Instant Classic Designs - Albums by Gunjan

Instant Classic Designs creates custom wedding albums, honeymoon/travel coffee table books, family albums, and fashion and jewelry folios. These are not traditional photo albums. They are store-quality picture books created with advanced design and bookbinding technology. Each book receives our personal attention from start to finish: (1) Your pictures are the building blocks of your book. We focus on each photo individually, editing and retouching each picture as necessary to optimize image quality. (2) We develop an album concept that tells your story and then design each page to capture the spirit of the occasion and maximize the visual impact of your pictures. (3) Once you approve the layout, we work directly with bookmakers in Italy and the United States to make your handcrafted album according to your own specifications. Our albums come in just about every shape and size you can imagine. We can show photos on any scale - from 2" x 2" to 20" x 20" - with a wide array of vertical, horizontal, and square books. Seamless custom binding technology opens up a whole new world of design possibilities with layouts spreading across two full pages to show your pictures as they were meant to be seen. And you can judge this book by its cover: personalized images on metal, acrylic, leather, or silk. When family and friends fall in love with your album - and they will - you can give them all their own. Once your book has been designed and produced, it's quick and easy to make copies for everyone in your family in any size you want. Each of our books is one of a kind. We take pride in making sure that your album will be a family heirloom that keeps your memories for life. Gunjan has more than a decade of experience in design. She graduated from the Delhi College of Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Applied Arts. While in college, she received a diploma in fashion photography from the J.D. Institute of Fashion Technology, took classes with well-known make-up artist Vidya Takari, and created dozens of fashion and bridal portfolios. Gunjan then moved to New York to study at the School of Visual Arts where she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Computer Arts. Gunjan next worked at MTV as a digital designer, animating and compositing the television show "Spy Groove" and assisting in the development of original animated programming. After MTV, she continued to work as an editor and compositor in New York. She edited "Model TV" and "Videofashion News," television shows for the Videofashion Network that profiled fashion designers and covered New York's Fashion Week. In addition, Gunjan designed on-line and print materials. Her work included photo imaging and retouching for fashion magazines. Building on her experience as a digital designer for print and video, Gunjan became the Art Director and Manager of Creative Services for an Asian-American media company. She was the founder and primary architect of the Creative Services Department where she spearheaded the company's creative direction and was responsible for print, on-air, and web branding and design for its many divisions: TV network, film distribution, DVD/home video, movie theaters, on-line radio, and e-zine. Gunjan’s work has won multiple awards -- including several Telly and NAMIC Awards, as well as a prize from the 34th Annual U.S. International Film & Video Festival.