Dhaage - Stories of strength
Dhaage is a coffee-table book created for Aditya Birla, celebrating the richness of Indian textiles and the stories hidden in every thread. The project blends culture, craft, and contemporary visual language into a calm, elegant narrative.
Year:
2024
Industry:
Sports & Recreation
Services:
Editorial
Illustration
Brief
The idea grows from the belief that “threads carry memory.” The book uses textiles as metaphors for identity, heritage, and human connection. Each chapter unravels a different story through photography, research, and delicate line-art illustrations.
My Contribution
I worked as the illustrator and contributed to shaping the core concept - especially how the narrative could be echoed through line-art storytelling. I helped define how motifs processes could be translated into minimal, expressive illustrations woven naturally into the editorial flow. This project was done under the mentorship of Gargi Sankpal while I was working at HAT Media, giving me the space to explore visual language, refine my detailing, and understand brand-aligned storytelling.
Challenges & Experience
The challenge was finding the balance between luxury minimalism and cultural richness — creating illustrations that felt modern yet rooted. The experience sharpened my sensitivity toward narrative design and made me fall deeper in love with illustration as a storytelling tool.
