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  • ReDi Digital Dialogue 2019

    World Social Media day is celebrated every year on June 30, 2019, across the world to bring to light the ever-growing influence of Social Media in people’s life. In Ahmedabad, it is now a tradition, to have ReDi Digital Dialogue…

  • NID students transforming used scrap into usable furniture!

    A motorcycle fuel tank, a discarded vacuum cleaner, a used tyre and waste fabrics, a street lamp and the guard of a pedestal fan–sounds unlikely for these to be featured in an art piece, right? Find out how this list…

  • NID students showcase pocket-friendly DIY furniture concepts

    11 students of National Institute of Design use PVC pipes, as part of a 3 week course under the mentorship of Associate Sr. Faculty Pravinsinh Solanki, to create beautiful and durable do-it-yourself furniture design,  to help lower income groups take…

  • Earthrise, the photograph of the century, turns 50

    Earthrise is an iconic photograph which has hugely influenced the world’s visual perception of planet earth. The photograph was taken by astronaut Bill Anders from Apollo 8 spacecraft and it shows the exquisite imagery of earth rising over the moon. This…

  • Barnaby Furnas’ Paintings Show How Robots Can Transform Art

    American painter Barnaby Furnas’ Frontier Ballads Art Show in New York bears testimony to how digital technology is transforming the world of visual arts. Original pictures: Artmatr The first two weeks of March have borne testimony to how technology and…

  • IPad Art by Space Designer Jatin Bhatt

    Inspired by the dexterous cartoonist Mario Miranda, the friendly vibes of Jatin Bhatt’s digital art broke all the traditionalist myth of not inculcating digital techniques in design thinking methods. His exhibition ‘I Chitra‘ displays 36 artworks all made with an…

  • Windows Ends The Journey of MS Paint after three decades

    Gone are those days when we could scribble out anything on our desktops since, in the upcoming update of Windows 10 in this fall, Microsoft has added many features to enhance the user experience, but the tech giant has decided…

  • EU slaps anti- competition charges on Google

    Image source: www.scmp.com Google Slapped With a Record Breaking Fine of $2.7 Billion by EU in the Antitrust Ruling The $90 billion incurring Silicon Valley giant was smacked with a penalty amount of $2.7 billion after it failed to attain…

  • Ransomware : the New Age Digital Threat!

    May 12, 2017, has now been noted as the Black Friday of the Digital age, since on this day the malicious Ransomware program WannaCry started spreading and has now infected nearly 300,000 systems globally. The virus encrypts and locks all the…

  • World’s First Global Art Exchange : ARTSTAQ is LIVE

    ARTSTAQ a London/Prague-based start-up has opened up World’s First Global Art Exchange, wherein like NASDAQ, traders and collectors can exchange Art in the most transparent manner. Launched with the vision to democratize Art Market and create a convenient model based…

  • Merging Music with ‘Mix the City’ App

    Mix the City is mixing cities across the world. An app developed by British Council that helps users to combine original music as well as vocals originating from diverse regions through simple operations. The Mobile app has been launched n…

  • The Split Screen Magic of Cassius and Pharrell

    Ever wondered on how to create a visual poetry using a simple and conventional video editing technique? Well, check out Cassius’ latest music video directed by a Paris-based Alexandre Courtes that features Pharrell and Cat Power. It showcases an excellent…

  • Indian Rail Yatra : a constant for discovery enthusiasts

    Rail Yatra The History of Indian Railways After the first rail run that took place around 164 years ago from Mumbai to Thane, Indian Railway has evolved with a progressive attitude and in enormous aspects. With Bharatiya Rail’s recent declaration of…

  • Whatsapp Status Update!

    An Instant Messenger that will turn every user into a story teller! WhatsApp, one of the most popular instant messaging app, has released the latest update on board where a registered user can safely share images, videos and gif graphics…

  • The Big Bang in Digital Art is here: Microsoft Paint 3d

    Microsoft recently released its first edition of the new Paint 3d application for windows 10, wherein a user can select 2d images to amalgamate 3d objects within them. The interface is extremely user-friendly unlike the other 3d art applications, where…

  • The Kindle of Visual Art

    Gone are the days when your walls were lurking for a beautiful painting and you were scared that it would burn a hole in your pocket. The Meural is a digital canvas, which you can hang on your walls and…

  • Pokemon Go!

    A game made by Niantic Labs and The Pokemon Company known as Pokemon Go, which is supposed to be played literally on the go, through maps. Not released in India yet, this sensational app is topping the App Store’s ‘Top…

  • Advance and scientific Vastu Scanners and Training

    A seemingly potent invention is quietly making its impact felt across India. Geo Engineers, a research and engineering firm has came up with a scientific way to measure the ‘Vaastu’ (spatial energy) of any space. A special device, invented by…

  • An app for Shakespeare lovers!

      The Tempest is the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone and now the Shakespeare admirers have a gilded opportunity to experience the play on their app. Why read the play when you can experience it. Stage actors from USA…

  • Facebook nearby friends, do we really need this feature?

    A new tool of Facebook app installed in IOS and Android phones that has a specific radius in which you will be notified if your friends are nearby or around you. Quiet fascinating! Well it definitely comes with a turn…

  • The next generation softwares, Apps!

    Smartphones and tabloids have definitely replaced the laptops and personal computers, but internally the change is at a macro level. In just 5 years mobile applications have taken over a big leap. The software application market, which was just $6.8…

  • Is Google’s Tilt Brush the start of a new art revolution?

    Introducing Google’s Tilt Brush that gives a real-time virtual experience of 3-dimensional drawing. With collaboration with HTC Vive, the Tilt Brush is a revolutionary experience for a user at a whole new level, where the whole environ is your canvass…


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https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/A-Walk-with-Thambi-illustrated-by-Proiti-Roy-written-by-Lavanya-Karthik-Tulika-Books.jpg How Tulika Books is creating impact in children’s lives through picture books

A children’s book about a boy who feels like a girl. And about a child brought up by grandfathers. These are some of the stories published by Tulika Books, who have been making children’s picture books since 23 years. Little…

https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Coffe.jpg Dalgona Coffee: A worldwide social media trend about home-made café experience

While the lockdown has ignited various trends on social media, one that has received a major global following is #DalgonaCoffee. With thousands of posts on its name, here’s all you need to know about the Dalgona Coffee wave. I first…

https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/article-on-renaissance-artists.jpg Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello—Artists or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters?

Did you ever wonder where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ characters got their names from? Well, your search is complete. Here is a brief introduction of the artists from whom the creators of TMNT took inspiration. Teenage mutant ninja turtles,…

https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dr-Yatin-Desai-Orthopaedic-surgeon.jpg The call of the mountains: orthopaedic Dr Yatin Desai’s advice on trekking

In this piece 64 year old Dr Yatin Desai, shares with CY his inspiring story of how to scale towering mountains with utmost ease and how this life adventure activity can shape human character and health. Chances are high that…