Creative Practice

Exhibitions, Workshops & Process

Collage Work

Curiosity and continuous exploration are the tenants of my making. Geometry first and color forward, each collage is a filter for making sense of the world we live in.

Exhibitions & Collaborations

The exhibition space often isolates Graphic Design creations from the real world, from context (commercial, cultural, historic) and from the function that is necessary for reading and understanding them. I am interested in creating conditions that address this.

Design Conferences

An active member of SECAC, CAA and UCDA with past experience presenting and chairing sessions at prominent industry events/conferences, including the Brand New Conference, AIGA’s Annual Conference, Typographics, RGD Design Thinkers and Type Thursdays.

01–31–02025
Typeforce 13: Typographic Snowflakes (student work)

An annual exhibit celebrating emerging typographic artists and designers. With over 900 attendees, the opening night was a true moment of Chicago's design community coming together in full force!

01–20–02022
Materiality and Meaning in Type Design:

In this workshop, students created stencils of their first names and used found materials to visually represent their personalities. Through this process, they explored the relationship between typography, personal narrative, and materiality.

01–31–02025
Matriarchal Design Futures (MDF) Bookstand 2125: ‘Spaces of Learning’

Invited as one of 30+ global contributors to a design fiction project envisioning books from 2125 that reflect Matriarchal Design Futures' core values.

07–24–02025
In The Fold: Fragments & Failures-A Collage Archive

This exhibition highlights artists’ books, visual diaries, and visual brainstorming artifacts by SCAD Atlanta faculty, celebrating the creative process.

2025
In the Studio

This showcases my creative process, featuring research, handwritten notes, course preparations, books that captivate me, and glimpses into my studio practice.

Verbalizing design is another act of design.
—Kenya Hara

Astha Thakkar

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Lego Patterns

Designed and printed a two-color pattern using LEGO tile pieces.

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