Designer H1N1 Swine Flu masks – Times Of India, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore
The designer H1N1 swine flu masks have been featured in todays Deccan Chronicle, Chennai as well.
The entire page:
The article:
All the masks displayed in this post are now available online for purchase on DIMCHO.com. They are all limited edition, exclusively hand-painted single piece masks. To view the entire range and purchase your favourite masks click HERE.
The website is being jointly handled by Me and Naina Redhu
Custom made masks with your desired graphics will also be available on your requests. You can leave the comments here or contact on the contact number provided.
Photographs of some more designer H1N1 swine flu masks developed a few days back:
‘Jai Ho!’
![Jai Ho! [Click to purchase]](https://www.akanksharedhu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/DSC080251.jpg "Jai Ho! [Click to purchase]")
N-95 ‘Oink’
![N-95 'Oink!' [Click to purchase]](https://www.akanksharedhu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/DSC080411.jpg "N-95 'Oink!' [Click to purchase]")
‘Gabru’ – on special request for the guys
!['Gabru' [Click to purchase]](https://www.akanksharedhu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/DSC08047.jpg "'Gabru' [Click to purchase]")
Special thanks to Aman Godara for being the non-fussy model 😀
‘Bugsy’
!['Bugsy' [Click to purchase]](https://www.akanksharedhu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/DSC08027.jpg "'Bugsy' [Click to purchase]")
Photoediting and stylizing: Naina Redhu @ Aside
A few more designs have been developed on the basic surgical masks as well as the N-95 avian flu masks. Photographs will be put up in a short while. Up until now I was testing the waters for the acceptability of these masks into the Indian janta. Again its both great and not so great. But I can feel that people are beginning to understand the idea behind these masks and slowly losing their inhibitions to try something new. With the Indian Govt. still failing at providing the N-95 masks at a scale that is actually required by the public, it still remains quite difficult to attain them. Due to this severe unavailability of the masks in the open market the prices for both of them have been revised.
Basic surgical mask costing INR 105
N-95 avian flu mask costing INR 750
An eventful day for me as Ive been featured on the 2nd page of Times of India Mumbai & page 18 of Times Of India Delhi(happened a day after the article appeared in Mumbai and Bangalore) regarding the designer H1N1 swine flu masks that I came up with as a pet project. There are both N-95 avian flu masks as well as the basic surgical masks. You can click HERE to view the paper online. I hope my idea will be a little more accepted by the public now.
The complete page:
The article:
Here are some of the masks that i have created:
This is the N-95 avian flu mask
‘Hearty‘ – All over print of little hearts
‘Teen Glitter’ – All over glitter especially for the teeny boppers
‘Kiss Kiss’ – Big red lips right over yours, larger than life if you must….
Photograph editing courtesy Naina Redhu @Aside
This post is the official entry to Star World Betty of Elle Contest- http://www.starworld.in.
Its my entry into the contest so that I can win an internship at Elle. I think it will be a great exposure for me into the field of professional fashion communication where I will be able to reach out to a large population with my ramblings about everything fashion and good design!
Amazing blog 🙂 And masks are really funny.
A Joke on Swine Flu:
What is Swine Flu + US Visa?
It is H1N1B
BR,
Shubhamoy
There is unfortunately no scientific evidence of whether masks can help prevent the spread of the virus. It is all based on judgement and procedure.. However there are several other precautions that will definitely prevent its spread. The simplest of which includes washing your hands regularly, covering one’s mouth while coughing, sneezing,isolation and preventives are available.
Swine flu is a visual paranoia.. Lets help stop this by spreading the word.
cant imagine pepople can be so stupid wat a waste of time
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Way too cool 🙂
Hey Akansha.. this is Isha from Deccan Chronicle newspaper in Chennai. I wanted to check with you if you have a website through which one can order these masks online? Can ppl from Chennai order it? Pl do revert back at the earliest
Thx and regards,
Isha Narang
Hey – read about your designer masks on DT today (18 August 2009). I was wondering if you also custom-made the masks – I really like the one with the skull design (as per the design on DT) Please let me know, so that I could place an order – I am looking at atleast 2-3 pieces of the same design.
Cheers
Hi Neel, i could definitely look into the possibility of doing custom made masks if I feel its viable for me to make. I am currently in the process of making my masks available online for purchase, which should be done shortly. So for now, the design prototypes that I have already developed are the ones that I am concentrating at. I will definitely let you know. I might even include skull designs in my range.
Thanks Akanksha – look forward to your collection, and keeping my fingers crossed to find something black and scary (like a skull) :)…Cheers
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Hey Akanksha, very innovative idea! I saw the ones you have on sale. But is it only through paypal that we can pay? Dont you have any other mode of payment?
Oh right, I just saw the CC column :p, my bad ~
H1N1 or Swine Flu is a bit scary but it a good thing to note that this virus is not that very deadly. .
I bookmarked your site, this is very useful, thank you.
My brother got infected with H1N1 or Swine Flu in Mexico. He got a mild fever and luckily he did not die.
during the height of the H1N1 or Swine Flu epidemic, i was very afraid to get infected with this disease and i wore face mask whenever i got into heavily populated areas.
i think that in asian countries the Swine Flu did not spread rapidly compared to those countries that are located in colder climates. we should still be very thankful that the swine flu did not cause massive infections.
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