Tara Banatwala

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Previously,
@Studio Rodrigo @Landor 


Carnegie Mellon Class of ‘24
School of Design



Selected Projects      

+ explorations



1/Pushkar Camel Fair



A proposed identity for the Worlds Biggest Camel Fair to represent a bilingual audience. 
BRAND




Projects done during my time working for Brooklyn based design studio. 
BRAND/UI/UX




A self-started initiative creating CMU’s first thrift store with a mission for reuse, crafts and playful design.
BRAND


4/Design Hero



A multimedia project to commemmorate the work 
of the 93 year old Japanese Designer Kazumasa Nagai.

 
BRAND/UI/UX

5/How To Guide



A book written by me, about my anxious thoughts and worries.  

PUBLICATION

6/Kew Gardens



Rethinking visitor flows as a way of decolonizing the Royal Botanical Kew Gardens in London.
UX






TIMELINE:
4 years
ROLE:
Founder and Designer
WITH:
Thrifty Mellon Team <3
WHEN:
Fall 2022

Thrifty Mellon is a student run on-campus thrift store that I started in my freshman year of college. It has now grown to becoming a hub of reuse, circularity, and sustainability. We provide a place for clothing to find a new home and stay within the campus community. The design of this organization was a big part of its creation. It served as a place for me to play as I learnt how to be a designer. Now, with our design team, this sense of play grows through each event that establishes itself uniquely in the broader system of work.