Sanskruti Landage

M.Des/Year 2

Echoes of Malabar Hill: Card game

Echoes of Malabar Hill: Card game

Prof. Alka Hingorani

Embark on a captivating card game set in Mumbai's Malabar Hill, where the delicate interplay of urban planning and cultural preservation takes center stage. Explore the profound connection between historic monuments, like the Banganga tank, and their ecological surroundings. Through immersive gameplay, delve into the region's history, geography, and culture, gaining a deeper understanding of its significance. Engage in critical thinking and strategic decision-making while experiencing a virtual heritage walk. Contribute actively to the preservation of oral histories along the way. This transformative experience nurtures a sense of responsibility, empowering players to become stewards of their communities, gracefully harmonizing preservation and progress.

Concerns on Sign Design

Concerns on Sign Design

Prof. Mandar rane

The design of a graphical sign involves its creation by the designer followed by testing for its interpretability using established testing methods. But the results of these tests can be misleading due to inexplicable factors like cultural knowledge, immediate environment, ability to process information, at the user’s end and thus they can demonstrate agreement even for ambiguous signs. Signs that aim to become international standards especially, should achieve maximum possible clarity in their message and quality in their design. which is also why it’s important to ensure that the sign submitted for testing represents the designer’s finest work.This study further investigates the designer’s process of creating a sign and presents a method to achieve a reasonable level of confidence in the designer of its comprehensibility.Then, additional testing of such a sign will be necessary to verify the designer’s prediction.