GRID STUDY

2025
Gouache and printed magazine cut-outs on wood panel
12 x 12 inches

SECAC ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024

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For its 80th conference year, SECAC hosted a vibrant gathering in Atlanta, GA, from October 23–26, 2024, at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center.

Under the guiding theme of Wayfinding, SECAC 2024 has been designed by artists, designers, scholars, and educators from across the Atlanta region. Wayfinding, a term originally coined in the realms of environmental design and navigation, has evolved into a generative concept that extends far beyond physical spaces. Our conference seeks to unravel the intricacies of wayfinding across intersections of technology, cognition, culture, and design.

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‘Developing methods of investigation and vocabularies of evaluation through design.’

KRIDER PRIZE 2025

November 2025
Presented by University & College Designers Association (UCDA)

Annual national award established in 2009 to recognize extraordinary accomplishment and creativity across disciplines. Selected for contributions emphasizing critical thinking and design as a method of intervention and inquiry.

SOUTHSIDE SPECULATIONS

A multi-year research project and collection of creative works (2018-2020)

THE THIRD SPACE

Graduate Thesis ‘19 at UIC School of Design

The Third Space is a series of design projects that explore postcolonial theory through the lens of visual communication. Drawing on Homi K. Bhabha’s concept of the Third Space—a sociolinguistic theory of identity and community—it emphasizes hybridity as a framework for understanding how individuals and cultures are shaped by overlapping influences.

Each project in the series investigates a different facet of postcolonial thought, using design as a tool to question, represent, and reinterpret the complexities of identity, language, and cultural negotiation.

THE DESI PROJECT

Documenting Devon Avenue in Chicago, IL

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY

Seminar Series

This series of seminars aims to investigate the parameters of design as a practice. Rather than showcasing “best practices”—optimal ways for designers to take on predetermined roles—it looks at alternative models for the profession in which designers develop their own agendas and territories.

BODICE

Promotional material and brand-identity

A contemporary ready-to-wear label, which stands for modern, relevant and effortless elegance. Clean silhouettes combine impeccable tailoring with high-quality textiles.

01. Installation : Claymen

02. Show Invite:

PROMOTO

Brand-identity and website design

Oxfam is a global organization working to end the injustice of poverty. They help people build better futures for themselves, hold the powerful accountable, and save lives in disasters. Their mission is to tackle the root causes of poverty and create lasting solutions.

‘Design is the process of not only giving ideas form, but also of forming ideas.’

OXFAM

Annual Report

ASTHA THAKKAR

PERSONAL WORK

CLIENTWORK

ABOUT

Do Not Go Gentle (Chromatic Study)

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**Do Not Go Gentle (Chromatic Study)**