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About

Monish Khara is a Designer, animator and creative working in New York and Melbourne. 

His experience encompasses a wide range of disciplines and has enabled him to fine-tune his ability to problem solve and deliver engaging outcomes for clients and personal projects.

To get in touch please email:
monishkhara@gmail.com

Visual Diary ↳ Instagram

The article this month is on the work of Wang and Söderström, one of my favourite 3D and spatial design artists. The pair have a distinct biologically inspired style and they've done amazing work for brands like Rimowa, Nike, Burberry and Selfridges. Their project "Water Matters" looked to give a visual identity for the Nobel Prize's convention, themed around the importance of the worlds water supplies and oceans. . Link in bio to read the full article!
Zine "Caliphate" a visual exploration born out of listening to the New York Times podcast of the same name reported by journalist Rukmini Callimachi. . In the wake of the brutal Syrian civil war and afterglow of the Iraq invasion, a power vacuum was created in the region that allowed for the birth of ISIS. Rukmini's podcast looks into WHO the Islamic State are and were, a group so deplorable and violent yet enticing to around 40,000 men and women from the West who were radicalised and flew to an active warzone to join the cause. . The zine contains scans of archived documents from Syria that shows the Islamic States surprisingly meticulous documentation and layouts of ISIS's school course-work that taught young children words such as "Sniper" and "Martyr". . If you're interested in listening to the podcast the link is in my bio . Thanks for looking!
Typography for an upcoming zine
Stretchy type animations inspired by a piece of work by @motherdesign for Eyebeams (swipe). Turned out to be a little tricky, just simply stretching the letter distorts them in the wrong spots. My solution was to add extra anchor points on the O’s (in yellow) and stretch the space in between them. . Thanks for looking!
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri was an Italian Baroque painter from the 16th century. Known as "Guercino" his works are known for their lively, animated figures and dramatic lighting. A favourite piece of his work of mine is his depiction of Atlas and King David (swipe)
Ladies, Wine &Walsh . Latest blog post on the rebranding/ disbanding of creative agency Sagmeister and Walsh into @andwalsh ! . Also! I’m looking to give this blog a name... so if anyone has some thoughts for something short and snappy let me know! . Link to blog post in bio
A creative piece on the work of photographer Man Ray, Man Ray considered himself an artist and painter above all but is most famous for his photography. He was considered a major contributor to the Dada movement and his photographs often have a surreal, dream-like feel to them. In particular, I love his solarized photography which gives an "invert" effect of lights and shadows. The back of the poster I designed of his works also folds into small booklet detailing some of his more notable pieces. . What do you guys think? have you heard of Man Ray before? Thanks for helping me with the shoot @caitpoli!
Horrorscope layouts, yep I spelled it wrong on purpose (wow, edgy). I've been experimenting with putting copy blocks in really weird shapes, it probably makes it almost unreadable but hey it's something different! . Thanks for looking!