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Hilman Curtis , a true Renaissance man combined with the skills of a web, graphic designer and apart from being a filmmaker and musician passed away on 18 th  April , 2012. When I was young and just started my career as web designer, back at 2000 I devotedly followed the footsteps of this master. Being a rookie, I can remember how I became completely spellbound with his masterpieces created in Flash. I stumbled across to his works by chance and fascinated so much that never took my eyes away from his creations to this day. . . Hillman Curtis  worked as an art director of Macromedia. He has designed sites for   Yahoo ,   Adobe Systems ,   Metropolitan Opera   and others.   Canoë   magazine called him   le pape du Flash   (the   Pope   of Flash) in 2000.     Some even called him the ‘Michael Jordan of web design’. Curtis founded hillmancurtis, Inc, a design firm based in New York city which focused on...

Yesterday renowned Graphic Designer , Shri Binoy Sarkar passed away. But he left with his unlimited creations, for this world which would inspire the upcoming and promising graphic designers for many years. Sri Sarkar is an alumni of Yale university, USA and was associated with the National Institute of Design for many years. Later on he joined the Handicrafts and Handloom Export Corporation of India and contributed significantly to a large number of projects and exhibitions all over the world. Shri Sarkar has also to his credit designing of such striking logos as of the Indian Airlines, ECIL, Airports Authority of India, Trade Fair Authority of India (Now the ITPO) , Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to name a few. His has left her wife Mira Sarakar, who is also a renowned artist and working at American Embassy as a teacher. Binoy Sarkar is no more, but his Legacy will continue to shape the design Industry. As he was my maternal uncle , I inheritate some of his skills an...