I am a designer living and studying in Helsinki, Finland.
I am currently pursuing a Masters in Visual Communication at Aalto University.
For freelance work, collaborations or just to say hi please email me at: shambhavi990@gmail.com
Skills & softwares
Education
Languages
Work Experience
MA in Visual Communication Design, Aalto University, 2019-present
BA in Art and design, visual communication design, 2014, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology
BA (hons) Psychology, 2011 Jesus and Mary college, Delhi University
12th standard ISC, 2008
10th standard ICSE, 2006
Service design, Design Research, Illustration, Graphic Design, Video editing and animation
Adobe softwares (Illustrator, Photoshop, After effects, Premiere Pro, Indesign, XD) Blender (basic), Unity (basic), Figma, D3 (basic)
English, Hindi, Finnish (basic)
Research assistant, Visual communication Program, Aalto University (Jan 2021 - present)
Designs for program collaterals, assisting staff in projects, social media and website communication, liaising between students and staff
Counternarratives project (July-August 2020)
Creating memes to counter online hate speech.
Illustration for AYY10 book (March 2020)
Save the Children (Oct-Dec 2019)
Concept design for installation on child sexual abuse, a collaboration between Aalto University and Save the Children.
Fields of View (2017 - 2019)
Researcher and Visual Designer: Game design and assets design. Design and conduct workshops. Role involved creating Visualisations, communication and outreach material, liaising with practitioners and civil society groups.
Projects:
Cantor’s World: Visual language design for Cantor’s world, a game on Inclusive Wealth Index for UNESCO-Mgiep, New Delhi.
Made To Order: Game design and background research for Made To Order. The game was developed for Gender Bender (2017), a collaboration of Sandbox Collective and Goethe Institute, Bangalore.
Joint Road Forward: Interface Design for Transport Trilemma, a game on public transportation planning in Bangalore.
Integrated governance platform for planners in Chennai: Interface design for Simulogue, a simulation platform for inegrated governance in Chennai.
Workshops design and facilitation:
Design thinking workshop on the Constitution, Bangalore.
Visualisation workshop during the Bengaluru Design Week, Bangalore
Conducted design thinking workshop for young social entrepreneurs at IIT-Madras, Chennai
Game sessions facilitation:
Conducted City Game sessions for students at Genwisesummer School for the Gifted, Bangalore
Made to Order game session at UWC summer school’s Theatre, Gender, Identity and Film programme, Pune
Made To Order game session with students at Samvada, Bangalore
Rubbish! game session with Master’s sudents of Planning at CEPT, Ahmedabad
Course facilitation:
Co-facilitated International Open Elective course ‘Pucca House’ at NID Bangalore
Assisted Game design course at CEPT, Ahmedabad
Facilitated ‘Pucca House’ elective at Wadiyar Institute of Architecture, Mysore
Pratham Books (June - Oct 2017)
Illustrated a children’s book called Laundry Day.
Design Environment and Law Laboratory (December 2015 - March 2017)
Research Assistant. Role involved Field research in the Western Ghats, Assisting in designing the LenS International workshop. Teaching assistant for M.A Interlude at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
Murals
October 2016
Mural for St+Art at Majestic bus stand. (Bangalore chapter: emerging artists).
June 2015- August 2015
Mural commisioned by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) at Peenya Metro station (Bengaluru).
May 2015
Mural commission by Monkey Bar bandra (Mumbai).
Freelance
Print Collaterals, Logo design for Staging Histories. (Dec 2015).
Print collaterals for Bengaluru Storytelling (BeSt) festival. (Jan 2016).
Internships
DEL Laboratory (June-July 2014).
Design Concentrate (June-July 2013).