AT A GLANCE
Kumkum Nadig
Area of Practice:
OVERVIEW
An educator, art director, graphic designer with over 30 years of professional and over 20 years of academic experience, Kumkum’s work draws from her a multi-disciplinary background spanning Architecture, Industrial Design and Graphic Design.
Having worked in USA, The Netherlands, and Canada as a young professional and educator, Kumkum joined Srishti in 2003 and has since been responsible for planning and setting up of the curriculum for Visual Communication Design Course at UG and PG levels as well as updating / revitalizing the curriculum each year through a rigorous practice of evaluation and recontextualization of the students’ learning process. As the dean and senior faculty of the program, Kumkum has facilitated studios, workshops, Thesis Projects, and Capstone across different levels and courses.
Her social and community outreach includes conducting workshops for students of other art and design schools/forums in India, such as NID, CEDT at IISC, Design Yatra, and Typoday, and in Germany at the Merz Akademie, Stuttgart. Kumkum has also been invited to be a jury member by IDC, IIT, Bombay and ASPaC, Tokyo.
At present Kumkum’s interests lie in exploring and documenting vernacular Indian Typographic communication forms, and, exploring the intersection between art, design, history & culture. Kumkum is also passionate about mixed media prints and likes to experiment with combining and integrating digital as well as traditional printmaking practices.
EDUCATION
B Arch., Rachna Sansad, Mumbai, India. M Des, IDC, IIT Bombay, India. MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI, USA. Online Certificate Course from Harvard titled “Tangible Things”
WORK EXPERIENCE
Over 35 years of work experience in Graphic Design in India, USA, The Netherlands. One year of teaching experience in Canada. 22 years of teaching and academic leadership at Srishti.
INTEREST AREAS
History and evolution of Indian visual design, Printmaking, Typography as a means of unpacking visual culture. I am also passionate about mixed media prints and likes to experiment
with combining and integrating digital as well as traditional printmaking practices.
CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI
HoD of Visual Communication Design Programs at B Des and MA level, Senior faculty teaching/facilitating variety of units and projects at BDes and MA level, Planning and Managing curriculum in Visual Communication at BDes and MA level, Setting up, Coordinating and Managing: Timetable, Faculty Allocations and Summative Assessments.
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
- Facilitated 8th Semester Thesis Projects for the past 4 years
- Taught Studios on Typography, History of Graphic Design, Information Visualisation, Publication Design.
- Conducted Atelier workshops on Cyanotype Printing
- Mentored MA students through their Capstone
CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH
1983: Independent Designer, MI, USA
1984–1986: Philips India, Mumbai, India as a Graphic Designer
1986–1988: Philip International, Eindhoven, The Netherlands as a Graphic Designer
1988–1990: Independent Designer, Mumbai, India
1990–1999: Co-founder and Design Director, Leubin Design, Bangalore, India
1998: Guest Faculty, Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore, India
1999 January to August: Faculty, and, Course Coordinator, Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore, India
2001–2003: Faculty in Graphic Design Program at Durham College, Oshawa, ON, Canada
2003–2014: Senior Faculty & Course Coordinator, Visual Communication, Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore, India
2014–2019: Dean, School of Design Business and Technology, Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore, India
2019–Present: HoD, Visual Communication Programs at UG and PG level, Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore, India
2007–Present: Founder and Design Director, Kena Design, Bangalore, India
