Hey TDC fam! Join me in my conversation with Sneha Sankar - a Brand experience designer, an art director, an illustrator, and a typography enthusiast. She has co-founded the design consulting firm Prophecy: an innovation, strategy, and design consultancy focused on building digital products and brands. Sneha also teaches Brand experience design with the 10kdesigners community platform. She has experience in designing for tech firms like Ola, Unacademy, and has done art direction for a number of projects for various brands. . In this episode we talk about designing for tech brands, creating and running your own design consultancy, financial stability, NFTs, metaverse, web3, design team structures, Prophecy - the design consultancy, and so many interesting things. . Chapters: 01:20 Starting as a creative person 07:55 How is formal education in Design an advantage 13:03 Unlearning things learned in design school 18:55 Design MBA 27:42 How to structure a design team 34:16 Hobbies 35:35 Financial freedom 43:26 Story of Prophecy-the design consultancy 50:49 How to start a design consultancy- Step-by-step process 54:51 TipTopTypeTips- Backstory 01:02:25 What is Brand-experience design 01:04:39 Teaching BX Design with 10kdesigners 01:08:20 Metaverse Jargons: Rapid-fire 01:19:55 We3 for web3 01:28:03 How to design for Web3 01:33:40 Takeaways from being a designer in tech firms 01:39:55 Biggest fear while staring as a designer 01:41:51 Time management, multitasking 01:45:28 Importance of designers in the real world 01:51:35 Favourite designers 01:53:26 Content suggestions Please find below the links to Sneha's works: Instagram Website Prophecy design consultancy

Hey TDC fam! Join me in my conversation with Melvin Thambi: a wonderful artist, an NFT enthusiast, a creative director, and a creative entrepreneur. He has over 14 years of global experience influencing product design with brands including Facebook, LinkedIn, eBay, etc. Today he is a Creative Director at Riversand - a global software company that empowers enterprises to transform their data into an engine of growth.  Chapters: 11:30 Pros/Cons of working abroad  18:22 Creative Family  20:49 Metaverse jargons- rapid-fire  26:49 How NFT Marketplaces function  28:57 Secondary NFT market 3 1:49 Royalties from NFTs  34:08 Building a community  41:00 NFT Projects, Mojoheads  45:15 How to not get scammed  48:30 What does it take to be a successful NFT artist  54:43 A day in Melvin's life  1:01:53 Being a design mentor  1:06:53 Chris Do & being a Futur Pro community member  1:10:56 Overcoming self-doubts  1:13:20 Managing time  1:20:50 Content suggestions  1:25:08 Building your personal brand . You can find Melvin's work at: Instagram Website

Hey TDC fam! Join me in my conversation with Shivam Thapliyal - a fantastic illustrator/visual designer/creative coder/animator who is also gearing up his 3d design skills lately. The man’s works speak for themselves for the bright colors he uses in his designs light up the consumer/viewer. If you are using Swiggy and you love the beautiful visuals in the app, this man is one of the designers who’s responsible for the delight that the app delivers. We discuss transitioning from engineering to design, creative coding, designing for a tech firm vs. designing for an agency, financial stability for a designer, NFTs, metaverse, design team structure at Swiggy/Flipkart, creating illustration & icon libraries at Swiggy/Flipkart, etc.  Please find below the links to Shivam's works: Instagram Website

Hey everybody. We have a fantastic illustrator/storyteller with us, and he is also a creative entrepreneur. He’s the man responsible for thousands of people all around the globe to pick their pencils up and start sketching something every single day for 100 days a year. Yes, he started the 100daysofsketching challenge that took the internet by storm. Simply put, this is an intelligent guy who knows how to do things independently. Join me in conversating with Keshav Rathnavel or Kesh as the millennials and the GenZ know him on the internet. We talk about treating your art/design as business, managing & planning your finances/income streams, what should one consider before jumping into teaching online, etc.   Please find below the links to Kesh's works: Youtube Instagram Website Drawing Camp Skeshbook Podcast

Hey everybody. Thanks for joining us today in our conversation with Yash Pradhan. Here’s something about Yash in his own words: “Hi, I am Yash Pradhan, 27 y/o self-taught digital artist, illustrator, and graphic designer based in Bombay, India. Doodling, what used to be a hobby of sorts, is now something I have turned into a profession for myself. I studied banking & business as I graduated from Mumbai University but went back to the roots of scribbling but now digitally.  I have been creating these artworks for over 5 years now and find myself constantly inspired by my daily experiences and observations. The nitty-gritty of everyday life fascinates me and provides abundant opportunities to be inspired from.   Currently freelancing fulfilling design briefs with different brands & co’s.” Below are the links to Yash’s profile and works: Website Foundation app Instagram

Hey wonderful Listeners. Nori Norbhu is an amazing illustrator and a budding creative entrepreneur currently based out of Bangalore. I have been watching Nori grow for the past two years and believe me, she has had an incredible journey. She is currently working on her online store for admirers of art and design. She has designed stationaries like notebooks, posters, keychains, etc. Below are the links to her works: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noriiart/ Website: https://noriiart.com/

Hey everyone. This is your host Shakthi Hari. There are things that I wish I knew when I started out as a designer like how to price your works, how to create your portfolio, how to prepare for design interviews, how to manage your time, how to design for B2C organizations, etc. Let's talk. Let's exchange ideas. Stay connected to hear everything in and out about all domains of design from the experts themselves. And sometimes, I'd just share the learnings from my own experiences. I believe that by doing so, the Design Convo will inspire you to create. Do subscribe and stay tuned!