ZUBIN CURRENT EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL AREA CONTACT INFORMATION

Frugal Digital Primary: Interaction & Service Design 91 - 9833739998

PASTAKIA Interaction Designer & Research Associate Secondary: Photography & Film zubinpastakia@gmail.com
http://zubinpastakia.com

EDUCATION 1/3

BARD COLLEGE CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF COPENHAGEN INSTITUTE OF

B.A. in Economics & Liberal Arts CULTURE AND SOCIETY (CSCS) INTERACTION DESIGN (CIID)
New York, USA P.G. Diploma in Cultural Studies & Social Theory Master’s in Interaction Design
1999 - 2003 Bangalore, India Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 - 2010 2012
CATHEDRAL & JOHN NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (SCPS) PARSONS
CONNON SCHOOL Certificate in 16mm Filmmaking Typography
ICSE, ISC New York, USA Online
Mumbai, India 2004 2011
1986 - 1999

1986-99 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

DOLLARS & SENSE PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER

PROFESSIONAL Editorial Intern Documentary, Architecture & Interior, Portrait
EXPERIENCE Boston, USA
2003
2006 - 2011

FUTURE EAST FILM INTERACTION DESIGNER

Director’s Assistant, Editor Frugal Digital in Mumbai
Postproduction Supervisor CIID (worked w/ Volvo, Novo Nordisk, Velux)
Mumbai, India Mumbai & Copenhagen
2005 - 2006 2012 - present

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

ERIC WARREN GOLDMAN INDIA HABITAT CENTRE LENS CULTURE CHARLES WALLACE TRUST FELLOWSHIP
SCHOLARSHIP FELLOWSHIP FOR PHOTOGRAPHY INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE AWARDS Residency at Spike Island researching critical design
For excellence in economics For “Built Landscape” photography series Honorable mention for “Cinemas Project” Bristol, UK
2002 2008 2009 2012

SARAI - CSDS TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS AWARD FOR FRYSLAN THROUGH FOREIGN EYES IXDA ‘13 AWARDS SHORTLIST &
INDEPENDENT FELLOWSHIP PHOTOGRAPHY One of six photographgers commissioned by PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD NOMINATION
For “Cinemas Project” urban research For “Cinemas Project” photography series Fryslân Unlimited (with Hideaki Matsui & Razan Sadeq)
2007 2008 Fryslân, The Netherlands Past.fm interaction design project
2010 2013
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IXDA ‘13 Shortlist &

People’s Choice Nominee

Thought Drop past.fm Traces of you Pumpartnr Final Resting Space Tele-Panchayat
Service Experience Design w/ Volvo TUI / Working prototype 3 IxD concepts dealing with death GUI / Concept app Speculative Design Design Research for Frugal Digital

DESIGN PROCESS SKILL SETS

1 RESEARCH 2 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT 3 CONCEPT DETAILING 4 IMPLEMENTATION

ADVANCED ADVANCED ADVANCED ADVANCED
User Research Storytelling / Scenarios User Interface design Video Production
Problem Framing Video Prototyping System Diagrams Concept communication
Personas
PROFICIENT PROFICIENT PROFICIENT
PROFICIENT
Concept Generation Information Architecture Experience Prototyping
Design Thinking Methods Idea Sketching Physical Interface Design On-Screen Prototyping
BASICS BASICS BASICS BASICS
Technology Trends Service Staging Business Models Electronic Prototyping

SOFTWARE / PROTOTYPING TOOLS

ADVANCED Photoshop NB: These are tools I currently

PROFICIENT After Effects use but I’m quick to pick up new
InDesign software & methods, if necessary
Illustrator Axure BASICS Arduino
Premiere Pro Flash based Processing
Keynote Audition HTML / CSS
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WORKING QUESTIONS CINEMA CITY OF BLIND MEN AND ELEPHANTS
Hosted by SARAI - CSDS Group show at the Berlinale Group show at the Empty Quarter Gallery
New Delhi Berlin, Germany Dubai
2010 2011

5x8 NATURE AS IMAGE SAILING ON THE GRASS

Tasveer Arts group Show Group show at the Loft Gallery Group show at Natuurmuseum Fryslân,
Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi Mumbai Friesland, The Netherlands
2009 2011 2012

THE BIG PICTURE THIS IS NOT THAT INDIAN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY: ALIVE & WELL
India Foundation for the Arts, group Show Group show at Gallery Duboys Group show at the Mumbai Art Room
Bangalore Paris, France Mumbai
2009 2011 2012

WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES

A CRITICAL INTRO TO PHOTOGRAPHY TEDx MUMBAI CRITICAL DESIGN: AN INTRODUCTION
3 day workshop conducted for students Presented “Cinemas Project” as urban research Artist’s talk at Spike Island
KRVIA, Mumbai Mumbai Bristol, UK
2008 2010 2011

PECHAKUCHA NIGHT MUMBAI ON PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CITY

Presented “The Built Landscape” photo project Encounters lecture at KRVIA
Mumbai Mumbai
2010 2010

OTHER RELEVANT WORK Click images to view projects or go to www.zubinpastakia.com

The Cinemas Project The Built Landscape This Is Not Fryslân Beanbags [Bombay | Mumbai]
Photography series, Urban research Photography series Photography series Photography / Urban research