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Both the designers have interpreted their inspiration in different ways. If the office space is the backdrop for Prashant’s series,it turned into a secret escape passage for Vidyut. Her work speaks of the wandering soul; the one that has been freed from the shackles of daily routine. Prashant,on the other hand,found his subject in the monotony of office work.

“I wanted to bring out the fantasies of colours and textures and painted whatever came to my mind,” says Vidyut. Prashant depicts furniture,white boards and walls of his office as living beings. His series also brings out the thoughts of a human mind. “It is the result of letting oneself loose in spite of daily complexities,” says Prashant. “I feel that these objects have a life of their own. They think and interact with each other in their own way,” he adds. Prashant has been working in the corporate sector for over a decade now but always harboured a passion for painting. “I would often yearn to get back to my passion while I was at work,” he says. He started pursuing his love for art a year back. “I sketched a chair while I was conducting a meeting and realised how things of everyday sight can be great subjects of art and colour,” he narrates.

There are many limitations of being a commercial designer. “We need to use software products required by the market. This limits our talent,” says Vidyut who was eventually dissatisfied with such technical work. “I wanted to play on the canvas and let my mind wander off to a land of dreams which is nowhere close to daily meetings,computers and emails,” she adds.