing job, they are looking for an experience, which help them realise the greater goal of life. Every graduate is waiting for that day of self-realisation where they could relate the significance of design in life and potential of design to change the life.

We got so many talented artists from all over the world in this issue. Kevin Roodhorst from Netherlands realise his goal so early in life that he started his career as designer at the young age of 13 only. 

Ashish Subhash Boyne, a student of Sir JJ Institute of Applied Art has realised it while studying and started doing freelance projects, which allow him to express his free thoughts. To name a few talents we have Vivek Nag from Fine Arts from Rachna Sansad Mumbai, Simran Nanda from Pearl Academy of Fashion New Delhi, Anisha Raj from MAEER MIT Institute of Design Pune, Giby Joseph from Animation and Art School Goa and many more.

This issue will give you fresh perspective to for young talent coming out as graduate and their unique approach for design.

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