We require Technology Developers. Right now!

At Arun Verma Design Studio, we’ve been working with a host of clients in the US, UK and India across varied
creative domains.

Now, we have some immediate requirements for technology developers and was wondering if we have people within this group who would like to work in a fantastic environment and work on some brilliant ideas
that we’ve been toying with. As someone who’ll be working with us, you might not know everything about technology but should have the ‘fire within’ to learn, experiment and make mistakes. You should be creative and logical, should be a self starter with an ability to troubleshoot and deal with software programming problems. Basically, you should have an attitude for finding ’solutions’.

Please do read more about careers with us.

The details of the technology developers that we’re looking for are as follows.

Number of openings: 3

Years of experience: 2+ years

Languages: PHP 4&5 (min 2 years experience)

Databases: MySQL and PostgeSQL (min 1 year experience)

CMS: Drupal (min 6 month experience; the more the merrier)

Scripting Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and AJAX

If you fit the bill, or would like to do somebody else a favour, tell them about this. Please get in touch with me on 9811214413 or write to me.

Look forward to having you on board.

Creativegarh And Tribal Route Presents: The Coming Of Summer

Creativegarh and Tribal Route invite you to an exhibition of art and craft from the 20th of March to the 5th of April. Take your pick of jewelry, trendy bags, lifetyle accessories, coffee mugs, fabric sculpts, rock art, wall hangings, cutlery, footwear, candles, stole, angarakha kurtis, lamps, artefacts, ceramics and other unique creations.

Also a must dekko are works of art in oil, watercolor, acrylic and experimental medium that are now on sale.

At Creativegarh

37A & 41 Shahpurjat, New Delhi 110049

Tel: 91.11.26494214

Happy Anniversary

This is one of my latest creations inspired by Creativegarh’s 7th Anniversary.

Materials Used: Die scrap, ball bearings, construction rods, bolts, key chains, drill bit, window latches, screws, nuts

Dimensions: 12 x 8 x 8 inches 

Photographed by: Sushmendra Dubey

A Logo For 7 Years Of Creativegarh?

7 years? Already?

Yes! Creativegarh will soon be 7 years old, that is, on the 12th of September 2007.

And what could be a better way to celebrate Creativegarh’s seventh birthday than by giving it a beautiful birthday gift that’ll last for one whole year.

How about a logo to celebrate the 7 Years of Creativegarh?

We’ve been creating a commemoratory logo for the two years inhouse. [ You can see the '6 Years of Creativegarh' logo here. ] And this time, we thought, why not have the members of the community come up with a logo.

The brief is simple, and wide open.
We need a logo that captures the essence of Creativegarh as you see it. It needs to say ‘Celebrating 7 Years of Creativegarh’ or anything better that you can come up with as long as ‘Creativegarh’ is a part of the line / phrase / copy. Also, the logo should translate easily across mediums and across sizes and should look ‘equally good’ in black and white. One more thing. The 7 Years Logo should ‘preferably’ use the Creativegarh colours. Green and Blue to signify that that it is a global community. Black to signify the magic and mystery that creativity holds. And white to signify the purity of the creative expression. The ‘CG’ swirl in the centre of the Creativegarh logo signifies the energy associated with creative thinking.

An EPS version of the Creativegarh logo can be downloaded from here. 

5 logos will be shortlisted by a panel from within the Creativegarh community itself. And then, the entire community will vote for their favourite logo. Democratic as always.

How to send in your entries?
All participating members are requested to send in their designs to me  in .jpg format, in a minimum size of 4×4 inches (450×450 pixels @ 72 dpi). A higher resolution version may also be requested. Please mark the subject of the mails as ‘Creativegarh logo’ and please send it latest by Friday, the 31st of August 2007.

Who can participate?
Anyone and everyone. Logo designers, freelancers, design companies, individuals or anyone who is feeling creative enough and thinks he / she can do a good job of it. And we’re sure you can.

And finally, what’s in it for you?
Oh come on, don’t ask that! This is the least you can do for a community that really tries to do so much for you. But yes, if your logo is the winner, we’ll make sure you get due credit wherever this logo is used – on partner websites, on blogs, other forums, and all Creativegarh collateral. What’s more, the entire Creativegarh community will give you a standing ovation. In addition to this, we’ll ensure that we use your services on a live and paid logo design project for a client within the next 6 months. And if that’s not enough, I personally promise you a fantastic meal with unlimited wine whenever we meet in person. It’ll be great to have your company.

Please feel free to forward this post to your friends / colleagues and associates.

Looking forward to some mindblowing designs.

For creativity,
Arun Verma
Moderator, Creativegarh: Where creative minds meet, work and play!

How To Start Your Own Design Business – A Creativegarh Workshop

We at Creativegarh are planning to hold a one day workshop sometime in September in Delhi on ‘How to start your own design business’. The workshop will cover all aspects of getting started as a design entrepreneur – the do’s, the dont’s, the tricks, the resource gathering, how to get clients and how to keep clients.

So, if you are an aspiring design entrepreneur and are interested in attending this workshop, please write to me or call me
on +91.9811214413

Also, if you are already a design entrepreneur and would like to share your insights and experiences at the workshop, please do get in touch as well.

Look forward to a full-house.

Creativegarh Stall

The Creativegarh Art and Craft Gallery Stall at the ‘Festa of Lights’ organised by Akshay Pratishthan at the Swiss Embassy on Saturday, 14th of October 2006

Key Musicians

A 2006 creation

Dimensions: 9×5x4 inches each

Materials used: Keys, scrap metal plates

Private collection. Not for sale.

An Art And Craft Show By Creativegarh At Oxford Bookstore, New Delhi

Please to visit.

For a larger image, click here.

Presenting Creativegarh Project Cafe

A one-stop domain for projects, jobs, gigs and assignments in the ‘creative’ industry posted on the Creativegarh Forum.

Click here for the latest gigs.

Waiting Room – Wall Scrapture

A 2006 creation

Materials Used: Chrome bases, nuts, screws, washers, gears, die scrap, steel sheets, window embellishments, welding rods, key chains, ball bearings, bicycle chain

Dimensions: 46″ x 14″ x 8″

For Sale: Yes (Price on request)

Available at: Creativegarh Art and Craft Gallery, New Delhi

Creativegarh Design Studio Requires Techie / Web Developer

I don’t like the idea of posting our openings on my blog but this time, we are a little desperate. So, if you know of someone who fits the bill, please forward this post to them and forward their details to me.

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Creativegarh Design Studio is a one-stop-creative-hotshop based in a small and cosy garage in Noida (NCR Delhi). We provide our clients in India, Europe and the USA with a host of creative services ranging from logo designs to setup and maintenance of e commerce engines. And while doing this, we also design film sets, exhibition stalls, shoes, furniture, bags, jewelry, curate art shows, make films – in a nutshell almost everything that interests us and comes our way.

We follow what we call the ‘film-production-model’ for design and development where depending on the requirements of a project, we pick up the best possible talent available (mostly from within the Creativegarh community) and work together till the logical conclusion of the project. And needless to say, if we bond and build a good rapport with a professional, we ensure that we work together, more often. In the process, we have built a very close-knit group of freelancers / professionals who are accessible to each other round the clock / when clients strike.

While we have proven to our clients many times over that our ‘film-production-model’ works best, we also have a small team in house that manages all projects and helps run the day to day development for existing clients. Even the inhouse team works on a very interesting retainership model. For this inhouse team, we need a full-time techie who is willing to work with us and take our dream forward.

Let’s start with what we expect from you:

a. You should have expert-level knowledge of current standards-based and open systems front-end *web* development techniques (hand-coded HTML, HTML forms, Javascript and CSS across various platforms and browsers).

b. You should have expert level knowledge of PHP / MySQL. It’ll be great if you are familiar with Perl / ASP / JSP.

c. You should have a good knowledge of various kinds of hosting environments required and should have the ability to integrate web front-ends with backend applications /databases through API’s provided.

d. Experience with setting up e-commerce engines and with open-source CMS’s such as Drupal and Typo3 is a plus plus plus.

Having said this, we’d like to reiterate that you needn’t know all this / everything but should be willing to learn and research on your own and provide a solution when required.

What we are really interested in is a ’solution’ attitude coupled with great skills.

You are free to work with us from our premises or yours and we’ll give you enough work to have your undivided attention. Even if you choose to work from your own premises, you should be open to come over to our office at a short notice.

Also, deadlines and quality are sacrosanct for us. So, we’d like you tofollow that as well.

Now, what can you expect from us? / Why should you work for us?

a. We love what we do. We work 18 hours a day, yet we have a life.

b. We work for international and Indian clients. We have exclusive tie-ups with VC companies and design houses in the US.

c. We do every possible design work.

d. We are a small team. So, we have no hang-ups about life. We all are coffee-boys and CEOs rolled into one.

e. When we work late nights, we take bread-omlette-maggi-and-tea-breaks at a roadside stall. So many times, we work late nights, just to have omlettes.

f. We try to take weekends off.

g. Our clients love us. Most of our clients become friends. Most of our friends become clients.

h. We work with young self motivated individuals who see themselves as successful entrepreneurs in the next 5 years.

i. We don’t go out and pitch for business. For us, the best business we get is one that comes from references. And repeat business.

j. We have an interesting payment model. What you earn depends on your value to the company. It’s a simple retainership + bonus + project percentage formula.

i. We’re always on your side. We’ll even fight for you.

Interested? Know someone who would be. Call me NOW on 9811214413! Or write to me.

Remember, we work 18 hours so most probably we’re up right now.

And yes, we are also looking for a junior web designer.

Creativegarh Delhi Offliner – Saturday, 15th July 2006

Mark your calandars!

Here’s a quick headsup. Details will follow soon.

The next Creativegarh Offliner in Delhi is planned for Saturday, the15th of July 2006, 645 pm to 945 pm.

The Venue: Cha Bar, Oxford Bookstore, Statesman House, BarakhambaRoad, New Delhi 110001.

Charges: Rs 125 per head (member or non-member). This cover charge allows you a to be a part of a stimulating discussion, relish a cup of excellent coffee / tea of your choice and dig into some assorted sandwiches.

We shall finalise the details of the meet in the couple of days. If you have some ideas, write to me or call me.

And yes, to confirm your participation, shoot me an email.

Come over. And get your friends and colleagues over as well. Fun shall come too.

Looking forward to a full house.

Cheers

Arun

Creativegarh Photoedit Battle Starts

Read the details here.

Jewelry Design Show At Creativegarh Gallery

My Home Office, My Desk

 

 

Overcoming Creator’s Block

Here are a few suggestions on overcoming creator’s block.

1. For architectural design:

a. Pick up a few architectural design magazines and go through them, but don’t just look at the pictures. Take some paper and a pencil and *draw* what you like in the pictures, paying attention to the forms and detailing. I’ve found that for some reason this really stimulates the brain and soon you will be getting new ideas for your project. Note: you’re not copying the ideas, you’re putting yourself into a creative / designing frame of mind.

2. General design creative blocks:

a. Take a break!! Do something else for a while. Go watch a movie with friends, do some exercise or go for a jog, go somewhere you’ve never been.

b. Do some deep breathing and relaxation exercises.

c. Make a Mind Map of the problem. Lots of resources on the net if you’re not familiar with this.

d. Lie in bed, relax, breathe evenly for a while, let yourself drift into that state between sleep and wakefulness. Assume a Higher Self is there with you, as a real presence; an aspect of yourself who knows everything and is always on hand to help you out. Ask her to show you your answer. Note down what you see later, or record it into a tape recorder as you see it in your mind’s eye.

e. Try to see the problem through another’s eyes. How would a child see it? Arnold Schwartznegger? A very rich person? A thief?

f. Look at the various aspects of the problem. What can you make change: make bigger, stronger, more vivid? What can you tone down? What can you invert? What can you remove? What can you add?

g. Close your eyes, relax, listen to some lovely music, music that carries you far, far away, to a place where you get your answer…

h. Think about: what is the essence of the problem? Now take a book and know that your question will be answered within. Open it at random and read the first sentence you see. how can you fit it to a new understanding of the problem?

i. Involve someone else. Have a brainstorming session.

j. Work from the end backwards. What are you trying to say? If you said it successfully, how would you have done it?

k. Finally, just make a start. Do something, even if you consider it basic, put it aside for a while and come back to it later. Your designer’s eye will immediately tell you how to make it better.

[Posted by Manoj Vijayan on Creativegarh]

Is Success The Coffin Of Creativity?

There’s a very interesting discussion on at Creativegarh initiated by Asheeth on what really is success for a creative person. Read it and add your two bits if you like. Follow the thread here.

Creativegarh Offliner Pics

Here are some pics of the Creativegarh Offliner in Delhi on Saturday, the 18th of February 2006. You’ll have to login to view.

Creativegarh Delhi Offliner – Saturday, 18th February

The next Offliner in Delhi of the Creativegarh community is planned for Saturday, the18th of February 2006, 645 pm onwards.

The Venue: Cha Bar, Oxford Bookstore, Statesman House, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi 110001.

Topic of Discussion: The importance of communication for independent creative professionals.

If you are a Creativegarh member (and even if you arn’t) confirm your participation by sending me an email.

And get your friends and colleagues over as well.

Looking forward to a full house.

To join Creativegarh – a worldwide community of creative people, click here.

Art Show By Dr Bharti Sharma At Creativegarh Gallery

Click on the image for details.