a personal puja

After painstakingly following Christianity’s many rules for 7 years, I spent the next 7 breaking all of them. I lost my virginity, smoked weed, drank alot of alcohol and generally enjoyed a debaucherous lifestyle. Jitterbug Perfume was my new bible, guiding me to live life to the fullest, to not look back and to not apologize for my appetites and desires. My heart was set free; this was the best time of my life. The items in this diagram comprise a personal religious ceremony (puja) dedicated to the 7 years I spent living life for myself, traveling through SouthEast Asia.

the making of this layout

Making this layout was easily the most fun I've had as a graphic designer. The combination of physically arranging the many nicknacks I love from Nepal and using the computer and my hands was cathartic.  I flexed almost all my skills on this project and that was great too. I utilized typography, design, photography, lighting, photo editing and art direction to turn this organized chaos into an infographic.  

I started on this layout when I was thinking of applying to Aalto's master's program a few years ago. I did not apply then but this idea kept rolling around in my head. I sketched the typography, vectorized it and then I filled it with something we call tikka in Nepal. It's yoghurt and raw rice. It's used in every religious ceremony and they stick it on your forehead in very messy clumps. I have a hate-love relationship with tikka.