Course critique

When this course began, I learnt all the basic tools that one could use to analyze a business. Whether it be a mapping tool to identify your target customer and his / her needs, or just basic research tools, each thing added to it and helped me learn a little something.
The assignment in which we went out selling products was difficult, and it was HARD to sell things to people and convince them. It contrasted strongly with later, when we sold things at our exhibition. Being in Srishti made a difference, but we also had a lot more to show. Had we gone with the same content to sell our final products again, we would surely have made better sales and been way more convincing.
The enhancement we had to pln for someones business was a complete succes, because it was carried on by the business man. The rice selelr loved the paper bags for selling goods in, and has even started making his own, with newspaper.
This project has been useful and a lot of fun executing, with all the travelling, interactions, and experimentation. Our final products were much appreciated, and I honestly felt proud of them.

Poster for the exhibition

This is the poster design made to advertise our project for the exhibition

Logo

This is the art village logo-

Pretty package

We came up with packaging ideas for the art village products

This box is made out of arracca leaf bowls, corrogated cardboard and jute rope.
the top of the box can open out along the rope.
This box is extremely sturdy and provides complete protection to the products inside. It can also be easily stacked over one another.

They are also quite cheap to make-
for one box:

aracca leaf bowls- re 1 each - Rs 2
corrugated cardboard- re 1
jute rope- 25p
ohp sheet- rs 2 1tag- 50p
printing tag- 50p
glue- re 1
total- Rs 5.25

We have also made a brown paper bag with bamboo discs as eyelets.

Older finished product images

floating candle holder

floating candle holder

Laughing Buddha door bell

Display shelf lit from below

Pen Stand

Buttons

Candle

Soap Dish

More product sketches

Sorry! I know this is old...

Display shelf lit from below.


















Fork / spoon holder made fom wastage pieces of the above shelf

















Wind chime



















Torch









curtain rod holder








Soap Dish









Candle






kaleidoscope

Tradition meets technology

speakers and circuitry for ipod stand/ speaker unit














laughing buddha door bell
















croc lamp stand


















Suresh Sir working on the tree spirit lamp