Presenting Blackbird Design Studio

Blackbird Design Studio was born out of the passion of four artists, Rajesh Thakare, Troy Vasanth, Niwesh Gurung and Nalini Bhutia. The dream of weaving stories in all forms, be it murals, music or animations, started in 2018. Since then, the studio has been a part of various projects with Discovery, Hotstar, Disney+, Star Networks and everyone else looking for a creative form of expressing themselves.

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Rajesh Thakare is an animator and artist. He graduated from Raheja School of Art in Applied Arts in the year of 2004. Worked for Tata Interactive systems as an Illustrator for 2 Years. He went on for post-graduation studies in Animation Film Design at National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad) and convocated in year of 2009. Rajesh completed his Joint Diploma film ‘Good Morning Mumbai’ along with his co-director Troy Vasanth in 2011. The film won many awards in various animation film festivals including Jury Critic Award and Silver Conch at MIFF India 2012. Till 2018 he worked in the media industry as an Animator, Promo-Producer and Animation Director. In 2018 he teamed with 3 NID alumni and co-founded Blackbird Design Studio. 

Troy Vasanth is an animation film designer and an alumni  of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. He is also a visiting faculty at various design schools in India and his hobbies include dancing and motorcycling.

Niwesh Gurung an NIDian, Animator from Darjeeling has worked as a Senior Designer in Cognizant Technology Solutions and as an Associate Producer at Viacom 18 where he is currently a Supervising Producer.

And here is a bit about our other speaker Aman Gupta.

Aman Gupta is a stop-motion animator from Jaipur Rajasthan. He loves to see inanimate real-life objects in motion and to bring them to life; hence stop-motion which started as a hobby has now turned into a passion. From animating Legos to creating and animating cardboard sets and various materials, he brings his visions to reality. Stop-motion has widened his vision and makes him explore beyond reality. It allows him to tell stories, express emotions and feelings in a unique way. He has worked on various projects including some of his own. Most notable out of them is the collaborative project with Blackbird Design Studio where he learnt more about his craft and further honed his skills in stop-motion. The project gave him a glimpse of the world of Stop-motion and he cannot wait for to dive deeper into this amazing
field.

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