Thoughts of a Hysterical mind

Its always happens in life,
At times you become oblivious of material things,
Life becomes stagnant,
and you loose your love for Bling.

Time moves slowly,

The order of the day is undefined,
Stress takes over,
Work! I rather prefer to turn blind.

Thoughts are pre-occupied,
Life in disarray,
Emptiness is a beast now,
It tears you like birds of prey.

You swim in an ocean of Void,
Loosing track of time & space,
Actions are involuntary,
It seems as if you are stuck in an eternal daze.

Hope is an enemy now,
It backstabbed, betrayed,
Despair is my new ally,
For each other we were made.

Aaah! In a state of narcosis I am,
Gazing at the backlit canopy of stars,
Anesthetized! I lay,
While desair fought all my wars.

Tied up and Twisted I am,
Filled with a desire to be set free,
Wishing someone would come, Help me to take leap of faith
And rescue me.

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Web Evolution – A History of Web Design Over the Past 20 Years

Below is a graphic developed by KISSmetrics outlining the evolution of web design since the world’s first website was launched  in 1991.

In only 20 years the definition of a “web presence” has evolved to the point that today, many argue that traditional websites are becoming obsolete.  When discussing the promotion of his new book, Guy Kawasaki recently suggested that he didn’t need a website to reach his target customers, but a Facebook page instead.

Static websites are a thing of the past and concepts like collaboration and crowd sourcing are becoming web standards.  Of course, the evolution will continue and even these concepts will become old news (probably even faster than traditional web pages).  The infographic below is a great reflection of where we’ve been in such a short period of time.  One can only speculate what this chart will look like 20 years from today.

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Maserati-India Launch

Maserati, the Italian supercar maker and subsidiary of Ferrari announced its foray into the Indian car market by launching its complete range of cars here. Maserati has launched the Quattroporte, GranTurismo and GranCabrio models in India with the price tag bearing Rs 1.23- Rs 1.43 crore for the Quattroporte, Rs 1.20 crore – Rs 1.37 crore for the GranTurismo and Rs 1.43 crore on the GranCabrio.

The stage was set with the advent of Ferrari in India last month and now Ferrari, the parent company of Maserati, which again is a part of the larger Fiat Group, plans to set shop in India and offer almost all the cars from its supercar range in India. Currently, Maserati has come out with its Quattroporte limousine, Gran Turismo sports car and Gran Cabrio sports convertible.

The Maserati cars were launched at the National Garage showroom of Shreyans Motors, who again are the official distributors for Ferrari and Maserati cars in India. The Maserati cars are equipped with the Ferrari derived V8 engines. Now that fact alone explains a lot and answers a lot of questions related to the Maserati cars.

Maserati has already set up its goal of selling 25 cars in India in the first year and hopes to convert the sales of the cars in to 3 figures by 2015. The deliveries of the cars will begin from August 2011. Maserati Asia Pacific Managing Director Simone Niccolai speaking in a press conference during the launch said that the “The growth in luxury car market last year made us confident to enter here in 2011. Today we are very excited to enter India. We will offer the full product range to Indian customers.” He also added that the luxury car market in India grew by about 70 per cent and is estimated to be around 15,000 units in 2010.

Maserati will open its first showroom in Mumbai laster this year while the second showroom is slated to be set up in New Delhi in the early part of 2012 and wants to increase its India presence in seven locations by 2015.

The Maserati Quattroporte comes complete with LED daytime running lights, a la Audi trend and would hold a 4.2 litre V8 engine with 400 bhp under the hood, which again is mated to a Duo Select transmission. The GranTurismo also plonked with a V8 pumps out 405 bhp of max power and a maximum torque of 460 Nm at 4,750 rpm. The highlight of the GranTurismo is that the beast can do a 0-100 km/hr in just 5.2 seconds and has a top speed of 286 km/hr. The Maserati GranCabrio, the convertible in the lot is also equipped with a 4.7 litre V8 and churns out 434 bhp of power and is capable of hitting a top speed of 283 km/hr.

Maserati, based in Modena , Italy, sells its cars in 63 countries, including India, across the world, with the U.S being the largest market for Maserati cars. The U.S has contributed to the Maserati sales by 2,000 units last year.

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Design-What is it all about?

Design- What is it all about?


'In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service'. - Steve Jobs, Founder and CEO, Apple


'I would suggest first reading Sir Kenneth Clark’s The Nude and substituting the term “Car” for “Nude”…in about 5 chapters you will know all about Z4s and how they break away from the world of the everyday.'- Chris Bangle, Former Designer at BMW


These were a few examples of people who have played an important role in revolutionizing the world of Design.
These are just few examples of how people define design. Everyone has different words for the same thing, though you might not notice it, still they mean the same.


Design is not just a science, it is an art. Fueled by emotion. Driven by passion. Created to please, to extract emotions perhaps, and to make a point. A luxury. A pursuit for creative minds. Beautiful. Arresting.


Design reflects our culture, our society, our rules, our nature, our very own idea of life. It is so omnipresent that we often forget to notice it. 


Have you ever noticed a ball pen? Not seen, but noticed it. A ball-pen is considered a revolutionary design idea that changed the way we write today. The need to incessantly refill his fountain pen from a bottle of ink was driving Ladislao Biro crazy. In the early 1930s he and his brother Georg, a chemist, started experimenting with a pen that would not need to be refilled and would not smudge the pages. The concept would revolve around a ball that was used on the tip of the pen. As the object moved along the paper the ball would rotate and bring ink from the cartridge. The pen was publicized as the only pen that could write under the water.


Another example I can quote is that of the Helvetica Font. Helvetica was designed in post-war Europe, and many companies were looking for a change. It was the opposite of all the kitschy, fancy, decorative typography that covered corporate materials and advertisements. Helvetica’s sleek lines and modern sensibilities were just what companies were looking for to remake their identities and set themselves apart from the past. The rising popularity of Helvetica is a clear example of that. Even today, we fall in love with the type just when we see it. 


   “You know a design is good when you want to lick it”
                                                                      -Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Inc


Designer have drawn inspiration from various sources. But, one which has attracted them all is our very own human body.
"Kate Winslet is my ideal woman. She is naturally a very shapely woman, very British with an underlying integrity and ability. Like a car, she has got substance, she is not just a pretty face." This was the answer given by Jaguar's chief designer Ian Callum when he asked about his inspiration source of the new Jaguar XK.


Even my thoughts have been stirred by the idea of the human body as design inspiration. I you ever happen to have come across sketches used in fashion design industry you would notice how a how curves are used to used to define a female form whereas tangents are used for male forms.

According to me the same philosophy is applied to car design too. We have graceful Aston Martins, Jags, Mercs, Alfa Romeos, Zondas defined by beautiful curves. On the other hand we have Reventon, Mustang, Camaro which are mostly defined by simple yet elegant tangents.


Design has always been an essential part of our lives though we may sometimes forget to pay attention to it, still it will always be.


The best way to judge/measure/evaluate design is to put it to use, see what like it has been done before, and what new has been explored in this version, for it will or is usually a version, see how sensitive it is to the environment it is created for.


Design is negative space – for it is not an end in itself. It exists to fulfill a need. The moment you recognise the negative space, you start to see the real outlines of design. And then your eyes will never be muddled with mere decoration again.

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