A mother's heirloom
This illustrated recipe zine is an ode to our mothers who have been stuck at home cooking, feeding and looking after their whole families and still feeling like their lives have not been economically worthwhile.
Problem Statement
The project originated from a conversation with Dwarka's mother who after all these years felt like her life hasn't been of much worth given that she has never earned money and has spent all her life cooking and cleaning at home. For long cooking and cleaning at home, especially in countries like India, has been considered as a thankless job done primarily by women of the house. There is no monetary value attached to it and not even acknowledgement of their contribution to the economy.
Solution
This recipe zine is small effort towards acknowledging that contribution and making them feel seen. The fact that people want to buy this zine and enjoy the recipes not just visually but also trying them out at their own homes brings a sense of accomplishment.
Design Team
Dwarka Nath Sinha
Anisha Thampy
Illustration
Sketchnote
Information Design
Zine Design
The inspiration for the format came from sketchnotes where one can summarise complex topics in a concise and visually engaging way.
The recipes were observed and recorded in-person and then visualised in the form of a visual sketchnote.
The first iteration didn't have numberings but after some testing, we incorporated the numbers for each step so as to make the flow a bit more apparent.
Here are a few of the recipes from the zine.
Below is the test print of the recipes. The zine would be printed in A5 square size as shown here.