Kanaka Ananth

Design awareness program across colleges in Coimbatore

Conducted a 2 day workshop for children between 7yrs to 12 yrs on the topic “Designing games for children by children”, Story telling through puppets ,Story book writing in cities like Bangalore,Chennai & Coimbatore at Mani Higher Sec School,Coimbatore,Magic hats,Satyam Theatre-Chennai,,Easylib-Bangalore,Hippo Campus- Bangalore

Conducted a 2 day workshop on Creative Thinking for 1st year B.arch students at Thiagarjara College of Engineering,Madurai

Developed curriculum for Industrial design and Communication design streams

Responsible for course structure ,timetabling for all batches

Teaching courses such as Elements of form, Nature & Form, Colour etc

Developed brochures, advertisement for DJAD

Periodic inputs for feature stories and question-and-answer sections where parents write in.

Have been working as a freelance designer for the company.Have developed large number of educational games for children.These products are available in retail outlets across India.
Designed a strategy board game named “Fast Track” and First Words for language development in children.
Designed self esteem development board game named “Amazing me” to develop self- esteem in children.
Also worked on large number of packaging designs, promotional pamphlets & catalogue of the company for the year 2004.
Designed a board game named “Discover Ramayana” and “Explore Mahabharata” to understand and learn the characters and moral values of the great Epic
Designed a tourism board game named “Capture” to discover the monuments and places of India
Designed a board game named “Wildlife Adventure” to discover the wildlife, sanctuaries, national parks of India.

Worked on the Craft IPR project.
Taught courses like Nature & Form, System design for Post graduate students .

Ant Wars
A wooden vertical strategy game, inspired from ants, on the basis of the game called Othello.

Master of the Universe
Designed a chase board game based on the theme of the universe.

Stack ‘n’ Race Kangaroo
A chase board game
Increasing the fun element in the form of stacking wooden kangaroo pieces as one proceeds through the game.

Designed various residential buildings.
Worked on few institutional and commercial projects
Worked on various schematic design assignments, working drawings and detailed drawings.