Hello!I'm Palak.
Designer & Illustrator
Welcome to my portfolio website!
I'm currently an architect, an urban designer, a web and graphic designer based in Miami, Florida. Design is my passion and i'm currently applying my creative skills to building websites. Besides websites, my current and past work ranges from creating architectural drawings, 3D Building renderings, illustrations and some photography.
I have a deep love for architecture for as long as i can remember. So i learnt to design buildings and still love designing them.
I currently have international experience in designing residential buildings, office spaces and interior design. I'm proficient in programs like Auto Cad, 3D studio max and Sketchup.
During my long time relationship with architecture, i started thinking green and got Leed certified.
After studying architecture and working on a few buildings, i wanted to design bigger. So i studied urban design, a.k.a. the art of designing master plans, communities, town centers and bigger places.
Some of the skills i have as an urban designer; master planning, streetscape design, revitalization projects, facade improvements, urban retrofit.
It gives me tremendous joy to work as a part of the community and urban design gave me the platform for that through charrettes.
In the past, i've also spent some of my time teaching students and working as a research assistant.
My obsession with technology and fascination with pretty websites led me to study multimedia technology.
I'm fluent in developing websites using HTML/XHTML, CSS with a bit of Javascript,Jquery and flash/actionscript.
In the past, i've designed graphic materials including but not limited to illustrations, reports for print,poster, etc.
My main tools are Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver and Indesign.
A social media addict, I like to keep in touch with current trends in technology and spend quite some time on social media websites learning from other creative folks in the industry.
I also like to do some photography. My interests lie especially in travel and landscape photography.Check out my photography here!
Above and beyond everything else, I love my family, cooking, internet, my canon t2i camera and sketching.
I have a fancy for photography lenses and am addicted to driking chai, cappucino and extra hot mocha.
A small showcase of my photography below. Click here to see more snaps on flickr.
Thanks for visiting my website. I'm up for a conversation any time. So feel free to send me a message about a new project or just to say hello. If you are a creative digital agency or an architectural studio, I would love to join your team. Please send me a message and i'll be happy to share my resume with you.
You can find more about me ,my work and some useful links i share on the social media.
If you like to get in touch via e-mail, here's my direct e-mail: palak@palakgandhi.com
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