Young Designers '13

Diploma Project

Tell Me More About Vadodara – An Illustrative Publication for Children

Keywords

Heritage
Publication design
Awareness
Vadodara

Student

Indranil Chowdhury

tulikaarts1@gmail.com

Guide

S M Shah

not-avaliable

Sponsor

Heritage Trust

Synopsis

This project aimed to create awareness in children about the city of Vadodara in the light of architectural,
historical, cultural and sociological backdrops. Vadodara, being a city of national historical significance and industrial prowess, where the past dwells with the future, off ered tremendous possibilities to design a colourful illustrated publication. This is a fun book for children with colour slides to play with on its cover. Targeted for an age group of children from twelve to fteen years, this illustrated publication covers several facets of Vadodara’s rich cultural heritage like – historical background, heritage buildings and architecture, arts and crafts, rulers especially Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, interesting stories and ‘believe it or not’ facts.