Typography Day 2011 started
our outlook towards typogra-
identity that describes us com-
with extreme energy and a huge
phy across Nations. The student
pletely. A lot of work showcased
amount of excitement as students,
speakers built an inspiring atmos-
typeface and letter designs in-
visitors, delegates and the media
phere for all the students in the
spired by a very local context and
amalgamated at the auditorium of
crowd who dream of becoming
a few took inspiration from his-
National Institute of Design, Paldi
future typographers.
tory. It was also very interesting
campus to eagerly await the opening of the conference.
, Turkey
The creation of this newsletter
in scripts other than their own
‘Type Hype’ was exciting, with
native languages, how they found
The happiness, joy and passion
mind boggling deadlines and live
their own ways to adapt them-
shared by typographers which
content generation throughout
selves to scripts that were new
included students as well as stal-
the event. The challenge of the
to them, and how they looked at
warts in the field of typography
newsletter to be printed over-
the visual appeal of letter forms
found expression at the beginning
night and available for distribu-
which are merely a set of shapes
of the conference. The typo team
tion next morning was made pos-
put together. A new concept of
2011 from NID were up early and
sible by the staff of printing labs
3D typography and anaglyph ty-
ready to assist all the visitors with
at NID who worked extra hard
pography interested everyone.
their queries, passing them con-
to make this happen. Also, live
ference kits filled with goodies
video screening of the conference
A warm thank you to all the peo-
and guiding them to the venue of
across all the NID campuses in-
ple who helped in organizing this
the presentations.
cluding Bangalore and Gandhina-
conference which include the
gar added a new dimension to this
faculty, students, and administra-
in-
event where knowledge could be
tion of National Institute of De-
spiring talk and his memories
shared across physical limitations
sign, Ahmedabad and Industrial
of remembering Prof. R.K. Joshi
of a venue.
Design Centre, I. I.T Mumbai.
Professor G.V. Sreekumar’s , India
to see designers design typefaces
gave the conference a warm start.
Also the supporting institutes
His vision of designing a curricu-
An interesting argument that
India Design Association and
lum for the future was appreci-
seems to emerge out of all the
Aksharaya teams for keeping our
ated by the design educators om-
gripping discussions is whether
energies running. We sincerely
nipresent in the crowd. Enriching
designers must design for a more
thank Font Lab for sponsoring the
panel discussions and inquisitive
general platform or whether
event and helping students redis-
students asking their doubts and
the design must cater to the lo-
cover their love for typography.
queries added a rich flavor to the
cal context. For multi-cultural
conference and made it more in-
countries, with a vast variety of
Today 11 exciting workshops are
teractive. Professor Mahendra
cultures, subcultures and various
being offered. It is time to explore
Patel’s constant inputs generated
influences, it is an issue to form a
all our thinking, learnings and
lots of energy among the visi-
single identity. We, in India have
skills. Hoping the last day of this
tors. The international speakers
at some point or the other faced
conference is as memorable for
shared their unique experiences
a situation where we have been
all of you as it has been for Team
with type design and broadened
unable to form a single ‘ Indian’
Typo at NID.