Parsons School of Design
BFA Communication Design
Thesis 2018

Parsons School of Design
BFA Communication Design
Thesis 2018

Hindi ABC
Ahana Seth

In a country like India, where for many families buying books is not an option, many children never gain access to books. The few available Hindi alphabet books are all standardized and repetitive. As a result, children today are lacking much-needed thinking skills. If they are told to read the facts, write the same on a piece of paper, get great marks and be called intelligent, why would they take the initiative to think and innovate? Thus, there is a desperate need to step away from this and focus on developing a child’s curiosity and their ability to think.

This thesis draws on creativity, individuality, play, and media to craft as an engaging guide to understand that creative thinking skills are not a luxury, but a necessity.

Designed for Hindi speaking children, Hindi ABC is an interactive book that provides a much closer look at the alphabet by breaking down the intricate letterforms, to provide a better understanding of the complexities of the letters, while also promoting creative thinking. Following the order of the ‘Varnmala’ traditional Hindi alphabet chart, it uses a variety of interactive techniques like pop-up shapes, flaps and pull-tabs allowing children to engage with the book and also experience the magic of one letter transforming into another.

Hoping to find its way to schools, libraries and book stores across the country, perhaps even in different Indian languages, the goal is to create a richly diverse range of books that promote creative learning at an early age.

Maxine Joy Almendra

Daniela Al-Saleh

Amon Dario Appelt

Shruti Ashok

Whitney Badge

Jaire Berkel

Ingrid Bonetti

Victoria Boyd

Madison Bozinoff

Malulani Bria

Kaylin Brown

Rachel Brownjohn

Olive Burd

Germán Castellanos Reyes

Madeline Cericola

Vicky Chau

Amber Chen

Victor Chen

Wendy Ching

Connie Chu

Channon Chung

Leonardo Cilmi

Emma T. Conway

Nicole Corso

Qamile Dani

Magdalena de la Torre Suárez

Amanda Ericson

Dan Feldman

Anna Feng

Natalia Flores

Peter Frasco

Lucia Garza

Mariana Gaviria

Mikey Hefez

Adrianna Hinsey

Avinash Hirdaramani

Marielle Holland

Grace Hong

Surkho Shane Hong

Pauline Hotelier

Dylan Hughes

Jiyoung Hwang

Sonali Jain

Andrea S. Jassir

Christina Jenkins

Maria Jessica

Erin Johnston

Javarius Jones

Yea Ji Jung

Rachel Kahn

Anastasia Kharchenko

Jonathan Haojaq Kho

Alexa Kim

Cindy Dawon Kim

Sang Dennis Kim

Somin Kim

Yoonji Kim

Kyungmin Ko

Sidney Law

Kevin Lee

Jane Lee

Matheus Dal Santo Lewis Sage Smith

Kristiana Marcon

Hannah Marshall

Kruti Mehta

Gabriel Mester

Charlotte Miller

Mintra Morrison

Tamir Moses

Kaisha Murzamadiyeva

Thomas Nghia Nguyen

Lanie Nowak

Satoe Onizuka

Steven Orts

Owen Pace

Tatyana Palacios

Herin Park

Olga Pavlova

Luli Peralta-Esquivel

Lindsay Petricca

Constanza Pinto

Shreya Razak

Costanza Reiser

Vincent Riportella

Bateel Saber

Ahana Seth

Cristina Soberon

Rebecca Speiser

Natalia Spotts

Sabrina Steck

JD Stephenson Jr.

Richard Supriano

Eden Tartour

Jissaura Taveras Hernandez

Nathalia Tello Arias

Liz Tsai

Altyn Turdukulova

Amena Tyebji

Gabriela Vieira

Juan Diego Villegas

Yige Wang

Evelyn Wu

Jessie Yao

Crystal Yin

Rebecca Jiayi Zhou