Desi/South Asian Designers???
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- zedvox
In our culture of way too many software engg's and doctors. Am i the only desi/south asian designer? come out of your hiding.
also as a good colonial boy that i am. who loves Gin n Tonics and Cricket (the sport not he insect of the cell phone company).
wink
- 3rror4040
NOO BUDDY!.. im here too!... another desi!.. OYE OYE BALLEY!.. :P
i just won an award for best interactive designer at the biggest canadian highschool design contest.. my mom was wondering why i was the only brown guy there... there are a few really good desi designers... but they r very few..
show me ur work if uve some shit online... unfortunately i dont hav a webserver for now..
- zedvox0
phew!
i thought i was the only one haha
so you are in high school? man i wish i was.. i am graduating from college in summer and no job bleh.my mom still wonders what the f i am doing.
well i am re doing my website but here is a link to my server where i have some stuff up...here is a billboard mock up we did simple stuff but i love the copy
- zedvox0
by the way 3rror404 congrats on the award :)
design is everything!
- 3rror4040
my parents r really confused to on where im heading to... so ive to prove myself to them... the top winners in each category in the contest get a summer job wid one of the top design agencies in toronto... so im booked for the summer.. then im heading to York University (tho still waiting for the acceptance) for Bachelor of Design ( http://www.yorku.ca )
where r u studying at?..
- zedvox0
i am finishing up from university of oregon
currently finishing up my BFA project one more month to go aah.
after that i guess i will go anywhere i get a job. i am mainly interested in print design. my heroes Tibor Kalman, Josef Muller Brockmann, Tomato and oh so many more
- 3rror4040
print media is cool.. look into build too.. he is amazing for print..
http://www.designbybuild.co.ukim mainly into interactive design but i dont hav enuff education to decide where i want to be..
go to california or come to toronto for a job (altho ive no knowledge of where there is a better job availability)..
good luck wid the job man... get one fast coz u wnana show ur mom that u really did something that can buy u ROTI :D...
- zedvox0
lol yes man i need to afford roti..
i should be fine.
my younger bro is probably your age he is turning 18 he is gonna go to NSCAD,good school but bloody cold in Halifax.when you have your server up lemme know i wanna see your work ;)
are we the only two desi designers on this?
- youtea0
desi?
*raises hand*
they think im running a vast empire from the amount of time i spend on my computer...
design? = bad on the rishta scale
- zedvox0
haha i am so glad my parents are supportive but the rest of the family thinks i am wasting my dad's money. ;)
design and rishta hmmm if only i was a doctor.
where you at youtea?
- youtea0
sunny
sunny
oh so sunny
glasgow.
- Kuz0
Namastay/Salaam!
Another desi in the house. (me)
Wow, that makes 4. Not bad going considering :)
- 3rror4040
damn thats a lot of desis man... as far as a rishta is concerned.. get a girlfriend guys.. (but then u gotta tell ur parents about her and that another story)...
i am not worrying about rishta rite now... more worried about if im gonna get roti after university
for all my non south asian friends:
Risha = A Marriage Proposal
Roti = Food.
- nick0
im fucking ignorant, so plz don't take offense.. but whats a desi?
- youtea0
Desi - pronounced "day-see"
languages;Urdu/Hindi/Punjabifrom the word "des" ; nation/homeland/country.
modern useage; attributed to anything with South Asian heiritage or influence>
Desi food
desi people
desi clothes.
- Kuz0
Yeah, ur des (daes) is ur country.
- 3rror4040
"Mere Des Mitti Sona Ugley" :P
Translation: "The dust my land is like gold"
- youtea0
its like the desi propaganda society in here.
- Kuz0
haha yeah. We cud form an NT cricket team.