Staff Profile

Kanaka Raghavan MA (Advanced Design in Digital Architecture)

Biography

Kanaka Raghavan is an experienced graphic designer, artist, and architect. She received her Master's degree in Advanced Digital Architecture from ELISAVA in Barcelona and her Executive Education in graphic design from the well-renowned Royal College of Arts London. As a practicing architect, she has designed installations for companies such as Moritz and Modafad. Kanaka honed her craft and expertise in graphic design by working with a range of international clients from Spain, India, and several other countries. In addition to freelancing, she has served as the creative head for Virtual Bodyworks in Barcelona and collaborated with EVENTLAB, Barcelona, on various projects.

Her areas of teaching and learning interest include typography, branding, packaging, and editorial projects that seamlessly integrate context and culture. 

Qualifications
  • Editorial Design, Executive Education, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Typography, Executive Education, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Sustainable Material Design, ELISAVA, Barcelona, Spain
  • Masters in Advanced Design and Digital Architecture, ELISAVA, Barcelona, Spain
  • Bachelors in Architecture Sushant School of Art and Architecture, New Delhi, India

Research Interests
  • Experimental Publication
  • Role of Culture in Design
  • Typography
  • Blending analog and digital methods of making
Selected Outputs

2022

  • Editorial Project featured on Royal College of Arts, London website.

2021

  • Typography Project featured on Royal College of Arts, London website. 
  • Published by Fontself for 36 days of type. 

2020

  • Published a book illustrated and co-authored with Marianna Ramirez called "August, Guillem y Conrad" in Spain.
  • Published in Anysegment Magazine, Illustration for the first issue titled "Beautiful Mind", UK

2019 

  • Art published in Over, a publication created by Spanish creatives called 'club de creativos', fighting against the gender stereotypes of women in the world of advertising. 
  • Invited to participate in ING Creatives, Dubai.
  • VERE, UB, Barcelona Branding, and Identity

2018

  • Farmacia SQ, Barcelona Branding and Identity
  • The Human Brain Project, Neurorobotics Sub-Project Workshop, UB, Barcelona
    Branding and Identity Design

2016

  • Game of Thrones , GIGAMESH, Barcelona
    Installation Design

2015

  • Modafad Fashion Show, Barcelona
    Runway Installation Design

2014

  • The Hive, Louis 1856, Moritz Factory, Barcelona
    Installation Design

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