Truth, Lies, and Secrets: a brief history of privacy

Our design strategist, Shivangi Tikekar moderated a talk for Ashoka University on cryptography and digital privacy. The seminar by MIT and Ashoka University professor, Debayan Gupta explored the history of privacy and security as well as the dissemination of information, its impact on our daily lives, and how emerging technologies have revealed new ways to use data for good or ill.

Note: The thumbnail image is by Berlin-based artist and researcher, Adam Harvey. The piece titled CV Dazzle explores camouflage from face-detection technology.

Pranoy Sarkar

Pranoy Sarkar is a prominent Indian photographer, with an extensive fashion portfolio. His clients include Torani, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Raw Mango, Tarun Tahiliani, and Good Earth.

Pranoy approached Now Form to design his digital portfolio. We opted for an unadorned interface which showcased his work without cropping or compromising the photos.

The stories page features a seemingly straightforward grid; however, achieving a responsive asymmetric grid with virtually no cropping was a technological feat. The content management system also simplifies content upload and reorganisation of content.

candi Solar

candi Solar is a dedicated commercial, and industrial rooftop solar solution installer, financier, and operator geared towards SME’s, family-owned businesses, and schools across Asia and Africa. With an affordable payment model, short contract period, and easy installation/ de-installation, they leverage the vast untapped rooftop potential in these underserved sectors to free up capital for SMEs by lowering their effective power price.

Recognising that sales agents were making false promises about the product in order to make a sale, candi approached us to design a short video for their third-party channel partners and sales representatives to present to potential customers. They needed a fool-proof video that could streamline the sales process by clearly and accurately explaining the solution and its benefits to prospective clients.

“The demonstrative and visual approach of the video also avoids any potential language barriers by aiding comprehension for a predominantly semi-English speaking customer base.”

We created a short, illustrative video that combines text, animated graphs and graphics, and drone footage to clearly highlight candi Solar’s unique offerings. The demonstrative and visual approach of the video also avoids any potential language barriers by aiding comprehension for a predominantly semi-English speaking customer base. Accompanied by an explanatory voice-over, the video serves the purpose of being transparent, informative, and easy to understand.

China India Foundation

China India Foundation is a non-profit organisation with the mission to increase mutual understanding between the people of India and China by creating avenues for collaboration, building people-to-people exchange, and strengthening the capacity for cross-cultural engagement. We worked with CIF to create their brand identity and digital language.

“A type-only logo felt like the right choice for being unbiased and apolitical.”

The organisation is for students, academics, policy practitioners, and business people from India and China.

The relationship between India and China is sensitive; A type-only logo felt like the right choice for being unbiased and apolitical. Even the countries in the name are sequenced alphabetically. The variation in line weight found in traditional Asian calligraphy inspired our serif-type logo.