ADI AMD | Many Worlds of Type

by Team ADI
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FREE
Event Location
Online
Event Date and Time
Sat, Sep 12 05:00 PM - Sat, Sep 12 06:00 PM
 
 
ADI's Ahmedabad Chapter brings forth a dialogue, through a webinar on the “Many worlds of Type” in India.
 
Typography in a country like India with diverse Scripts has always been an area of study for Type and Graphic Designers. Typography holds a wide and visible visual culture in any Indian city - right from local signboards to advertising billboards.
 
Our esteemed panelists will take us through a journey of typography; in education, as used in commercial projects and in public spaces & art.
 
This webinar is highly recommended for design students and young professionals seeking different trajectories and versatility in Typography, in India.
 
On 12th Sep @ 5:00 PM
 
Panelists:

Tarun Deep Girdher
Principal designer (Graphic Design) at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, his creative practice has been at the intersection of design for social good, visual culture and publication design. His expertise goes beyond the realms of traditional graphic design, with a loving bias for letterpress, print, typography and publication design.

Sarang Kulkarni
Type designer and calligrapher from Mumbai and co-founder of ‘Ek Type’– type foundry (est in 2013), that specialises in developing single and multi-script fonts across Indian languages. He is a member of Alliance Graphic International (AGI).

Hanif Kureshi
In 2016, GQ magazine named Hanif as one of the 50 most influential young Indians. An artist and a designer working with Street Art and typography, he has an ironic approach, working in multiple mediums combining into a single composition. His ongoing project, hand-painted type, attempts to conserve and archive the vernacular street typography of India, which he felt is a characteristic medium of Indian traditions seeming to be lost.

Anuj Malhotra | Guest Invitee
Anuj is an architect and landscape architect professional with over 18 years of experience. He is currently serving as a Senior Planning Consultant at Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited, Ahmedabad and as Knowledge Partner to the High Powered Committee at the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is looking at urban rejuvenation of the riverfront while trying to maximize on real estate potential and public space development.

Akash Raj Halankar | Moderator
Visual artist and graphic designer from Mumbai, his work tries to blur the line between Art and Design. He is a type enthusiast and an avid illustrator whose projects range from simple sketches to grand spatial art.
 
Indian Type Foundry | Sponsor
ITF is an Ahmedabad based digital type foundry, designing and distributing fine-quality fonts for Indian and Latin scripts. Besides designing typefaces, ITF also serves as an educational platform for typography.
 
 
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(Communication creative by Akash Halankar)
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