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Rahul Kumar Dhanuk | Mdes VC 15-17


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Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Date: 2015-2017 

Medium: Photograph

Credits: IDC


Detailed Description

Rahul Kumar Dhanuk is an ambitious design professional for UI/UX, graphic design, design education (UG/PG), and coaching for NIFT/NID/CEED/UCEED. He received his M.Des in visual communication design from IDC (IIT Bombay) in 2017. Prior to that, he did his bachelor's of engineering in information technology from the RCC Institute of Information Technology. His previous work experiences are: Intern, Creative Faculty at Pahal Design Education Private Limited (2018–2020), Assistant Professor at Amity University (2020–2021), Faculty, Graphic Design at iLEAD Kolkata (2021), Part-Time Faculty at École Intuit Lab (2021–2022).


Related Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-kumar-dhanuk


Reference Links:
http://ddsidc.com/2017/portfolio/rahul/


Projects

Visual fatigue among computer users

This report presents a survey of the available literature related to the present scenario of technical devices and methods to quantify visual fatigue and its long-term effects on the eye due to computer-related work, along with psychological and physiological aspects.

The introduction of computers during the 1970s gave rise to a lot of controversial debate. Controversies were wide-ranging, ranging from workplace ergonomics, lighting to health and work stress. The overuse of computers makes adults and children both susceptible to computer-related vision symptoms. Performing both important and enjoyable tasks without breaks until near exhaustion may increase eye focus problems and eye irritations. This calls for computer vision syndrome, which is a widely spreading but largely unknown epidemic among computer users. It is considered the top official health-related problem. In ancient times, human beings used to live in forests, and their primary occupation was hunting. Their visual need was to look at distance, but now the distance-dominated world has suddenly changed to a near-point world, as most jobs are now confined to tables and chairs, working on computers, and small office boundaries.


Summer Internship at Response India Calcutta

Their reason for existence is to prove a point that is contrary to popular opinion through fresh, focused, and accountable world-class communication that can be created and conducted from Calcutta. Corporate, product, and brand strategy and tactics, New product and brand concepts, public relations, graphic design, corporate ids, signage, packaging strategy and design, web strategy, design, and development.


Visual Communication at IDC, an analysis

After joining IDC to study ‘Visual Communication’, the question "What do you actually do?" from fellow students in various disciplines often led to some tentative answers, but it was very evident from people's facial expressions that they didn’t understand. The realisation came that "visual communication’ has to be studied more deeply, hoping that in the future it will also lead to an understanding of the broader subject of design. The current project is an attempt to do a qualitative and quantitative analysis of around 700 VC projects done at IDC from 1984 to 2016. Considering the time available, this study focused more on developing a methodology that could later be expanded for a more comprehensive study.


Kaliyuga predictions: Its relevance and visual depiction

This project is a visualisation attempt of the Kaliyuga predictions, written in Sanskrit in Srimad Bhagavatam, whose English translation and purport have been given by Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. All 17 posters include the original Sanskrit verses, their English translation, a one-word English title, and illustrations that closely depict those predictions' meaning.

Creating posters on Kaliyuga predictions is about making it interesting to attract attention, thus giving the viewers an opportunity to verify its relevance in the present world, which may give them a broader world view to deal with life situations.

Through this project, I learned how pictorial metaphor and analogical juxtaposition can be used to create a visual that conveys meaning and creates an impact in the viewer's mind.