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Graphic Designer Social · Identity · Design Surrey, United Kingdom

Tanishq Rawat

2+ yrsExperience

3Media & Agencies

Research-ledDesign Process

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Work

Five projects. One still taking shape.

Layer 01 Brand Identity

Fry Shack

Logo, brand and identity design for a fries/chips concept brand.

Layer 02 Web · Print

Currency Archive

Web, poster and LP cover design exploring a currency-inspired archive.

Layer 03 Brand Identity

MML Rebranding

Brand and identity design for the Marx Memorial Library.

Layer 04 Social

Intrinseque Health

Social, print and motion design for a global clinical trial supply chain company.

Layer 05 In Progress

MA Final Project

Currently in development as part of my MA in Graphic Design.

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03About

Good design isn't decoration.
It's communication.

I'm a Graphic Designer who spends more time thinking than making. Every project begins with genuine research and a story worth telling, long before I open Photoshop or Illustrator.

My forte is brand identity, campaign design and web design. I came into this field from an economics and mathematics background, which left me with an instinct for building a rigorous, research led process before untangling anything visually complex.

Right now I'm studying for an MA in Graphic Design at UCA Farnham, with a distinction on every project to date. My final major project examines vehicle art across cultures, documenting and studying it as a way to bring fresh thinking into contemporary graphic design practice.

Available for permanent UK roles from September 2026 · PSW visa · No sponsorship required

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Experience

Marketing & Communications Executive (Graphics)

Intrinseque Health, Singapore

Infographics · Promotional Marketing · Strategy

02/2025 – 05/2025

Graphic Design Intern

WeBeeSocial, Delhi

Campaign Design · Video Editing · Social Media

09/2024 – 12/2024

Graphic Design Intern

NewsX, Delhi

Broadcast Graphics · Digital Content

07/2024 – 08/2024

Head of Department: Graphics

Prakriti — The Environment Society, Delhi

Brand Identity · Social Media · Event Design

07/2023 – 07/2024

Freelance Designer

Exelex.io, Gurugram

Social Creatives · Web Design

07/2023 – 04/2024

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Education & Capabilities

09/2025 – 09/2026 · Current

MA Graphic Design

University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK

Key modules: Web Design, Brand & Identity Design, Editorial Design.

09/2021 – 06/2024

BA Economics & Mathematics

University of Delhi, New Delhi

Graduated with First Division honours.

2023

Graphics Design Certificate

Udemy

Covered typography, colour theory, and Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign, from logo design to editorial layouts.

Design Tools

Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Figma

Motion

After Effects

Coding

Visual Studio Code

Area of Expertise

Brand & Identity Social Media Strategy Editorial Design Poster Design Logo Design Web Design Print Design Sketching Vibe-Coding

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Get in Touch

Open for Permanent and Freelance roles.

Surrey, United Kingdom · tanrawat05@gmail.com

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Project 02

Currency Archive

Web & Print Design

What happens when money makes no sound?

Role Graphic & Digital Designer

Type MA Studio Project

Discipline Print · Web

Tools

PsPhotoshop AiIllustrator WdWeb Development

About the Project −

Brief

The Brief

This project set out to explore physical currency, coins and notes, as a cultural and sensory archive at a time when most transactions barely leave a trace. It looks at how coins and notes carry memory, trust and identity through touch and sound: the clink of a coin, the rustle of a note, the crumple and tear as it wears down and changes hands. Working across sound recording, print and an interactive website, I wanted to contrast that tactile experience with the contactless systems replacing it, and ask what gets lost as money becomes invisible.

Thinking

The Thinking

Money used to have a physical presence: the weight of a coin, the sound of it clinking, the wear on a note that's changed hands a thousand times, and all of that carried a kind of trust you don't really get from a tap of a card. As payments go digital, that physicality disappears fast. I wanted the project to hold onto it before it's gone completely, recording the sounds currency makes and building a visual language around exchange, circulation and collapse.

My Role

What I Did

I designed and screen printed an LP cover that carries recordings of coins and notes, built an A1 concept poster around a brutalist, worn-in look, and structured an interactive website that walks visitors through five stages of a currency's life, from first exchange to its replacement by digital payments.

Part 01 — A1 Poster

The poster was the starting point for the whole project, pulling together textures, sounds and objects into one composition. I leaned hard into a brutalist, scratched-up look, using rough marks and layered textures to give it an archival feel, so currency reads as something used and handled rather than clean and static.

Process

I started by picking the objects and marks that would carry the concept: the Maler Kotla coin, a torn ₹100 note, barcodes and QR codes standing in for the shift to digital, and the rustle of paper notes being counted. Each element was tested on its own before being pulled into the full composition.

Output

The final poster brings the ideas of the project into a single visual system, layered textures, scratches and rough marks reflecting the wear and ageing of physical currency. The torn note, overlapped coins and counting paper all point to exchange and rupture, while the barcodes signal the pull toward digital.

Part 02 — LP Cover

The LP cover treats currency as sound and archive. It's built around a ₹10 coin, converted into yellow for better screen printing, with a torn ₹100 note carried over from the poster in bright red to keep that sense of rupture. The typography is modelled on the fonts used on Indian currency, and curved treble clef lines tie the rupee symbol back to sound and music.

Process

I researched late-1900s album covers for their bold layouts and strong type systems, then went through several iterations testing colour and composition. An early purple version, inspired by the ₹100 note, was eventually dropped for black and yellow, which held up much better once it hit the screen printing press.

Output

The cover was screen printed by hand, a yellow base layer first, then black on top. Printing onto the glossy vinyl sleeve wasn't easy and left a few imperfections and smudges, but instead of fighting that I let it read as a raw, worn effect, closer to a vintage 80s record than a clean print.

Part 03 — Website

The website mirrors the project's arc in five sections, Exchange, Circulation, Collapse and Digital Shift, each one a stage in a currency's life. Rather than static pages, I built the experience around scroll, hover, tear and sound interactions so the site itself feels like it's handling the currency.

Scroll Animation (Coins)

Scroll drives most of the movement across the site. On the homepage, the Maler Kotla coin moves downward as the user scrolls, introducing its history, while other coins including the 1862 British Half Rupee and present-day ₹10 coin stack on top of one another to build a timeline of Indian currency.

Scroll Animation (Notes)

The same scroll-driven idea carries into Circulation, where notes from 1937 through to today stack and reveal themselves one by one as the user keeps scrolling, building out a parallel timeline in paper currency.

Hover Animation

Hovering over the four illustrated coins transitions each one into a photograph of the real object, connecting the stylised visual system back to the actual historical pieces and encouraging a closer look.

Tear Animation

In the Collapse section, the present-day ₹500 note tears from the centre as the user scrolls, symbolising the rupture and breakdown of physical currency. As the two halves move apart, the Digital Shift section zooms in from the centre, revealing debit cards, Paytm, Apple Pay and QR transactions in its place.

Sound Interaction

A rotating LP cover acts as the main sound element across the site, reinforcing the idea of recorded memory and playback. Each section has its own sound, coin clinking for Exchange, note rustling for Circulation, crumpling and tearing for Collapse, while Digital Shift plays transaction sounds when you click through cards, Paytm, QR codes and Apple Pay.

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