Kyoorius Magazine - October - December, 2013

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Here is a glimpse of what to find inside Kyoorius Magazine 17.

Special Report: This issue’s Special Report talks about a simple problem that has been irking all of us since a while – Did Internet kill creativity? Many senior designers are disappointed that that source of inspiration, these days, largely comes from the results of Google images. Michael Wolff says, “Inspiration is a momentary snapshot that sticks in mind and looking at Google images is as good as looking out of the window.” There’s a lot in between to read!

Rahul Mehrotra, architect and Professor, talks about importance of integration of architecture and activism, his works and learnings in the feature My Life in Design.

If you haven’t explored the realm of theatre set design, now is the time. Read an interesting conversation with theatre production designer Dhanendra Kawade, his love and experiences of designing sets for plays and other theatrical performances.

Read more about your favourite graphic novels and novelists : this time we have Sarnath Banerjee, Vishwajyoti Ghosh, George Mathen (Appupen), Rajesh Devraj & Meren Imchen of Sudershan(Chimpanzee) and Naseer Ahmed & Saurabh Singh of Kashmir Pending.

Payal Khandelwal charts out the interesting journey of Pratik Thakar, the man who leads the creative and content excellence function of The Coca Cola Company (Pacific Group).

Read about the best design and creative content magazines, their inspiration, motivation and problems. We spoke to Kevin Finn about Open Manifesto, Peter Bil’ak for Works That Work, Majid Abbasi for Neshan Magazine and to V Sunil about Motherland.

This is something you can’t probably miss : an amazingly brilliant project on street art and graffiti, Kolor Kathmandu, in our neighbourhood Nepal .

Also, Laura J Bambach, president D&AD writes to you about D&AD awards 2014 and how can you become a part of it. Jeremy Leslie shares his experience at the Kyoorius Awards, Graham Jones talks about Indian advertising, read Michael Johnson’s article about barter in design, a long and very lovely letter by Michael Wolff.

Kyoorius Magazine Description:

Kyoorius Magazine attempts to document the exponential growth that the Indian design/visual communications industry has witnessed over the last few years. A large focus is also on being the enabler to provide a platform for Indian creatives and the corporate community to debate and engage with each other. In light of this, the magazine looks at showcasing new, emerging talent in the realm of digital, branding, advertising, design, illustration, typography and other allied design disciplines.

In addition, the magazine analyses and reports on future-facing trends that are shaping the design industry in India and abroad.