@nirja_desai

Former Graphics Editor @sciencemagazine | follow @sciencevisuals | trained medical illustrator | DIY enthusiast | all views my own

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Joined April 2017
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💎Taming the Mountain of Light was created using the storytelling template by @Mapbox #BuiltWithMapbox. Hope you enjoyed the abridged version of your story @tweeter_anita and @DalrympleWill 😀 nirja-desai.github.io/Kohino…
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🔍 Here’s a final glimpse into the behind-the-scenes of our recent project for @WWFIndia 🧵 View the story here csp.wwfindia.org/reviving-th… and dive deep into this thread (P.S. We have a resource for you 🎁)
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🐼 Our latest project started with @WWFINDIA coming to us with a success story. Their project ‘Energy Transition in the Dairy Cold Chain’ was a solution to cut down farmers’ costs and bring down the dairy sector’s carbon footprint. View the story here: csp.wwfindia.org/dairy-cold-…
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Who's ready for @GameOfThrones? I know who I want to see on the Iron Throne #DaenerysTargaryen. I found this wonderful drawing of our new species #EadyaDaenerys online and had to share it! All credit goes to Nirja Desai (@kalakar on IG)
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New Tower of London display acknowledges ‘complex’ history of Crown Jewels. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

New Tower of London display acknowledges ‘complex’ history of crown jewels

Contentious circumstances in which controversial jewels were acquired explained by ‘honest, transparent’ exhibition

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🚨New project alert🚨 Made a little something about #Vallabhacharya using @Mapbox , art and some code. @MapboxDevs #Datavisualization #cartography #dataviz ➡️nirja-desai.github.io/Baitha…
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It's #PortfolioDay 🎨 I'm sharing my updated portfolio😁 nirjadesai.art

Nirja Desai

information designer and illustrator

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Scientific Illustrator to join our award-winning graphics team, responsible for translating complex scientific concepts and data into compelling visual narratives for @ScienceMagazine. Apply by 13 April: bit.ly/SrScieIllu
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🎨Updated my portfolio after many year nirjadesai.art ✨ #SciArt #portfolio #Illustrator #designer #userexperience #DataVisualization #cartography

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So impressed!
Gurman Bhatia@chartwaali9 Oct 2022
Husband and I played around with Dall-E together today. Here is AI trying to paint an old woman on a computer in the style of different Indian painters. 1) Amrita Sher-Gil
Old woman on a desktop computer wearing a blush coloured saree.

ALT Old woman on a desktop computer wearing a blush coloured saree.

Just beautiful!
Val Altounian@oooitsplasma6 Oct 2022
I had a little fun making a lava lamp golgi because why not?
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I hear the Kohinoor diamond 💎recently made an appearance on TV
Nirja Desai@nirja_desai9 Jun 2020
💎Taming the Mountain of Light was created using the storytelling template by @Mapbox #BuiltWithMapbox. Hope you enjoyed the abridged version of your story @tweeter_anita and @DalrympleWill 😀 nirja-desai.github.io/Kohino…
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#KohinoorDiamond
Spot the bacteria, DNA, and phage in my bridal mehendi 😜 I went from Ms.—> Mrs. last week & will become “Dr.” next week once my dissertation is officially submitted!
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Tallie Z Baram@z_baram2 Jun 2022
Thrilled to share @ScienceMagazine piece, a 10 yr obsession: developing brains get signals from the environment that shape emotional circuit maturation & impact mental health. What signals? which ones are 'bad'? how do they influence circuit refinement? science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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I am on maternity leave and trying to observe and capture as much as possible during this time. More time with him would be great as these little hands will grow so fast, but appreciating the moments I have. Don't know how parents do it without the time off. #kidlitart
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Made this map 🗺 last year to illustrate the road trip my brother took in 2020. #Cartography and #illustration coming together. Exported from #Qgis and finalized in #Procreate. #kidlitart
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Here's presenting 9 Tigers, a sketch-note for some very intuitive yet mathematical observations. Which one of these looks like the tiger you have met? #9tigers #folkart #india #wildlife #art #folk #madhubani #warli #culture #sudarshanshaw #jungle #forest #adobe #photoshop #phad
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Hi #KidLitArtPostcard ✨✨🤗 I am Nirja Desai, an aspiring children's book illustrator with an MFA in medical illustration. Our 👶🏽 newborn is the inspiration of my postcard and this new adventure. Little eyebrowless coconut 😘 nirjadesai.art Instagram.com/kalakar
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In July we received an exciting drug development paper @ScienceMagazine. Today the first shipment of this important anti-viral left a @Pfizer distribution center. Unprecedented in my >20 year editorial career. Thanks to the authors and thanks @ScienceVisuals for the great cover.
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Eric Topol
@EricTopol23 Dec 2021
The summary graphic for the many reports with the Delta variant. With Omicron, Pfizer's vaccine effectiveness was restored to 75% in the first report from South Africa w/ @ScienceVisuals @nirja_desai and editing by @AldertonBiol
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