Join Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Founder Studio Kohl Mira Malhotra, Graphic Designer Aniruddh Mehta and Cartoonist, Author and Advertising Creative Director Cyrus Daruwala who will be in conversation with Journalist & Design Writer Bindu Nair.The panel will discuss various aspects and mediums of illustration, its history with Mumbai and how each creator in his/her own unique style has contributed to the ever-evolving visual aesthetic of the city and its people while retaining the medium’s ability to engage with the masses and tell stories in the most unique way!

This talk will be part of AVID’s Multipolis Mumbai Series that decodes the past while looking to the future and finding novel ways of engaging, interacting with and reenergizing the city that we love! The original nine-part series, which began in 2012, examined how Architecture, Music, Food, Theatre, Fashion, Environment, Literature, Innovation, and Film influenced and were influenced by the city. Our second iteration of this series, which began in 2017 attempts to renegotiate larger perspectives on the city, dig deeper and capture its essence and changing rhythms and nuances. In this second round we seek to plumb new depths and unearth more fascinating nuggets about our ever-surprising Mumbai! On our journey, we have explored how entities like businesses and brands, architects, historians and designers, artists and poets, women writers and female theatre stalwarts have influenced our city. We have also explored how art technology and gaming, wildlife activism, philanthropy and maritime culture, alternative museums and urban subcultures have all played a role in enriching Mumbai’s cultural fabric. We've also held workshops that looked more closely at iconic Mumbai architecture (namely Art Deco, Indo-Saracenic and Victorian Gothic).

Join us for an absorbing discussion that will take a closer look at how illustrators keep a pulse of the city and vibrantly capture its spirit!