Prasanta Kumar Dutta | Information Experience Designer

Air pollution in north India

Visual analysis of the air quality crisis in northern India every winter and its extent, using data collected from air quality monitors, satellite imagery from NASA and photographic evidence.

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Soulace

A digital service design concept to make death care service experiences more humane and less unpleasant.

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DoData

Interface design for DoData mobile app, a nonprofit initiative to enable the donation of internet access towards educational and vocational training for the underprivileged.

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At the intersection of information design, web development and data journalism

I design data-driven visual narratives that help transform information to knowledge using charts, maps and interactive data visualisations. Several of my work over the years have been recognised with various awards including the SND awards. Read more

Los Angeles Press Club’s National Entertainment Journalism Awards

Kalinga FCC Awards for excellence in Journalism

Towards dataviz literacy

I love to talk about design and data visualisation. Over the years, I have instructed design students on data representation, geovisualisation and data storytelling at eminent institutes across India like the National Institute of Design and JK Lakshmipat University. See all talks and workshops

Prasanta is a very intuitive & empathetic mentor. Our meeting was insightful, and he was extremely generous with information and tips of the trade. It is clear that he has a passion for data visualization and really knows how to pick your brains out to…
— Prashanna Raveendra Kumar, Student, Technical University of Denmark
Prasanta has been a guiding force for me in choosing Information Design as a Master's at the National Institute of Design. Prasanta's expertise and fluency in the subject matter have helped me get a clear view of what lay ahead in terms of a fulfilling…
— Abhilash Kumar, User Experience and Information Designer
It was great talking to Prasanta. He was very helpful throughout and gave me a direction to start Information design. The notes were really helpful too to navigate all the information online.…
— Karan Kapoor, Independent Designer
Prasanta was my mentor before and during the preparation for NID DAT/CEED preparations in 2018. I had no proper design background and clearly nothing on Interaction Design in terms of knowledge or professional experience. He was always ready to listen and provide me with personalized…
— Prashant Manda, Design Evangelist
Prasanta is a very empathetic mentor. He is a very good listener, and an astute communicator. I like the way he smiles while he communicates. I must also confess that this man knows his onions. He is super good. I look forward to more sessions…
— Timileyin Oluborode, Data Analyst, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited

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Art and Photography

I dabble in creative coding and generative art, mainly as a means to explore the beauty of mathematics, some of which are documented on my blog and Instagram .

Ideas | Thoughts | Actions. This interactive sketch was created using p5.js as a part of Inktober 2021 explorations on Openprocessing . Move around the canvas to find spots of turbulence or calm.

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Over the years, I have also created a collection of stock photographs that have been viewed more than 11M times. Available for download on Unsplash , Pexels and Noun Project .

*A close up view of a mask of Goddess Durga being hand-painted.* This photo, taken in 2016, has been downloaded nearly 20k times and have been featured on CNN and Times Travel .

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