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Samia Singh

The highly inspiring talks at Typo Berlin 2013 still influence my thinking
Post it mural for Hakoneyama festival, part of the Sanriku International Arts festival. Japan 2019
Tea packaging and photo shoot styling and photography by me for No. 3 Clive Road
Sharing session after the Door to Asia designer in residence program, Tokyo 2018
Street Art commissioned by the Mayor of Carballo in La Coruña, Galicia, Spain 2014
Sharing session after the Door to Asia designer in residence program, Tokyo 2018
Photo shoot styling and photography by me for No. 3 Clive Road
Street Art commissioned by the Mayor of Carballo in La Coruña, Galicia, Spain 2014
Resting after painting all day, street art in Galicia, Spain.
Working in the brilliant ceramic studios in Uttarayan Foundation, Baroda.
Sketching for an artwork (Chandigarh 2012)
Setting the letterpress for a poem I wrote for a set of etchings at the esteemed Il Bisonte Instituto del Arte Grafica, Firenze, Italy 2013
Setting the letterpress for a poem I wrote for a set of etchings at the esteemed Il Bisonte Instituto del Arte Grafica, Firenze, Italy 2013
Sketching and planning a set of etchings at the esteemed Il Bisonte Instituto del Arte Grafica, Firenze, Italy 2013
Working in the brilliant ceramic studios in Uttarayan Foundation, Baroda.
Sharing session at Hakoneyama Terrace during the Door to Asia designer in residence program, Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan 2018
Sharing session during the Door to Asia designer in residence program, Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan 2018
A showcase of our work after an artist-in-residence in Baroda with my dear friends from my days in Florence and Spain: Elina Kawachi (Japan), Iria Do Castello ( La Coruña, Spain), Alber and Yago of A&Y (Barcelona, Spain) Bianca Tschaikner (Vienna, Austria)

Hi, I'm Samia. I'm a graphic designer and an artist based in Chandigarh, India. Some of my skills include illustration, graphic design, web design, packaging design, design thinking, brand strategy, printmaking, UI & UX design, storyboarding, photo styling, making comics & music.

I am the Creative Director of Preet Nagar Residency, an artist and writers residency that I run with my family, in Preet Nagar. An intended community set up by my great grandfather in the 1930s between Amritsar & Lahore, the two cultural hubs of pre-partitioned Punjab.

Oh, and I make music with my Delhi based band Station Ikigai.

My artistic interest lies in effective communication of new knowledge and research that may help create positive understanding and response to the emotional, social and political landscapes we live in, in order to live fuller happier lives. Creating effective moments of interaction through art and design is powerful as the experience you have is unique and stays with you - lingering and resurfacing at different points in time. I work across illustration, graphic design, sculpture, and music to create these lucid moments.

A quick look at a book I just finished working on.

Photo Credit: Kazuhiko Monden 

Door to Asia, Japan

I am grateful to be part of a think tank of Asian designers who are working to improve disaster affected businesses through design and intersectional collaboration. Read more

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Exploring the North East

The sketch for this was made in a jeep while driving up to Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh from Guwahati, Assam for a music festival. Nobody could quite say how long the drive would take. Everybody we asked had a different answer. My friend and I braced for a 7 hour drive but it ended up being close to 12 hours and to top that off we had a drunk driver who kept taking "breaks"! After getting the taxi driver out of one of his various drinking stops and banning his breaks (only in India) - to calm down, I started to sketch the magnificent tropical forest and all the signage BRO ( Border Roads Organisation :)) had put through the endless mesmerising forest. A rare long drive where you see the jungle and barely any human settlements.

Etching, Edition of 10.

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Poster design for Mela, Preet Nagar 2018

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Patterns designed for the tea pouches using the archives of a 5th generation Indian wood & metal block printing family business.
Book cover design, Leaving Home with Half a Fridge
From the first set of Animal people
Mahabalipuram candle for No. 3 Clive Road
Christmas photo shoot for No. 3 Clive Road
Girl with Guitalele, edition of 12. INR 15,000, A3 size
Space. A Muslim woman finds solace in the Hijab and she feels it shelters her and leaves her to her own space.
Dont try, do.
Door to Asia festival poster 2019
Poster and logo for Preet Nagar Residency
Lady Next door (Etching edition of 10, Florence 2012) INR 15,000, Size: 10 x 15 cm, 2 plates printed on the same paper)

Lady next door

While studying in Florence, I used to often look outside my room's window where this lady would occasionally be looking back at me, if she wasn't out buying groceries with her dog, or watching TV. She could have been about 80 and I used to think about her living alone, smoking as she watched people on the road go by.
Etching 2012 (Sold Out)