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RESUME


EDUCATION

CBSE XII (Science with Computer Programming)
from Don Bosco School, New Delhi, India

GDPD Communication Design (specialisation in Graphic Design)
from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India

 

PROJECTS HANDLED

Celtic Ragas  
Understand audio-visual relationships, visualizing music, 
and then finally choosing an album and interpreting it

Semiotics in the Sacraments  
Studying basic theories of semiotics, understanding the concept of "open work",
creation of meaning and analyzing the reading of an image

Chaos Jalsa  
Concept, identity and visual language for an inter-college event 
along with all the print and web based promotion

Kamet  
Visual identity for a supplementary education centre. 
The final chosen identity was applied on to an intro animation for a website.

Quad Adjustable Roller Skates 
Packaging of roller skates, after understanding 
patterns of usage and user preferences.

Convo 24  
Strategy for identity and environmental graphics for 
the 24th Convocation at NID

 

COURSES UNDERTAKEN

Basic Graphic Design, Composition, Colour & Form, Colour in Branding, 
Illustration, Letter Design, Type Hierarchy, Book Design, Visual Identity, 
Packaging, Video Editing and Compositing, Interactive Media including
Action-Scripting, Black & White Photography and Dark Room Techniques, 
Design Drawing, Analytical Drawing, Orthography-Isometry, Geometry, 
Construction Drawing, Gesture Drawing, Design Process, Field Study, 
Environmental Perception.

 

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (Fish-Eye Design, New Delhi)

Identity for Earth-Song a lifestyle store in Nigeria; Masthead and layout for ‘Basics’, newsletter by Aus Aid, an Australian Govt. Initiative in the northeast India;
Flash presentation for an NGO called Youth-Reach on ‘Delhi Breathe’; Layouts for Tupperware Product Catalogue; Identity for Golf-Lifestyle-India-2004; Flash elements for Fish-Eye website.

 

EXTRA-CURRICULAR

Brochures for Garba events at NID; T-shirts for IIM; Posters and Installations during Monsoon Fiesta at NID; Visual Language for 'Pakad' cultural event at NID; Identity and Invites for Zipped - an apparel show, Involved in choreography and issue-based dance series called 'Ehsaas' performed at NID, Tagore Hall and IIM-A and 'Sunn' at CEPT.

 

INTERESTS

Trained in Bharatnatyam and interested in contemporary choreography. 
Performed in various streetplays, dramatics, dance and music events.
Part of the JYMM, a delhi based gospel band. 
Enjoy team work and interested in socially conscious projects.

 

SKILL SETS

Follow design process to define the final product. 
Confident in tackling various software and proficient in using vector tools 
such as Illustrator. Also keen to explore uncharted territory.

 

SOFTWARES USED

Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, ImageReady, PageMaker, InDesign,
Premiere, AfterEffects, Macromedia Flash, Director, Corel Draw, Painter,
Microsoft Frontpage, Office, Quark Express

 

KEY DATA

Name Deekshit Daniel Sebastian
Date of Birth  11 December 1983
Contact Address National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad, INDIA
Permanent Address A4, Surya Apts, Street 29, Tughlakabad Extn, New Delhi
Email dsebastian@nid.edu

 


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