Aakriti holds a MA Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art, London and a BA (Hons) Communication Design from Pearl Academy, New Delhi. Having worked for 6 years as a graphic designer, with publishing houses, think tanks and in the field of design education, Aakriti aims to broaden her practice across media.
accolades
Winner, Publishing Next Book Cover of the Year, 2025
Shortlisted, Bridgeman Best Book Cover, 2026
Longlisted, Oxford Book Cover
of the Year, 2026
Shortlisted, Oxford Book
Cover of the Year, 2025
Shortlisted, Atta Gallatta BLF Book Cover of the Year, 2024
press
On being Winner of the Publishing Next Book Cover of the Year, 2025
On what shapes the design of book covers in India
On being longlisted for the Oxford Book Cover Prize, 2025
Student work for the MA Final Show at Royal College of Art, London
Student work exhibited in the show Typographic Singularity, 2020
teaching
Seminar, 'Let's talk Publishing', for Chats at
the Clubhouse, Jul 2026
Workshop, Cover Design, at UPES Dehradun,
Feb 2025
Visiting Faculty, for Typography and Color
Theory, at Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and
Commerce New Delhi, 2023, 2024
Seminar, Type and Layout, Pearl Academy
New Delhi, May 2020
get in touch
email: aakritikhurana2
(at)gmail(dot)com
instagram: _aakritikhurana
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