KANZA NAZIR LEGHARI
Class of 2020
BA (Honors) Communication & Design
Minor: Comparative Literature
Aspiration Statement
I want to pursue a postgraduate degree in design concentration and build my portfolio further in the next academic year. Depending on my postgraduate degree, I will either make a shift toward urban design or media design. After my postgraduate, I want to develop my career as an interdisciplinary designer.
Core Skills
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Photoshop
- Public Speaking
- Writing Skills
Academic Awards / Achievements
- UCL - Masters in Situated Practice | Bartlett School of Architecture
- Dean’s List - Spring and Fall 2017
- High Academic Achievement Scholarship
- UC Berkeley Summer Session 2018, USA
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- Saraiki Awami Tremeit (Saraiki Women’s Movement) - Founding Youth Member
- Habib University’s Intersectional Feminist Club - Executive Member
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Immediate Media Co. - UX Designer
- The Daakiya - Digital Media Coordinator & Graphic Designer
- AISEC Azerbaijan - Social Media Tourism Promoter
- Numaish Karachi Researcher/ Designer
Publications / Creative Projects
- Legality and Development in Karachi: Legality and Development in Karachi:
- Sidewalk Talk: Typography for Design Intervention
Final Year Project
Project Title
Transformation of Urban Realities Across Time and Space: A Case Study of Empress Market
Description
This project aims to highlight the effect of the recent anti-encroachment drives in Karachi on the city’s working classes. The project uses speculative cartography, tracing artefacts from the now-destroyed market, to make an argument.