The Gyaan Project
Episodes
Conversation on theatre with Satish Alekar
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have Satish Alekar. He is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director. Alekar is known for his masterpiece plays- Mahanirvan...
Alag Angle case study with Tanul Vikamshi (Marathi)
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have Tanul Vikamshi with us. Tanul is an artist, sculptor and educator. He studied Modelling and Sculpture from J.J. School of Art...
Readings in the Shed
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have Nikhil Katara and Himali Kothari. Nikhil is a writer and the founder and artistic director of 'Readings in the Shed' and Hima...
A Film Artist with Ashish Avikunthak
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have Ashish Avikunthak with us on Audiogyan. Ashish has been making films for the past 25 years. His films have been showcased worldwide in f...
Ep. 221 - Design of languages with Ganesh Devy
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have Ganesh Devy with us. Ganesh is a thinker, cultural activist, institution builder, linguist, literary critic and a former prof...
“About design talent in India” with Hrush Bhatt
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
'Where are the designers?' is an Audiogyan series that features the top 12 influential Design leaders wherein they talk about their process of hiring,...
Decisions beyond design with Aditi Kulkarni
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
'Where are the designers?' is an Audiogyan series that features the top 12 influential Design leaders wherein they talk about their process of hiring,...
Designer’s ownpath with Shreyas Satish
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
'Where are the designers?' is an Audiogyan series that features the top 12 influential Design leaders wherein they talk about their process of hiring,...
Designers with agency with Rahul Gonsalves
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Where are the designers?" is an Audiogyan series that features the top 12 influential Design leaders wherein they talk about their process of hiring...
Design and Diversity with Shaheena Attrawala
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"**Where are the designers?"** A series that features, top 12 influential Design leaders, talking about their process of hiring, challenges in findin...
Designing for fintech with Navneet Nair
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Audiogyan - **Where are the designers?** It is a 12 part series featuring few of the top influential Design leaders in India, talking about...
Designers at MNCs with Vandana Abraham
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a brand new series of Audiogyan - **Where are the designers?** It is a 12 part series featuring few of the top influential Design leaders i...
Building mature design teams with Srinath Rangamani
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Audiogyan - This is a part of series, "Where are the designers?" A series which features, top 12 influential Design leaders, talking about ...
Hiring design leaders with Vasudha Chandak
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 12 part series of Audiogyan - "Where are the designers?", featuring a few of the top influential Design leaders, talking about their p...
Speaking Art and Design with Harish S
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the brand new series of Audiogyan - "Where are the designers?" It is a 12 part series featuring a few of the top influential Design leaders...
Craft, curiosity or culture fit? With Fatema Raja
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the brand new series of Audiogyan - "Where are the designers?" It is a 12 part series featuring a few of the top influential Design leaders...
Are Designers upping their game? with Jay Dutta
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the brand new series of Audiogyan - "Where are the designers?" It is a 12 part series featuring few of the top influential Design leaders, ...
Cognitive Gym with Anand Gandhi (4th Anniversary episode)
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Audiogyan turns 4. On this anniversary episode, I would like to thank all listeners for tuning in and all the guests who have spent their va...
Ep. 207 - From Graphics to Textile, with Sujata Keshavan
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode # 207, second last of this crazy year, 2020.Today on Audiogyan we have one of the most well known, influential and senior Graphic desi...
Transport design with Dhawal Ashar
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dhawal Ashar is a Manager in the Urban Transport and Road Safety team at the World Resources Institute India. His work integrates transport engineerin...
Commitment to Kashmir with Devika Krishnan (ACS)
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Crafts is an integral part of experiential creativity and the conduit for imagination of forms.Today I have Devika Krishnan with us on Audiogyan; She ...
Ep. 204 - Synthesis of standardisation with Neelkanth Chhaya
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Neelkanth Chhaya - Architect, academician, and thinker, Neelkanth Chhaya has researched and worked extensively in the domain of appropriate arch...
Travel Writing with Shivaji Das
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have, a Writer, traveller, and photographer; Shivaji Das with us on Audiogyan. He has authored few books like, ‘Off the Beaten Track: Collec...
Ep. 202 - Value centered design in Digital space with Navneet Nair
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Kahneman in his book, "Thinking fast and slow", mentions that people are innately irrational when it comes to making decisions. Same goes with ...
Ep. 204 - Designing temples with A Srivathsan
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. A. Srivathsan is an architectural scholar with more than twenty-five years of experience in teaching, architectural and developmental research, an...
”Painter of people” with Sudhir Patwardhan (200 EP)
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the 200th episode of Audiogyan. Today I have Sudhir Patwardhan with us on Audiogyan. I celebrated 100th episode with India's design Hero, B.V....
Brands and brand building with Karno Guhathakurta
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is brought to you by MUBI, a curated streaming service showing exceptional films from around the globe.Every day, MUBI premieres a new fi...
Ep. 198 - Designing logo for the government with Tarun Deep Girdher
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Tarun Deep Girdher on Audiogyan. Tarun is a Activity chairperson at NID. He is passionate about and also teaches Type Design, Typography,...
Language and translation with Jayashree Joshi
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recently in Puliyabaazi podcast from IVM, I heard a nice answer to a classic question, "what is the difference between language an dialect?" The answe...
MUBI - Case study with Svetlana Naudiyal
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Scorsese once said, "Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out." I guess, MUBI also has a similar viewpoint. They are particular...
Ep. 195 - Chawls of Mumbai with Rupali Gupte
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trust, privacy, security, and many such words have got a different meaning in the coming decades as we moved from chawls to high-rises. Well, to discu...
One knot at a time (Jaipur Rugs) with Nand Kishore Chaudhary and Kavita Chaudhary
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a tradition that began over 2500 years ago, India remains one of the world's largest exporters of handmade carpets. In fact, I recently read somewh...
Education through theatre with Geetanjali Kulkarni (Marathi)
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Geetanjali Kulkarni is an actor, who has been performing for theatre, films, and the web. She has been always ahead of her time. Her quest to do somet...
Book Cover design by Pinaki De
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Pinaki De with us on Audiogyan. He is a well-known and multiple award-winning graphic illustrator-designer who regularly works for leadin...
Animation and thought behind it with Debjyoti Saha
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Debjyoti Saha joins us on Audiogyan. For those who follow him on Instagram knows his style of work and the recently gone viral series, Korona. But I a...
What is contemporary dance? With Ashley Lobo
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Lobo joins us on Audiogyan to share his philosophical thoughts and connect the dots of the western world to India's spirituality through dance....
34: Satyajit Ray; The Graphic Designer with Pinaki De
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is brought to you by MUBI (https://mubi.com/india) , a curated streaming service showing exceptional films from around the globe. Get a w...
Ep. 188 - Spark of pedagogy with Prem Chandavarkar
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
QuestionsWhat is your definition of education? How has it changed over the last 30-40 years?Referring back to the introduction, I spoke about edifice....
32: What is Posterphilia? with Jahan Singh Bakshi
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is brought to you by MUBI. Get the best of Indian and International cinema free for 30 days! Watch now. (https://mubi.com/audiogyan)A cur...
31: Inclov case study with Kalyani Khona
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One billion people. 15% of the world's population. World's largest minority. They are under-served. We were disheartened. We had to do something becau...
30: Mixed media design with Isha Pimpalkhare
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Isha Pimpalkhare is a mixed media designer/artist, who situates her practice at the convergence of art and design, with a focus on creating emotive an...
Ep. 184 - What is curation? with Ram Rahman
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I love this book called "What is art and 100 other very important questions." by Ernst Billgren. One of the questions his book is, "Who decides whethe...
28: Can painters be illustrators? With Pratap Chalke (Marathi)
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Pratap Chalke with us on Audiogyan. He is a Mumbai-based painter and an illustrator and well-known artist of the current time. His work i...
Ep. 182 - St+Art movement with Hanif Kureshi
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Gyaan Project (Ep 182), artist and type designer Hanif Kureshi, co-founder of St+art India, reflects on the rise of street art ...
26: [ACS] Ragya with Aditya Dipankar
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
जैसे भैरव.. यह सुबह का राग़ हैं। पवित्र स्थानों पर सुबह की प...
24: Design as continuum with Naveen Bagalkot
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Naveen, design is not a mere means to an end, but a means of inquiry and exploration of the nuances of human behaviour and experience. Naveen holds a ...
22: Kyoorius Designyatra Case study with Rajesh Kejriwal
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Rajesh Kejriwal with us on Audiogyan. Rajesh is the Founder CEO of Kyoorius Group and a global director at Saffron, a brand consultancy f...
20: Is cooking an art or a craft? With Ashwin Ramachandran
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Ashwin Ramchandran with us on Audiogyan. Ashwin is a chef and runs a small kitchen in south Mumbai called Milliways. He specialises in As...
19: Making of March Tee with Ashish Acharya & Abhay Singh
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Audiogyan. I am chatting with Ashish Acharya and Abhay Singh who are co-founders of March Tee. March Tee produces truly simple and hig...
Ep. 176 - Designing educational institutions with Bijoy Ramachandran
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Louis Kahn once said, "A great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed, and in the end m...
23: Anatomy of Rap with SIRI
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a multilingual Kannada rapper SIRI with us on Audiogyan. She is re-enforcing the beauty of being part of a country, that is home to vare...
18: Design Philosophy of March Tee with Ashish Acharya & Abhay Singh
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you're not happy with something, fix it. Sounds familiar? Well that’s the line which is written on their website. Today I have Ashish Acharya a...
21: Knowing Raja Ravi Varma’s human side with Manu S. Pillai
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Raja Ravi Varma born on 29 April 1848 and passed away on 2 October 1906. He was a celebrated Indian painter and an artist. Ravi Varma is considered am...
17: [ACS] Building Asphalt; Gojek’s design system with Abhinit Tiwari
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Abhinit Tiwari is a designer and a programmer who has been building digital products for past 14 years. He is currently Heading the design team at Goj...
16: Abstract paintings & photography with Hari Katragadda
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Harikrishna Katragadda with us on Audiogyan. Hari is a Mumbai based photographer whose work explores communities, environment and persona...
15: Indian Gig Poster Archive with Mohini Mukherjee [ACS]
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mohini is a self-taught designer and illustrator from Mumbai and now based in Bangalore. She runs Indian Gig Poster Archive - a repository of posters ...
14: Vijay Tendulkar Biography by Ramu Ramanathan (Part 2)
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vijay Dhondopant TendulkarBorn on 6 January 1928 and passed away on 19 May 2008. Tendulkar Sahab was or should I call is an unarguably a leading India...
13: Vijay Tendulkar Biography by Ramu Ramanathan (Part 1)
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vijay Dhondopant TendulkarBorn on 6 January 1928 and passed away on 19 May 2008. Tendulkar Sahab was or should I call is an unarguably a leading India...
12: Short form poetry with Pooja, Sanket and Rochelle
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
तुका म्हणे बरवे जाण ।व्हावे लहानाहून लहान . This is an important line by Tukaram...
11: [ACS] Tenpoints Braille with Rajdeepgiri Goswami (Hindi)
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rajdeepgiri is a Graphic Designer from Bangalore with over 11 years of experience. He has worked in the various fields of design, like type design, br...
Ep165 - Subtext in comics with Appupen
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this wide-ranging conversation, Appupen discusses the subtext in comics as a powerful tool of resistance. From his beginnings in advertising to his...
9: Bollywood art project with Ranjit Dahiya (ACS) (Hindi)
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ranjit Dahiya is an artist, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and an arts & design professor all rolled into one. Founder artist of BAP, Ranjit Dahiy...
8: Think Matter with Ruturaj Parikh
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Arthur G. Doughty a dominion activist once said, "Of all our national assets, Archives are the most precious; they are the gift of one generation to a...
7: On canvas and off canvas with Parag Borse [Marathi]
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I feel the real bliss lies only in blankness. And it is only through blankness that the reality can be experienced. The moment we shed our prejudices...
6: How brands are built with Ambi Parameswaran
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ambi Parameswaran brings with him over 35 years of experience in a marketing, sales and advertising. He is an alumnus of IIT Madras and an honour roll...
Ep. 160 - Public architecture with Eli Giannini
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eli Giannini is an architect and director of an award-winning Melbourne based firm, MGS architects. Over the past twenty-five years Eli has been respo...
4: Designing a visual guide with Ruchita Madhok
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Ruchita Madhok with us on Audiogyan. She is the Founder and principle designer of Kahani Design Works; a design studio based in Mumbai. T...
3: Framing and philosophy with Prashant Godbole
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prashant Is a Creative Head, Founder, Ideas@work. Graduate from J. J. Institute of and Member of Bombay Art Society, worked for several advertising a...
2: Maximalist contrarian - Shweta Malhotra
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shweta Malhotra is a Graphic Designer based in Bombay. After graduating in Applied Arts from Sophia Polytechnic (Bombay) in 2004, she started out as a...
1: Letter design and multilingual branding with Sulekha Rajkumar
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sulekha is an independent graphic designer, type designer, and lettering artist. She has over 10-12 years of experience in designing for brands from A...
54: India’s type hero - R.K. Joshi (Audiogyan turns 3)
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
R.K. Joshi was born in Kolhapur in 1936 and passed away on 5 February 2008, leaving behind a rich tradition of advertising, love of alphabets, poetry,...
53: Font licensing and more with Tanya George
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tanya is an Indian Typographer and Type Designer. She did her MA in Typeface design from the University of Reading. She works in the are of Graphic Co...
Ep. 153 Designing play areas with Anjali Menon
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I have Anjali Menon with us on Audiogyan. She is a co-founder of Gudgudee. Anjali with Aditi Agarwal (who works from BLR) started Gudgudee in 2014. It...
51: Stories behind photographs with Chirodeep Chaudhuri
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Chirodeep Chaudhuri with us on Audiogyan. In the last 2 decades he has worn multiple hats, from being an author, a journalist to being a ...
51: Trash talk with dina Amin
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
dina Amin is an Industrial designer and stop motion animator.She likes to work at the intersection of various disciplines. After discovering her love ...
50: Messages from with Anthony Burrill.
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are recording this backstage of Kyoorius Designyatra 2019 Today I have Anthony Burrill with us on Audiogyan. He is a Graphic artist, print-maker a...
49: Artwork and it’s medium with Aditya Mehta
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 5 of 5 featuring Aditya Mehta. Aditya is the Founder of Art&Found – a curated platform for invite-only artists to sell their work.This is a ...
48: Art walk and talk with Alisha Sadikot
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4 of 5 featuring Alisha Sadikot. She is the founder of Inheritage ProjectThis is a 5 part series with Bharat Flooring and tiles and Audiogyan....
47: Importance of archives with Sanghamitra Chatterjee
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3 of 5 featuring Sanghamitra Chatterjee. Sanghamitra is the co-founder of Past Perfect Heritage Management, which is an archiving and research...
46: Building BFT brand with Saurav Roy (Case Study)
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2 of 5 featuring Saurav Roy. He is the design director for Idea Spice DesignThis is a 5 part series with Bharat Flooring and tiles and Audiogy...
45: Importance of hand made tiles with Firdaus Variava
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 of 5 featuring Firdaus Variava. This is a 5 part series with Bharat Flooring and tiles and Audiogyan. In the coming weeks we will be talking...
44: Form, substance and tech with Tej Chauhan
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Tej Chauhan with us Audiogyan. Tej is known for emotive industrial design. He believes that every object has the potential to elicit joy ...
43: Puppetry’s landscape in Bangalore with Anupama Hoskere
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Anupama Hoskere with us on Audiogyan. She is the founder of Dhaatu, a non-profit organization that seeks to introduce our children our traditional wis...
42: Nuances of motion in interface design with Saptarshi Prakash
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
IntroductionToday I have Saptarshi Prakash with us on Audiogyan. He is a Designer | Traveller | Speaker | Teacher | Engineer | Manager. QuestionsCan ...
41: Where do ideas come from? With Sidharth Rao.
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Audiogyan is DesignUp’s podcast partner. It’s one of a kind Design-in-Tech conference happening on 15th and 16th Nov 2019 in Bangalore. Visit http...
Ep. 140 - Architecture & films with Rohan Shivkumar
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Each frame, each moment, we record the world around us through our senses. We experience the warmth of light through a window, the dashing of elevator...
38: Thoughts on Music by Mohi Bahauddin Dagar
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I am so honoured and privilege to listen to great master without any microphones in his house in Panvel, Mumbai. I am keeping his introduction short f...
Ep. 137 - Goan architecture and more with Meetu Akali
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Meetu Akali with us on Audiogyan. She is the founder of Studio Momo, an environmentally conscious Architecture & Interior design firm, sp...
36: Understanding Rudra Veena with Mohi Baha’ud-din Dagar
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mohi Baha'ud-din Dagar is a Rudra Veena Player. A sangeet natak academy award winner in 2012 and a 20th generation of Dagar lineage, referring to Swam...
35: Insights into the world of Indian Signages with Prof. Ravi Poovaiah
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ravi Poovaiah, Professor, at IDC, IIT Mumbai. His current pedagogy as well as research and design interests are in fields related to Interaction Desig...
34: Indic Typefaces and more with Kimya Gandhi
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kimya is a type designer from Mumbai with a passionate interest in Indic type design. Kimya interned with Linotype GmbH, Germany, in their font design...
33: Jazz in India with Denzil Smith
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Denzil Smith us on Audiogyan. Denzil is an Indian film and stage actor, producer and is known for his stage and screen roles as a charact...
Ep. 132 - “Context” in the world of architecture with Sameep Padora - Part 2
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sameep Padora is a practicing architect and principal of the design studio sP+a in Mumbai. Sameep is in a pursuit and encouragement of sustainable, co...
Ep. 131 - “Context” in the world of architecture with Sameep Padora - Part 1
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sameep Padora is a practicing architect and principal of the design studio sP+a in Mumbai. Sameep is in a pursuit and encouragement of sustainable, co...
30: Designing for Blind with Upasana Makati
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Upasana Makati with us on Audiogyan. She is the founder of White Print, India’s First English Lifestyle Magazine in Braille for the vis...
29: Illustrating Human figures with Priyanka Karyekar
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Priyanka Karyekar with us on Audiogyan. She is a full-time Graphic Designer & illustrator and has been doing an editorial, book, merchand...
28: Youth Theatre of India with Quasar Thakore Padamsee & Toral Shah
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Quasar Thakore Padamsee & Toral Shah with us on Audiogyan. These guys needs no introduction for people who belong to the world of theatre...
27: Story behind Thespo with Quasar Thakore Padamsee & Toral Shah
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Quasar Thakore Padamsee & Toral Shah with us on Audiogyan. These guys needs no introduction for people who belong to the world of theatre...
Ep. 126 - Before and after of an interior project with Sarah Sham
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Sarah Sham with us on Audiogyan. Sarah is the fourth generation entrepreneur to take forward the heritage of Essajees with her interior d...
25: New and Old school design with Ashwini Deshpande
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have Ashwini Deshpande with us on Audiogyan. Co-founder and director of Elephant Design studio in Pune and Singapore. She is a 1989 graduate o...