Happy New Year

Silly me: Narrated poems for our crazy times

Nov 22, 2020

Shreya and I created a video a few months back consisting of a series of narrated poems written by her (and to be fair, a few by me as well ). It was just a fun, pandemic-related project created for the Sun Devil Learning Labs (SDLL). These labs were a streaming...

Ambigrams in new book

Aug 5, 2014

The Art of Deception: Illusions to Challenge the Eye and the Mind is a new book edited by Brad Honeycutt. Brad is a graduate of Michigan State (Go Spartans!) and maintains a blog (anopticalillusion) devoted to optical illusions. A few of my designs have ended up on...

Bridging the theory/practice gap: A visual exploration

May 25, 2016

Theoretically there should a reciprocal relationship between Theory and Practice - but it is the gap that every academic bemoans. This posting is prompted not by any particular insight into these matters but rather to share a set of visuals (ambigrams, memes,...

Rethinking Ed Tech Research…

Apr 29, 2011

I have been a huge fan of Don Norman ever since I first ran into his book on the Psychology of Everyday Things (which he later renamed as The Design of Everyday Things, and the story behind that name change is worth reading as an excellent example of design). Don...

Day 3: Meetings & Workshop

Aug 22, 2008

Day 2 ended with my meeting KHari (aka Chairman) and Rags (aka Chore) - two BITS batchmates, whom I hadn't met in almost 18 / 20 years. It was great catching up with them - but what that meant was that by the time I got back to my room I was totally exhausted and...

“Tipping” the Scales: When Metaphors (Quite Literally) Blur Reality

Feb 18, 2024

Should we tip machines for the work they do for us? Does that question even make sense? What follows is a reflection on metaphors, technology, deceptive design, AI and more... Read on. Metaphors and more In her book God, Human, Animal, Machine, Meghan O’Gieblyn...

ISTE: SIGTE Webinar on TPACK

Nov 20, 2008

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conducts a series of webinars for its members. Matt Koehler and I just completed one today for ISTE's Special Interest Group for Teacher Education (SIGTE). The webinar was titled Technology Integration in...

Design, Intuition & Creativity

Apr 3, 2018

Chain-Rotational ambigram design for the word "design."One can read the word both clockwise from the top or anti-clockwise, from the bottom. Our latest article in the series we write for the journal TechTrends (under the broad rubric of Rethinking Technology...

2013 Michigan Creative Educators Summit

Apr 24, 2013

I was invited to speak at the Michigan Creative Educators Summit organized by The DeWitt Creativity Group at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. It was an amazing morning (sadly I could not stay for the entire day). What was most amazing...

14 Comments

The Riddle Guy on May 10, 2011 at 11:11 am

Cool video Punya, I need to learn how to do that!

Subhash on April 25, 2011 at 10:54 am

awesome

Ryan on February 14, 2011 at 4:00 pm

Great post, that is fantastic. I love doing stuff like this with my family. It creates a great bond. In fact, for Christmas we learned how to draw portraits for our family Christmas card.

waterproof mp3 on January 10, 2011 at 11:31 pm

Nice video. I initially though that you were going to set up a domino chain reaction. By the way, was the “Happy 2011” on the table a real shadow effect?

Punya Mishra on January 11, 2011 at 2:39 pm

Thanks for kind words. And yes, it absolutely was! It was exactly the shadow you would find when the entire setup was lit from the back!
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Punya Mishra on January 10, 2011 at 9:37 pm

Thanks April, always nice to hear from you. ~ punya

April Niemela on January 10, 2011 at 8:12 pm

what a gentle reminder to share ourselves with others, to utilize even the tiniest gift we have, to see with new eyes! thank you for sharing 😉

Argawa Manushabom on January 9, 2011 at 8:21 pm

Very cool…very cool. Happy New Year, mate!

NatashaW on January 5, 2011 at 7:19 am

Amazing idea, made my New Year Happy! Most creative

Steve on January 1, 2011 at 10:01 pm

Loved it, Punya & co.!

In fact, I’m going to steal … ummm, adapt … the idea for one of my classes next year.

Happy New Year to you all.

Steve

Alicia T. on January 1, 2011 at 9:21 pm

Amazing work Mishra family! I was truly surprised by the outcome! Art (and creativity) outwits me at times in compelling ways! Happy New Year!!!

Qaiser Malik on December 31, 2010 at 2:47 pm

Punya,
You are simply outstanding and I feel so great to have worked under your dynamic and innovative guidance.
Wish you a very happy new year and hope to remain in touch.
Qaiser

Ara on December 30, 2010 at 7:10 pm

Punya

Great creativity using shadows.

Even silence can be a powerful language if used appropriately. Even shadows can throw light if used creatively.

Wish you the same

ara…

goodparent101 on December 29, 2010 at 10:46 pm

Artistic and Awesome! Family activities help create a strong family life. Keep it up!

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