Resumé

Contact:
prachi.mahapatra@gmail.com

Core Competencies:
Research, Rendering, Styling

Academic Projects:
Exploring Materials, Structures and Surfaces:
Created two new surfaces with EVA foam and cane, and replicated a simple plastic container with the new textures.

Building with bamboo:
Built a live size bicycle stand with bamboo, which can accommodate six bicycles at NID, Bangalore.

Rendering Techniques:
Realistic rendering with various media on paper

Mini project - Glass jewellery:
Worked with artisans and designed a range of jewellery with glass, inspired from “Utkal Lipi” i.e. Odiya script. The objective was to spread awareness about the rapidly deteriorating strength of turtles of Odisha coast, which is a global issue as well.

Major project:
Personal accessory with eco-friendly material
Designed a hand bag with card-board tubes, which are thrown away after use in the textile or paper retail shops.

Craft Document:
Studied “Terracotta” of Odisha. Visited places like Bhubaneswar, Sundergarh, Sambalpur, Balasore to cover the range of products

Creative Methods:
Taking bird’s beak as the inspiration, designed an airtight clip for snack and liquid snack packets, which follows the language of a hair pin.

Workshops attended at NID:
Entrepreneurship Development, with Prof Muthu Singaram

Footwear construction held by Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai. Learnt the technical step by step process of the construction of footwear.

“Colour-Next 2012” with Asian Paints

“Future Surface Textures” with Samsung

Skills:
Software: Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Alias Sketchbook Pro, Rhinoceros 4.0, AutoCAD 2D

Design Presentation: Concept generation, Research and Analysis, Design thinking, Sketching, manual rendering, various material modeling, Prototyping, Visual value and Aesthetics, styling.

References:
Mr. Amresh Panigrahi
Coordinator, Lifestyle Accessory Design
National Institute of Design
amresh@nid.edu | +91 9898 18 3213

Ms. Shimul Mehta Vyas
Lifestyle Accessory Design
National Institute of Design
shimul@nid.edu | +91 9824 08 7149

Projects by Prachi Mahapatra

HOME DECOR
5 Files

FOOTWEAR- DIGITAL BEGINNER
2 Files

PAPER N CANVAS
19 Files

BAMBOO WORK
7 Files

GREEN HIVE
5 Files

RANGE OF SCARVES
5 Files

GLASS JEWELLERY
5 Files

BEAKIT
4 Files

PRODUCT DESIGN
6 Files

TREND STUDY
4 Files

COMPETITIONS
4 Files