Diary of a Design Student

empathy, and the shopping cart's origin story.

Behind the Design- Episode 3

Aug 6 • 

Apurva Bhure

2

Memes, brainrot, and a generation of people too chill for news

Guest artticle by Shraddha.

Aug 2 • 

Apurva Bhure

 and 

Unfootnoted

3

July 2025

Reading The Creative Act as a design student

Mild spoilers, aka I actually tell you what to expect.

Jul 30 • 

Apurva Bhure

3

1

Streetlight design (yes, it's a thing) and the power of simple solutions.

Behind the Design- Episode 2

Jul 21 • 

Apurva Bhure

1

June 2025

Playing card design, and the French Revolution.

Behind the Design- Episode 1

Jun 4 • 

Apurva Bhure

2

1

after 1 year of design school, here's what I would tell myself.

... if I only could. No regrets, though

Jun 1 • 

Apurva Bhure

7

1

May 2025

Reimagining Indian Urbanism: A Contextual Minimalism

A guest article by Shraddha.

May 29 • 

Apurva Bhure

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Unfootnoted

4

7 ways to be uncreative

do this, you'll never make good stuff again.

May 26 • 

Apurva Bhure

2

March 2025

the Noto fonts are awesome- I want to tell you about it.

It has more languages than I knew existed!

Mar 30 • 

Apurva Bhure

3

2 TED Talks I love as a design student.

The ones that impacted my creativity the most.

Mar 25 • 

Apurva Bhure

3

Nostalgia design - why does everything look old now?

Grain filters, retro illustration, 2D-looking art styles, it's everywhere!

Mar 22 • 

Apurva Bhure

2

1

only one productivity tip for creative people.

it takes one hour a *week*

Mar 20 • 

Apurva Bhure

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