Magically, 2010 has started on a good note, showering us with some increase in wealth and also appropriate proactivity. We wanted to continue with the way our last cards were (due to the oft. recieved compliments ) and decided to have 4 different designs on the back of the card, with snippets from our work. The front side is common for both of us (we like conserving paper).

We are also lovers of screen printing, for reasons more than one. It adds texture. It smells amazing. It is also cheaper than offset when printed in low numbers (anything less than a 1000 pieces which is a lot for a small firm like ours). We would also like to argue that it is more environmentally friendly (we have an environment reporter trying to figure our the truth… updates soon).

But it entails certain low points as well. Like, we are bound by the number of colours we can use. It is recommended that each face not have more than 3-4 colours at the max. We cant print gradients or bitmap images. In case we want plenty of colours, then it is both complicated (for us and the printer) and risky (the printer is human after all).

So, as opposed to a single file one would need to send to their offset printer, this is what we had to provide to our screen printer.

© 2010 tiffinbox

The colours each of these 7 screens will be printed in is shown on their sides. And by the end of it all, we expect our card to look like the one on top.

There are 3 other designs, none of which are as complicated as this one. Those will not be posted online, and we wait for you to meet us if you really want to see them, and the end result of this

Cards are being printed on Karess Springo Sandgrain White paper (300 gsm).

The secret behind Rohit's fat belly :: © 2009 Sriparna Ghosh

Following are the posters designed for this exhibition by tiffinbox in collaboration with door number 3.

The thought behind the designs was to be as bold as possible since we always write something that needs attention in bold letters. From afar, when you will first approach the exhibition you can read the letters very clearly as “CLIMATE CHANGE”. And on going through the posters at a one-on-one level you will see a lot of things that are happening in and around the alphabets. Each poster deals with a different issue. Also we have tried not to use any scary apocalypse type imagery or language, and tried to keep it as simple and everyday as possible.

Secondly, you may or may not notice that all posters are aerial views. This is to reiterate the fact that we are looking at our world from a birds eye, since this is the only view that gives us complete understanding of what’s happening. Standing on ground, we only seem to see what’s going on in the immediate surroundings, and not care for what’s happening some 1000 or 100000 kms away. But for a healthy planet we need to look at our globe in totality, since climate affects all of us.

As these posters are meant for a larger display (3×4 feet) you might not see the detailing in each poster as well as one would in an exhibition. Similarly for the text, it might seem small or illegible at this size. But you get the idea!

An important thing to note here is that poster numbers 11 and 12 speak of regional issues, the rest being generic in nature. The 13th poster is the concluding poster which urges the viewers to sign onto the poster to show solidarity in the fight against climate change.

Though we would have loved to have your suggestions and views on the 13th poster itself, but for the time being we’ll settle for comments on this platform

Agartala Chapter

Coimbatore Chapter

Bhopal Chapter

Ranchi Chapter

Pune Chapter

Lucknow Chapter

Hyderabad Chapter