Celebrate Indian Womanhood with the Indian Avatars Deck

Celebrate Indian Womanhood with the Indian Avatars DeckCelebrate Indian Womanhood with the Indian Avatars Deck

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Anchit Gupta

• May 19

Last week was Mother's Day. Like most people, I thought about my own mother — her sacrifices, her quiet strength, the things she gave up without ever naming them. And then I thought about all the mothers we've forgotten.

Not just mothers of children. Mothers of nations. Of devotions. Of revolutions. Of art forms.

That's why I built this. The Indian Avatars Deck is a 52-card playing deck reimagining the four suits through the lens of Indian womanhood — 52 women, one for every week of the year, so we never run out of women worth remembering.

Each suit honours a different kind of sacrifice:

🪷 Lotus — Devis & Celestial Beings, who held the cosmos together

🦚 Peacock — Poets, Dancers & Artists, who kept culture alive through their bodies and voices

🔱 Trishul — Fierce Goddesses & Mahavidyas, who burned so others could be reborn

🪔 Diya — Warrior Queens & Ranis, who gave up their thrones, their safety, and their lives Link to Project: https://app.melius.com/projects/6244900a-b6a4-4d2e-ba93-43ef3646ba89/canvas/58d5b51e-2d73-4396-abd6-bcc0e4b24730

My Process:

Concept & Research: My own research and Claude.

Design System — Built a unified visual grammar in Melius: each suit has its own fixed palette, border motif, symbolic objects, and lighting mood — so the deck reads as one cohesive object, not 52 separate images.

My Experience with Melius:

I came to Melius as a first-time user with an ambitious idea — 52 cards, four visual systems, historical women spanning 2,000 years of India. On any other platform, the sheer coordination of that would have broken the project before it began.

What Melius gave me was a canvas where the whole thing could live at once. I could see the deck as a system, not just card by card. The agent handled the parts that would have taken days — brief generation, visual consistency checks, prompt iteration — so I could stay focused on the parts only I could do: the curation, the storytelling, the choice of which moment in a woman's life deserved to be frozen forever.

This deck exists because Melius made it possible in an afternoon. That still surprises me.

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Filip Panov

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• May 25

Few more scenes of the RFNE.'s Branding & Packaging design 🧪 A precision metabolic support system engineered for high performers, a silent operating infrastructure designed to stabilize the body’s baseline and unlock elevated performance across training, focus, and recovery. Rooted in the concept of the bridge, the identity carefully balances scientific rigor with quiet luxury, creating a presence that feels both clinical and sophisticated.

You can see full project and narrative here

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Sharon Olusanya

• May 25

Absolutely perfect!

Luis Vask

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• May 25

Packaging design for SORIN.

At our studio, we love exploring different paths to create the ideal environment for each brand. For SORIN, it was crucial to have packaging design perfectly aligned with both their brand values and visual language. Here are a few glimpses of the result!

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Faith Oladele

• May 26

Beautiful Execution, The packaging feels intentional, cohesive, and perfectly aligned with the brand’s visual language.

Agnese Pulvirenti

• May 25

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of creating the brand identity for Stella's Snacks, a small snack bar located within Mason & Fifth, a hospitality brand known for combining luxury with a home-away-from-home atmosphere. The identity was inspired by Stella, the beloved dog who greets guests at reception. By positioning Stella as the brand’s mascot and name, we could create a visual identity reflecting the warmth and personality guests already associate with their stay. This approach allowed the snack bar to feel instantly familiar and personal, reinforcing Mason & Fifth’s emphasis on community and comfort. We created a cheerful, character-driven brand that elevates a simple snack offering into a memorable part of the Mason & Fifth experience. Working closely with the Mason & Fifth team, I crafted a brand built around bold, rich colours, a suite of custom playful illustrations, and a friendly tone of voice. Together these elements capture Stella’s lovable personality while creating a distinctive, light-hearted brand that stands proudly within the Mason & Fifth ecosystem. I hope you love it as much as we do!

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