The class board was filled with the name of the different cities in Invisible City and each of us were assigned a city and today we had to come to class and talk about it. My city was Sophronia, so it’s a city which is made up of two halves: The first half is made…

Today we learnt about a new software INDESIGN. InDesign is a layout and publishing software. InDesign is used to design complex layouts like those of magazines, posters and newspapers. We learnt the basics of the software: Filling dummy text on the document: Go to type Menu Select fill with place holder text We learnt about…

We started the class by talking about tools. A tool is like an object which we use for specific tasks, like using a hammer for hammering nails, drillers for drilling a hole, weapons for hunting/protection and what not. We revised the different kind of tools we had talked about in the last class. We then…

Today we talked about Egyptian Mythology. They worship the Sun God Ra who symbolises order(also called maat). They believed that his brass chariot would race across the sky for tracking the sun. It was said he was born each morning in the East, and died each night in the West. In the night he traveled…

Today in class we watched a film- Annie. It’s a film about a girl who lives in Paris and tends to imagine things and overthink a lot. This film is about how she gets out of her comfort zone. We watched the film and later we had a discussion about the film in our class.…

Today Ma’am talked about a famous Journalist, Italo Calvino. Italo Calvino (October 15, 1923 – September 19, 1985) was a renowned Italian fiction writer and one of the leading figures in 20th-century post-modern writing. After beginning his writing career as a politically-motivated realist, Calvino would go on to produce short yet elaborate novels that serve as…

Today we talked about Communication Design. Sir wanted the class to be interactive and this class was more like a discussion on topics. We started by understanding a basic idea of Communication Design. In simple words Communication Design is how one can communicate with an audience through design. In fact, everyday we communicate ad without…

This class was all about revising Illustrator and Photoshop- the editing applications we learnt in the 1st semester. It was a quick recap we did Tints – are when we mix white with other colours the colours it makes are called as tints. Shades – colours obtained after mixing black . Tones – colours obtained…

I think that Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. In addition to natural resources, we also need social and economic resources. Sustainability is not just environmentalism. Embedded in most definitions of sustainability we also find concerns for social equity and economic…

Object as history tells stories about the past by starting with a particular object. Our lives are spent interacting with the physical world, building and using objects to shape our environments and everyday experiences. We say often overlook them, but even the most everyday things – a plate, a bottle, a pen – have their…