Paper Playground: Create a Papercut Picturebook
Influences
A course by Karishma Chugani , Artist, Illustrator, and Educator
Joined August 2011
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I will share with you some of the main influences for creating innovative paper formats for books and toys.”
In this video lesson Karishma Chugani addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Paper Playground: Create a Papercut Picturebook. Create a paper universe full of possibilities using visual ideas from your sketchbook and paper cutting techniques to bring them to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I will share some of my main influences for creating innovative formats for paper books, and toys. My first influence is the great designer and innovator of paper formats, books, and didactic research, Bruno Munari. Based in Milan, Bruno Munari spent his lifetime researching new innovative ways to create paper formats, books for children, and all kinds of design resources. He constantly played around with research for art, design, and didactic methods providing new ways to teach children how to experiment and how to interact with formats. The first book designed b...”
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Course summary for: Paper Playground: Create a Papercut Picturebook
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Narrative, Paper Craft, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Karishma Chugani
A course by Karishma Chugani
Karishma Chugani is an artist, designer, writer, and illustrator from Morocco. She has a degree in Fashion Design with Printing from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, and a Masters in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths University in Design Futures.
Karishma has worked as a fashion designer, published several books, and participated in collective and solo exhibitions internationally. She also teaches creative workshops to children, teachers, and illustrators at her mobile school L’École de Papier, as well as institutions like Institut Français Madrid & Casablanca, Casablanca American School, Colegio Santa Isabel Madrid, and Libreria Gil in Santander. Her clients include Jerraflore, Le Chocolat des Francais, Marketing Magazine France, Jamini Paris, and the toy shop Wonderland.
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