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Lavendra Kumar Shukla | Mdes MVD 15-17


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Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Date: 2015-2017 

Medium: Photograph

Credits: IDC


Detailed Description

Lavendra Kumar Shukla is currently associated as an automobile designer with ACGL (Automobile Corporation of Goa Limited, Goa), an associate company of TATA Motors, from August 2017 until the present. He received his M.Des in mobility design from IDC (IIT Bombay) in 2017. Having three years of experience in the field of architecture. On-site experience from concept generation to execution at Lotus Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd., Haridwar, Uttarakhand.


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Projects

Visual Grammar of Street Signs in Kanpur

Understanding the principles of visual communication through street signage is very critical for enhanced design languages. An observational study was a better way to know the ideology of untrained artists. To understand their choices about selecting fonts, typefaces, and colours, I have observed several artists in Kanpur who have been practising for decades or more. I found that some of them were very talented at spotting the visual grammar. Every painter had their own design style without knowing any coding of typography.


Facelifting of Eicher 485 Tractor


Redesigning of Wheelchair for Indian Context

India is not a physically disabled-friendly country as compared to other countries. According to the 2011 census, 2.1% of the Indian population is physically disabled. According to the 2011 census, 75% of persons with disabilities live in rural areas, 49% of the disabled population is literate, and only 34% are employed. If we think of mobility aids for the disabled person, the public transportation system seems very discriminatory to disabled people. Most common modes of public transport don’t keep disabled people in mind, especially people using wheelchairs. Even if ramps are provided somewhere, a major complaint is that those ramps are not properly built according to the regulations, which makes going up and coming down the ramp a challenge.

The design of wheel chairs started with an Internet study to know the current scenario of wheelchairs. A market study was carried out to know the present manufacturers available in India. For a better understanding of the products available on the market, I have done comparisons between the existing products. An ethnography study was done by myself as a user to observe the problems of the existing product and to address the design gap in the existing product to meet the user's needs. The feedback that was taken from actual users and attendees was also considered for concept generation and design execution. The final output is a wheel chair that must provide ease of manoeuvrability to the user by providing better transportability and transferability.


Designing of Wheelchair for Cerebral Palsy Patients

Disabled children are of great concern to a family as well as to society. When disability is discussed, particularly in children, about a quarter of chronic childhood problems are neurological in origin. Cerebral palsy (CP) is the leading cause of chronic disability in children, making them physically and mentally handicapped and socially aloof.

The worldwide incidence of CP is approximately 2 to 2.5 cases per 1000 live births. In India, it is estimated at around 3 cases per 1000 live births; however, being a developing country, the actual figure may be much higher than the probable figures. There are about 25 lakh CP children in India, as per the last statistical information.

It is a symptom complex or syndrome condition rather than a single disease. It is an umbrella term encompassing a group of nonprogressive, non-contagious conditions that cause motor impairment syndrome, characterised by abnormalities in movement, posture, and tone. In short, it is a group of symptoms occurring due to the involvement of musculature, sense organs (i.e., vision, hearing, speech, etc.), and the mind, including intelligence at variable extents. It can be caused by any of the pre-natal, natal, and post-natal factors, and the primary eventual pathology is any type of injury to the developing brain. Due to the non-progressive nature of the lesion, historically it has been considered a static encephalopathy, which excludes all progressive neurological disorders. No effective treatment for the underlying brain damage has been formulated to date.