Manoj Pandey is a writer/illustrator/digital enthusiast based in Delhi (with 14+ years in advertising). He's worked with agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather, Weiden + Kennedy, SapientNitro, and across brands like Nike, Incredible India, Unilever, and Coke. His works have appeared in The Guardian, BBC, CNN, World Literature Today, and Design Indaba, among others. And has been exhibited in Tate, London and Motherland. In 2014, he was named as one of the 200 Best Illustrators in the world by Lurzer’s Archive. He was a speaker at Jaipur Literature Festival and D&AD Kyoorius Design Yatra, 2016. His debut collection of short fiction featuring Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Shashi Tharoor, among others, was published by HarperCollins India. His second book, The Legacy of Nothing was shortlisted for the Tagore Prize 2019. Of recent, his initiative to make literature more accessible to the common man, is slowly gaining acclaim as The World’s Largest ‘Public’ Library.
World's Largest Public Library – an initiative to make literature more accessible to the common man | featured on The Guardian, among others
Tales On Tweet – a book that started as a hashtag and turned into a bestseller | for HarperCollins
Storytelling on Twitter turns into wall murals.
a film for the Incredible Indian Himalayas
Budweiser Magnum Launch video
#crickwit - a social platform created for Sprite
#tacotweatup - a social platform for Taco Bell
music + shower = moxie | an interactive website
An awareness on global warming | WWF
IndiGo ATR (small plane) launch campaign
Prints and posters for IndiGo ATR launch
Interactive bird house for a donation drive
Campaign for Michael Moore's new show
Campaign for PLAYFIT
Product/feature ads for the campaign
WIP campaign for Carlton by VIP
In my free time i also write books. This one was shortlisted for the prestigious Tagore Prize 2019
