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BOOK AND BOOK COVER DESIGN
FRESH! THE LOTUS QUEEN (Book Cover Design)
Illustration by Kaavad artist, Dwarka Prasad
The Lotus Queen is a historical fiction based in 14th century Chittor in the state of
present day Rajasthan. For this book cover, we worked with traditional craftsmen
from the state to design a kaavad, which we as a canvas to portray a key event in
the tale of Rani Padmini, the lotus queen.
The kaavad, which is a portable shrine, is an artform native to the Chittor district of
Rajasthan. It is used to tell many mythological stories, which, traditionally were
mainly the Mahabharat and the Ramayan. Today, the kaavad has transformed into
a modern storytelling device and there are numerous kinds of kaavads used today
whether for school children or adults.
FRESH! THE EMPEROR'S WRITINGS (Book Cover Design)
Calligraphy by Ashraf Ansari
This book, which is a historic fiction, chronicles the writings of Emperor
Akbar to his son, Jehangir. Historically, Akbar is thought to be illiterate
and there are no records of letters actually written in his hand. Since
the art of writing is so important to the book, we decided to calligraph
Akbar's entire name including his title, into a profile that is quintessentially Akbar.
LOVE IN A HEADSCARF (Book Cover)
This book is about Shelina’s quest to find a suitable husband
through an arranged marriage. For the cover of this humorous
book, we created a series of icons, on her scarf, that are
referred to in the book at key stages of the story. The headscarf
then becomes a metaphor for her life experiences that also give
her, the muslim identity she treasures.
   
SKIN INK (Book Cover)
For this book cover, we decided to do something different and work with a henna
artist to create the typography for Skin Ink. This gave the cover and concept a totally
fresh look and worked with the idea of the “cultural history of the tattoo”.
HEROGIRI (Book Cover)
FAKING IT (Book Cover Design and Illustration)
 
RELIGION, CASTE AND POLITICS (Book Cover Concepts)
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
 
SERIES OF BOOKS BY RAMACHANDRA GUHA Book Covers (Concepts for Random House)
HOSHRUBA VOLUME 2: The Prisoner of Batin (Book Cover)
PALPASA CAFE (Book Cover Design)
     
MULK RAJ ANAND (Book Cover Series Design)
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)c
 
THE BETELNUT KILLERS and THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CYRUS (Book Cover Design)
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
The Betelnut Killers is a farcical look at an Indian
community in Oregon and how jealously and hatred
leads them to involve a ‘betelnut killer’ from Mumbai.
We decided to use Vijay, a hoarding painter to help
realize the visuals while the typography and paan
stains were done inhouse.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING DANCING GIRL
(Children's Book Cover, bespoke Design and Illustration)
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
    
SERIES OF FIVE BOOKS ON SPIRITUALITY (Book Cover)
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
THE GOD MARKET (Book Cover, Design and Illustraion for Random House India)
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
   
KUSHTI (Coffee Table Book)
THE ROAD TO PAKISTAN (Book Cover Concept)
Illustration by Kriti Monga (Turmeric Design)
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
NICK CAVE'S THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO (Book Cover)
STREET VENDORS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (Book Cover)
THE MAN WITH THE PHANTOM TWIN(Book Cover Design)
An amazing book by eminent Neuroscientist, V.S. Ramachandran, often called
"The Marco Polo of Neuroscience"
looks at new breakthroughs and insights into
this yet unexplored world.
THE PRESIDENT IS COMING (Book Cover for Random House India)
THE 10 LAWS OF LEARNING (BOOK COVER Design for RANDOMHOUSE INDIA)
 
ALFRED HITCHOCK Book Covers (Concepts)
For this re-issue of stories from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, we decided to use the very recognizable silhoutte of Hitchcock, but relate the
actual form of his outline to elements from crime scenes, such as blood stains, plastic bags (suffocation), cloth (for tieing someone) and arson.
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
  
BOOK COVERS (left to Right):
MANTO SELECTED STORIES (Book Jacket Cover & Photography for RandomHouse)
Sadat Hasan Manto has been called the greatest short story writer of the Indian
subcontinent. He was born in 1912 in Punjab and went on to become a radio and
film-script writer, journalist, and short story writer. Manto's stories are vivid,
dangerous and troubling and they slice into the everyday world to reveal its
sombre, dark heart.
DEATH IN MUMBAI (Book Cover for RandomHouse Books)
This book looks at the gruesome murder of a TV producer in Mumbai by a woman
he loved
and her lover, who cut his body into several pieces. The cover is a metaphor
of his
body being cut on a tragic May morning in Mumbai.
BAULSPHERE (Book Cover and Illustration/Calligraphy for RandomHouse Books)
Bauls are mystics from Bengal who reach a state of trans through music. They
are nomads and their beliefs transcend religious barriers of Hinduism and Islam.
The word "Baul" is sanskrit for the wind. The title is inspired from this connection
as well as the music that they create wherever they go.
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
 
HOSHRUBA: THE LAND AND THE TILISM (Book Cover, Design and bespoke Type Illustration)
Left: The cover we prefer.
We believe the typography adds to the mystery
and adventure of this series which is likened to the Lord of the Rings series.
Right: The actual cover used by the client.
CELEBRATING FREEDOM 12151791 (Book Design)
This book, celebrates the launch of the Freedom Museum in Chicago. 12151791,
refers to the date—December 15, 1791,
when the Bill of Rights was ratified. We based the book design on the main installation in the museum, which consists of
letter-size metal plates with quotations on freedom die-cut through it. In the same spirit,
I decided to emphasize this
dimension of the plates, by using a dotted line throughout the book, with die-cuts appearing on the cover and the
section dividers.
Book Cover Design proposal for Roli Books
SAME-SEX LOVE IN INDIA (Book cover design proposal for Penguin Books)
Using the gay flag in conjunction with the Indian tri-color, completes the
metaphor of Same-Sex Love, and, India.
EVERYTHING IS SEPARATED BY WATER (Book Cover Design)
A book on the artist, Maria Magdelena Campos Pons. The book title comes from the fact that Campos Pons is Cuban,
of African origin and lives in North America. Her work, which is fractured into diptychs and triptychs is about the
3 continents (place) and the past, present and future (time). The cover is created by turning one of her images
into a triptych and creating divisions through typography.
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
    
GEOMETRY OF ERROR A catalogue of Mekhala Bahl's Work (Catalogue Design for Gallery Espace)
Mekhala's work is very tactile and dimensional, which is why we embossed the cover to refelect
the real nature of her work and we die-cut the cover to reveal the tactile title page underneath.
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
    
METAPHORS IN MATTER (Catalogue Design for Gallery Espace)
  
COLOR CADEENCES (Catalogue Design for The Mint)
**Featured in Asian Graphics Now! by Taschen Books (2010)
FAIRS (Book Cover Design and Photography)
Fairs are something all of us can relate to. This book is about the nostaligia of Fairs. How, when and why they started and whether they are
going to die out or not? These are the oldest Ferris wheels in Austria
and were even featured in Orson Well's, The Third Man. The typography
reflects the nostalgia of those bygone days. This is a proposal for a book sent to Phaidon publishers.
**Fairs: Won the 2006 Graphis New Talent Award
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