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Anusmita Das

B.Arch

anusmita@iitg.ernet.in

anushmita.20@gmail.com

Interest : Product Design, Space Design

Modular Structures – An explorationthrough emergence

Supervisor : Amarendra Kumar Das

Modular structures find their utility in a variety of sectors in the present era. The reason behind it being an attempt to combine the advantages of standardization with those of customization. Many a times, these structures are more static than dynamic. The need of the hour is adaptation.

"Modular structures - an exploration through emergence" is an attempt to explore the dynamism of modularity through the philosophy of Emergence.

Emergence is the arising of novel and coherent structures, patterns and properties during the process of self-organization in complex system. The rigidity of modular structures can be tampered with and new flexible models can be explored. It will help in exploring systems which can act in sync with the environment and hence lead to an intelligent ecosystem so that the consumption of energy is less. The Adaptive Fenestration cum Partition wall was an experiment in adaptive micro climate control. Taking cue from patterns in nature and Architecture the form was evolved which explored how form changes with time, surrounding and function. The key element was the hexagonal form which transforms into units of triangular structure as the function changes with time.

Saubhagya Ranjan Bhuyan

B.Tech, CSE

saubhagya@iitg.ernet.in

chintooo35@gmail.com

Interest : UX Design, Interaction Design, Product Design

Elucido – Modern minimalist desk lamp

Supervisor : Debkumar Chakrabarti

“Elucido” is a modern minimalist desk lamp concept that uses the Organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology. It is a lamp designed with a special attention to the user’s varying lighting requirements and their emotional aspects as well. Its simple minimalist form is the feature that separates it from most of its counterparts. The OLED light panel of the lamp ensures that the user gets the maximum light output for the power consumed. The aesthetic of the lamp is intended to bring about a sense of freshness and tranquility to the working environment.

Umme Hani

Textile Design

h.umme@iitg.ernet.in

umzhan@gmail.com

Interest : Product Design

Space for enhancing learning through Fun and Activity

Supervisor: Ravi Mokashi Punekar

This project aims in coming out with a space that can enhance learning among the kids between the age group of 5 to 8 years and the chosen approach to find the solution was through experiments, activities and participatory learning of the children. The objective is to make school an interesting place of learning for the kids so that they feel like coming to school every day and built more interest in learning, especially in the government supported rural school. The experiments and activities came out with key words like fun, surprises, colors and activities. With these keywords and inspiration from LEGO bricks, a design solution was A Cubical BOX that can be opened from one side and will act like a magic box for the kids. It is system where the kids will find new things each time they open the box. Those things will include Fun element and involve activities and also improve learning among the User. Hence the box will enhance learning in the provided space through fun and activities.

Ranjan KumarBordoloi

B.Tech, ECE

b.ranjan@iitg.ernet.in

rannjann90@gmail.com

Interest:

Furniture Design

To explore design of household furniture of Indian identity

Supervisors: Ravi Mokashi Punekar, Sharmistha Banerjee

This project explores the possibilities of designing furniture of Indian Identity. Furniture has been a part of the human experience since the development of non-nomadic cultures. India being an ancient civilization is rich in the field of art, craft, culture, music and there is an ‘Indianness’ in each of these areas. But when it comes to design there have been very few explorations so far. This project tries to combine Indian traditional craft techniques and Indian forms to create unique and fresh identity of Indian furniture.

Pranav Ashok Satpute

B.Tech (Mech)

p.satpute@iitg.ernet.in

pranav.dod@gmail.com

Interest : Industrial Design

SweepeRide – Ride on sweeper for public and organized places

Supervisor: Avinash Shende

SweepeRide is a product for street and public places sweeping without use of any fuel and electricity. It is provided with sweeping brush and side brush which are driven by mechanism which works by human power. SweepeRide has two units, one is sweeper module and another is riding unit. In case of street sweeping and large areas like institute campus, railway stations, airports etc. We can attach sweeping module with riding unit to ride it on long distance while in case of short distances and the areas where cycle could not go, we can detach the sweeping module from riding unit to use it separately. It has a provision to engage and disengage brush according to sweeping requirement along with brush height adjust or to vary sweeping efficiency. The components used in SweepeRide are mostly bicycle components for its easy and low maintenance.

Deenaz Fuljhalay

B.Arch

deenaz@iitg.ernet.in

deenazfuljhalay@gmail.com

Interest : Product Design, Furniture Design, Space Design

Urban Furniture for Guwahati city

Supervisor: Avinash Shende

Guwahati city is located at the Banks of River Brahmaputra and several of its tributaries pass through the city and nurture great biodiversity. Urban growth in the city of Guwahati has been rapid, unplanned and organic which calls for proper street furniture.

This project focuses on designing street furniture for the streets of Guwahati, whilst, keeping in mind the regional culture and character of the street. Guwahati experiences heavy rains, hot summers and very cold winters. Keeping the weather conditions in mind, we needed furniture that could provide reduced surface area contact, sensitive to such conditions, we have proposed a few concepts namely, bamboo weave, jakoi, etc. Weave inspired from traditional bamboo weaving culture was a probable option for reducing the surface area of contact. Jakoi (traditional fishing equipment) and a bamboo weave basket had interesting forms that could be experimented with. A traditional Jakoi is made from bamboo weave which could be used as an advantage for the concept of dealing with harsh weather conditions of the city.

Abhijit Padun

B.Tech, Civil

a.padun@iitg.ernet.in

abhijitpadun@gmail.com

Interest : Visual Communication, Product Design, Packaging Design, Design Strategy, Brand Interface Design

FUN-DO – An interactive edutainment product for children

Supervisors : Amarendra Kumar Das, Avinash Shende

Designing an edutainment product named “FUN-DO” (means ‘doing with fun’) which is a multipurpose activity board meant for children of age group from age 4 and above. The product has multiple activities compiled in a single unit. From learning ABC to drawing and coloring to storytelling to various interesting board games, all are included in one single unit. The product has a display box with storage space inside and on both the sides there are detachable roller cartridges fitted into the box. User can fix any of the cartridge (activity slides pack) as per their choice into the box and scroll from one side to other to select activities. The product also has a re-usability factor and could be used alternative to calendar or other such useful things if children dump it after they grow up.

Uyanga Baasankhuu

B.Sc

uyanga@iitg.ernet.in

uyangajane@gmail.com

Interest: Product Design, Visual Communication

Designing a kitchen for Urban community in Mongolia

Supervisor: Avinash Shende

Culture began when raw got cooked. Cooking is not just a way of preparing food, but of organizing society around communal meals and predictable mealtimes. It introduces shared pleasures and responsibilities to people in the

community. Eating together is a ritual of social adhesion. Kitchen is a heart of home where everyone comes to eat food together and it is a very basic unit of any particular culture. A kitchen provides physical and spiritual nourishment, and for many homes is now the heart and soul of family life. Mongolia was nomadic−cultured country since the beginning and exposed to modern culture first time in early 20th century. Since then, Mongolians adapted to western life directly by influence of Soviet Union, especially Russia. Due to sudden revolutionary change, there is not much tradition and culture left in our modern life. This project involves discovering culture and tradition, food and dining habit, life style and daily routines of the Mongolian families and brings cultural uniqueness into kitchen.

Anusmita Das

Saubhagya Bhuyan

Umme Hani

Ranjan Kumar Bordoloi

Pranav Ashok Satpute

Deenaz Fuljhalay

Abhijit Padun

Uyanga Baasankhuu

Himujjal Jibon Sarma

B.Tech, CSE

himujjal@iitg.ernet.in

himujjal4u@gmail.com

Interest : UX Design, HCI

Recomposing Reality – Extending use of camera applications on mobiles

Supervisor: Pradeep Yammiyavar

This project is aimed towards creating a camera API that will merge the preprocessing and post processing parts of digital photography which will make the process of photography user friendly and time saving.

Sadabahar Verma

BFA, MFA Sculpture

sadabahar.verma@iitg.ernet.in

sadabaharverma@gmail.com

Interest : UX Design

SculptArch – Dialogue between Sculpture and Architecture

Supervisor: Pradeep Yammiyavar

Sculpture and the allied arts were integral parts of the architect’s training since long back. The reason is, these two professionals deals with many similar principles like shape / form, scale / proportion, and space design. Modern architects moved away from applied ornament in favor of the direct expression of the materials and technology of building, yet the relationship between architecture and sculpture was never truly broken. The purpose of this study is to identify and understand the critical success and failure factors of the educational content and method of teaching in Architectural school across India and designing a set of new exercises for Architecture students to enhance their understanding about shape / form, scale/proportion and space designing with the help of sculptural techniques. On the basis of findings from SME (Subject Matter Expert) and qualitative research of users, exercises consisting text, images, videos will be designed to provide educational content to enhance Architect’s learning.

Suman Meena

B.des, Textile Design

suman.meena@iitg.ernet.in

smn.meena0404@gmail.com

Interest : Interaction Design

The Bodhi – Knowledge repository for Usability Engineering lab

Supervisor: Pradeep Yammiyavar

This project was undertaken to bring the benefit of the usability engineering – HCI lab at the department of design

to students, researchers and design community in India as well as abroad. A system’s approach to manage the valuable knowledge database the lab had in its folds has now become necessary. Using principles of knowledge engineering and management, this project attempts to create a classification and indexing scheme which will assist a researcher, student or anyone interested in the areas of Interaction Design, Experiential Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Centered and Usability design.

Deepak Kumar

B.Tech, Electrical

deepakkr@iitg.ernet.in

deepaksarwan03@gmail.com

Interest : Data Visualization, UX Design, Interaction Design

Mobile Application Design for IIT Guwahati

Supervisor: Sougata Karmakar

G–app is an utility application designed to cater the basic needs of the students of the IIT Guwahati in their in-campus activity. It is an one stop destination where students can perform activities like filling various forms to book an appointment in hospital and keep a tab on the time table and important event in his/her respective department as well. The app has an interactive notification system which will provide an user with important information on the go. The app works on most of the mobile platforms so that a student can have access to the IITG utilities 24x7. The main purpose of the app is to simplify and automate the existing activities which are currently very complex and tedious to perform. The project is an approach to make a concept model of a mobile application that will serve the students day to day needs and make complicated task simpler. The concept is an activity management solution for the students so that they can save their time from doing other unnecessary efforts. The approach is to know every pain–point of the students and to find the way to rectify it.

Sanket Saurav

B.Des, Fashion Design

s.sanket@iitg.ernet.in

Interest: UX / UI, HCI, Visual Communication

Chitrapatalaya - A Tribute to Indian Cinema (Enhancing user experience in Museum)

Supervisor: Ravi Mokashi Punekar

How does architecture affect our experience of museum? How does it relate to the art of exhibiting? Does lighting have any role to play for a good display in a museum? How does people interact with the exhibits and further how these interactions can be enhanced for a better experience? Intrigued by these questions and guided by the belief that spaces can be seen as the content of the museum building, as important as the objects or other factors themselves, this project aims for a better experience of a museum for a visitor. Further giving tribute to Indian cinema for completing 100 glorious years, the content of the museum is chosen as “Evolution of Fashion trends in Indian cinema”.

Moupiya Ukil

B.Tech, ECE

moupiya@iitg.ernet.in

moupiyaukil@gmail.com

Interest : Interaction Design

Krishti – A tangible interface to facilitate playful learning environment for conventional museums

Supervisor: Keyur Sorathia

Museums have been storehouse of large amount of artifacts. Over the time, museums have undergone a substantial shift and are now driven by the need to engage with the public in new and innovative ways. The design approach adopted was to understand the visitor perception and expectations in a museum. The challenge was measuring the impact of museum learning. Primary research was conducted by performing user shadowing at three museums in Guwahati, Assam namely Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, Regional Science Centre and Assam State Museum. According to the contextual model of learning, the intersection of personal context, the socio cultural context and physical context leads to interaction in museums. I identified the key elements that would lead to the same. This study has been used to develop a design that aims to foster visitor enjoyment, engagement, and ultimately learning as well as to promote a variety of social behaviors among visitors interacting together with hybrid exhibits in Assam State Museum. The possibility of adopting digital technologies in giving new meaning to the experience in Indian museum has been explored in this thesis. At the end, specifically a tangible user interface was designed to help visitors to learn about the traditional Assamese dance of Bodo tribe, ‘Bagurumbha Dance’.

Himujjal Jibon Sarma

Sadabahar Verma

Suman Meena

Deepak Kumar

Sanket Saurav

Moupiya Ukil

Oyun-Erdene Togtokh

B.Sc

o.togtokh@iitg.ernet.in

oyunerdene.togtokh@gmail.com

Interest : Visual Communication

Morin khuur – A stop motion animation

Supervisor: Mriganka Madhukailya

The project aims to explore visual communication as a visual narrative experience and stop motion animation. The project also looks forward to bring back Mongolian cultural heritage – traditional musical instrument called “Morin khuur”. Along with this, it is intended to help my understanding of story telling, narratives, image making, animation, music and film making. A larger goal of creating a unique experience using the above techniques, has led to a set of experiments, explorations and the final result.

John Elias

B.Tech (ECE)

k.john@iitg.ernet.in

johnelias89@gmail.com

Interest : Visual Communication

EXPLORING SELF -”Enhancing Non Verbal Communication”

Supervisor: Manoj Majhi

As we approach the end of the twentieth century, we are witnessing the emergence of a new kind of social scientist-the non-verbalist. Just as the birdwatcher delights in watching birds and their behavior, so the non-verbalist delights in watching the non-verbal cues and signals of human beings. He watches them at social functions, at beaches, on television, at the office or anywhere that people interact. He is a student of behavior who wants to learn about the actions of his fellow humans so that he may ultimately learn more about himself and how he can improve his relationships with others. It seems almost incredible that, over the million or more years of man’s evolution, the non-verbal aspects of communication have been actively studied on any scale only since the 1960’s and that the public has become aware of their existence only since Julius Fast published a book about body language in 1970. This was a summary of the work done by behavioral scientists on nonverbal communication up until that time, and even today, most people are still ignorant of the existence of body language, let alone its importance in their lives. Charlie Chaplin and many other silent movie actors were the pioneers of non-verbal communication skills; they were the only means of communication available on the screen. Each actor was classed as good or bad by the extent to which he could use gestures and other body signals to communicate effectively. When talking films became popular and less emphasis was placed on the non-verbal aspects of acting, many silent movie actors faded into obscurity and those with good verbal skills prevailed.

Manmohan Vashisht

MFA

v.manmohan@iitg.ernet.in

manmohanvashisht@gmail.com

Interest : Visual Communication

Symphony of Life

Supervisor: Ravi Mokashi Punekar

Media coverage these days seems dominated by an overkill of political and social conflicts. Why we are destroying ourself in the process. Is there more to life than materialistic goals? Can human emotions of love & caring have a value of existence? We only need to search for this “universal truth”. It is lying all around us. It is only for us to search and be aware that love exist. This awareness can be brought about in society not by some external source that will create this change, but by us, each individual who can create this change.

Oyun-Erdene Togtokhv

John Elias

Manmohan Vashisht

Thomas Grey Manih

B.Tech, CSE

thomas@iitg.ernet.in

tomgreyman@gmail.com

Interest : Visual Communication, Design Research

Colours of the Hynñiewtrep: Documenting the dance costumes of Shad Suk Mynsiem and Shad Rah Kynthei of Meghalaya

Supervisor: D. Udaya Kumar

The project as a whole is an attempt to study the traditional dances of the Khasi tribe of Meghalaya and their respective costumes, in order to understand a part of their visual culture. The objective was to study and document the dance costumes that is of the Shad Suk Mynsiem (Thanksgiving Dance) and the Shad Rah Kynthei (Carrying of the Maiden Dance) what and how they are worn, their motifs, designs and their significance historically and culturally. Personal interviews and observation methods were the main methods used in this study. In the process of the project certain observations were made which revealed some interesting conclusions and derivations. The project also attempts in finding out ways through which awareness can be created among the people and educate them.

Kumar Sourabh

BFA

sourabhk7369@gmail.com

kumar.saurabh@iitg.ernet.in

Interest : Visual Communication

Exploration of creation of form from formless

Supervisor: Prasad Bokil

Arupadrupam TasyaPhalam has been quoted in twenty second sutra of fifth chapter of Vastusutra Upanisad. It means –Form arises from the formless. It opens up the possibilities of exploration of creation of form from formless. The present project was aimed to create a model for extracting and creating different forms from any natural form. To demonstrate the concept, the form of lotus was used for extracting new forms. The project also presents a collection of two-dimensional forms, icons and patterns created after exploring different forms of lotus. In addition, exploration of different types of aesthetic abstractions that elaborate aesthetic reasoning about form and formlessness is also done. As a deliverable, a book is designed containing more than 200 different forms of lotus. It’ll be helpful for designers for further exploration of new forms and ideas. The forms and patterns presented in this book can be used for product form design, packaging, furniture design, graphic design, and architectural design. As in the context of ‘Shilpa Shastra’, the form is getting involved form. Here meaning arises from a meaningless. The focus of this project is on 2D forms. With points lines and basic shapes the form is appearing on a formless empty white space.

Sarrika

B.Tech, ECE

sarrika@iitg.ernet.in

sarrika.d@gmail.com

Interest : Visual Communication, Space Design, Design Research

Life Around Food

Supervisor: Mriganka Madhukailya

Life around Food was an exploration to study and revive the role of food as a social medium. The project was carried out in two parts.

1. Studying and documenting the two old institutions where food plays the central role in communicating social and religious messages – Langar, the community kitchen of Sikhs and Bhog, the temple food at Doul Gobindo.

2. Designing a food system for today’s context to revive our relationship with food. Using food as an object of exchange to create social bonds, value the diversity of Indian cultures and ensure the passing on of the cultural knowledge and tradition to future generations.

Besides the conception of this system the packaging of food as a medium of exchange was also proposed that envelopes not only the food but also the intangible feelings and emotions of the sender which makes the food authentic, communicable and a memory to be cherished forever. And hence the name ‘Food Connect’ was adopted to promote the project’s aim.

Brijesh Kumar

B.F.A, Applied arts

brijesh.kumar@iitg.ernet.in

brijeshnirmal7@gmail.com

Interest : Visual Communication

Installation design in bringing awareness to an user to avoid harmful habits

Supervisor: Manoj Majhi

The most fascinating time for a human being starts at one’s teenage years. It is the most vulnerable period when any positive or negative influences create a lifelong impact on the teen. Negative influences are the one which creates menaces for any teenage during their after teen life. Negative influences like drugs, alcohol, smoking not only damages the physical health but also its consequences create a negative impact on the psychological, emotional and mental health. Later on he /she also creates or becomes a negative factor for the society. At this current moment different awareness campaign to help teenagers from these negative influences are done, but are they effective? And if they are, which is the most effective medium that really helps in encouraging the teenagers towards a better life.

Ujjwal Roy

B.Tech, CSE

r.ujjwal@iitg.ernet.in

ujjwalroy86@gmail.com

Interest : Visual Communication

Weaver’s dream of a golden thread (An exploration of Kantha motifs)

Supervisor: Utpal Barua

The project was an exploration to study the Kantha motifs, a medium of self expression for the Bengal rural women. It displays a rich vocabulary of motifs. These motifs are deeply rooted in strong religious beliefs and underlay a strong symbolism. But today with the advent of modernization and commercialization this rich art seems to lose its essence. So besides studying these motifs, the project also aimed to revive this art by recreating these motifs for a contemporary use.

Hemant Kumar Singh

B.Tech, CSE

hemant.singh@iitg.ernet.in

singh.hemant0210@gmail.com

Interest : Communication Design, Signage Design, Interaction Design

Signage System for Central Library, IIT Guwahati

Supervisor: Prasad Bokil

Environmental graphic design plays a key and increasingly recognized role in how people use and experience the built environment. Signage and way finding aspect of environmental graphic design is being recognized more often as a sense of well-being, safety and security in unfamiliar and often high-stress environments. It also allows people to easily navigate and understand the given environments, be it airports, metro stations, hospitals, market complexes, universities or libraries, signage systems can be easily observed all around. Apart from the functional aspect of way finding, these systems also help to add on to the brand value, aesthetics and to the overall ambiance of the given environment. This thesis project is aimed to design a signage system for Central Library, IIT Guwahati, to facilitate easy navigation and effective access to different resources and facilities present in the library building. After studying the environment and users’ needs, a context specific signage system is proposed to improve navigation and to resolve difficulties present in the current signages throughout the library.

Dinesh Pal Gautam

B.Tech, Textile

d.gautam@iitg.ernet.in

dgautam.uptti@gmail.com

Interest : Visual Communication

Devanagari Typeface for screen

Supervisor: D. Udaya Kumar

Devanagari script is the mother of many languages and these languages has been subjected to the evolution process extensively. The area of typeface design for Indian scripts is much less explored as compared to Latin Script. There is a vast scope of development of Devanagari on various media. My project is based on the facts that there are very less Devanagari typeface designed for the digital media. The aim of my project is to design a typeface for body text for screen purpose and to address complexity and compatibility of the Indian script with the encoding and on screen rendering technology. Designing typeface for the first time was a great source of learning, knowing new concepts and new terminology. Through the process of type design one can learn anatomy, grid system and identify the characteristics of each letter and grouping them according to similarity of characteristics. Grouping helps me to form the glyphs easily and help to keep the harmony within the typeface. In the beginning it seemed sufficient enough to achieve the set target but I realized the complexity and numerous possibilities towards refinement, which just seemed endless.

Kedar Sunil Swakul

BFA

k.swakul@iitg.ernet.in

kswakul@gmail.com

Interest : Visual Communication

Design of ‘Tejaswi’, a new Devanagari font

Supervisor: Debkumar Chakrabarti

There was huge amount of learning involving in this project. In early stage we were thinking to design only a family for only print media. But after gaining the detail information about the typeface design through literature study and classes. it became easy to develop and design two families of font for print as well as digital medium. The development of the font in terms of technical issues, is still challenging and not standardized. Many attempts are being taken worldwide to set up standards for Indian scripts and new tools are being developed for the same. In this era where the vitality of devanagari script is personified, the project has been a very helpful way to achieve insights and valuable information which could have come only by doing and not by reading.

Thomas Grey Manih

Kumar Sourabh

Sarrika

Brijesh Kumar

Ujjwal Roy

Hemant Kumar Singh

Dinesh Pal Gautam

Kedar Sunil Swakul

Swaraj T G

B.Tech, Mechanical

g.swaraj@iit.ernet.in,

swaraj4u1001@gmail.com

Interest: Transportation Design, Product Design

E-porter – An electric powered articulated container carrier truck especially for seaport operations

Supervisor: Amarendra Kumar Das

E-porter is an electric powered articulated container carrier truck especially for sea port operations. Treating a vehicle like a living organism, giving it eyes and fins, shaping the facial contours, making a personality out of a truck. That essentially was my approach towards this vehicle design. The design merges the vehicle with its environment which gives it a sense of belonging. Aerodynamics was considered during styling. Here the vehicle is a sea port operating container carrier truck. I took the inspiration from the form of shark and hand. Front side bonnet & head lamps were inspired from the form of shark.

Akhil Raveendran

B.Tech, Automobile

r.akhil@iitg.ernet.in

raveendran.akhil@gmail.com

Interest: Industrial design

Nila – Inland waterway mobility

Supervisor: Amarendra Kumar Das

Styling and designing of a tourist boat which cruise on the inland waterways of Kerala . Nila is a water boat, an updated version of traditional boats with modern and elegant design. The design tries to balance the emotional elements and by enhancing and altering features and style of existing boat in Kerala. Nila is focusing on tourists who are far away from home expecting a peaceful holiday atmosphere. Instead of feeding them in a bus or train after a long journey from different parts of the world, Nila can take them from the ports and provide them a homely atmosphere along with the traditional style and comfort.

Harshvardhan Upadhyay

BFA, Digital Arts

harshvardhan@iitg.ernet.in

harry.vcic@gmail.com

Interest: Visual Communication, Interaction Design

Indian Identity Program

Supervisor: D. Udaya Kumar

Indian Identity Program is a plan to provide an Indian identity to every citizen of India. Program is based on three components which are fundamental duties by Indian constitution, Indian identity and need of people of India. The system examines the unity in diversity in present India, it aims to change the attitude of Indian people towards each other and make them understand the value of unity for their growth and nation’s growth. The primary goal of the project is to connect the diverse people of Indian and develop a sense of unity among them through a system design. System has five components such as Indian Card, All India Festival, “I am a special Indian” Campaign, Web Campaign through social networking websites and souvenirs. When all these components are together, this system ensures unity among people of India.

Swaraj T G

Akhil Raveendran

Harshvardhan Upadhyay