Studio Seminars

Led by Akshita Garud from Two Odd, this studio seminar explores storytelling through space, object, and material. Participants will work in teams to translate abstract themes into three-dimensional installations built entirely from unconventional, everyday materials, moving through the full arc of a real creative commission from concept to capture.

The session opens with an introduction to Two Odd's practice and their Creative Handbook, a guide to the key principles of spatial storytelling covering color, materiality, mood, narrative clarity, and object-based composition. Each team receives their designated theme and a curated assortment of materials, from bubble wrap and flowers to fruits, vegetables, and found objects, and takes time to handle and explore what each element can express before the building begins.

Teams then conceive, build, and refine their spatial installations, working with composition, color, texture, and form to translate their theme into a tangible, three-dimensional reality. Before capturing their work, each team returns to the Creative Handbook to review and refine their installation, asking whether the materials are doing the narrative work they need to. The session closes with a capture phase, where teams photograph and film their installation and consider how a spatial story translates into still and moving content.

Participants leave with Two Odd's Creative Handbook as a transferable framework for spatial storytelling, and a richer, more embodied understanding of how space, object, and material can carry a narrative.

Accessibility & Participation

Open to ages 18+

No prior experience is required

About the Instructor

Two Odd is made by Akshita Garud and Sabah Shaikh. Both work in art direction for editorial content driven by storytelling, curating experiences through tablescapes, spatial design, and installation. As a creative studio and online magazine, Two Odd platforms narratives that need more visibility, challenging rigid societal norms through work that is as purposeful as it is visually compelling.