Schedule
Schedule of events during the International Conference
'Typography Day 2015' :
Day one- Saturday 7th March , Day two- Sunday 8th March, and Day three- Monday 9th March 2015 at IDC, IIT Bombay
The schedule is as follows: . . . . . . . . . . .
'Typography Day 2015' :
Day one- Saturday 7th March , Day two- Sunday 8th March, and Day three- Monday 9th March 2015 at IDC, IIT Bombay
The schedule is as follows: . . . . . . . . . . .
Day One
Day 1 (7th March 2015) – Workshops
Venue: IDC, IIT Bombay and VMCC, IIT Bombay
Venue: IDC, IIT Bombay and VMCC, IIT Bombay
8.30 – 9.30
Registration and Tea
9.30 – 9.45
Welcome and lighting the Diya
10.00 – 5.00
Workshops for Design Students
* these workshops require the use of laptop
* these workshops require the use of laptop
Track 1
VC Classroom, IDC
VC Classroom, IDC
'Typographic Selfies'
Prof. Kumkum Nadig , Faculty, Head, Visual Communication Design, Srishti School of Design, Bangalore
Prof. Kumkum Nadig , Faculty, Head, Visual Communication Design, Srishti School of Design, Bangalore
Track 2
IxD Class, IDC
IxD Class, IDC
'Vocal and Calligraphy'
Prof. Santosh Kshirsagar
Faculty, Sir J J School of Ap plied Arts, Mumbai of Design
Prof. Santosh Kshirsagar
Faculty, Sir J J School of Ap plied Arts, Mumbai of Design
Track 3
VMCC Hall 1
VMCC Hall 1
Imaginative Logotypes'
Prof. G V Sree kumar and Nirmal Biswas , Faculty Member, IDC IIT Bombay / Designer, Mumbai
Prof. G V Sree kumar and Nirmal Biswas , Faculty Member, IDC IIT Bombay / Designer, Mumbai
Track 4
IDC Auditorium Foyer
IDC Auditorium Foyer
'Letters, Intricasy and Fineness'
Achyut Palav , Achyut Palav School of Calligraphy, Navi Mumbai
Achyut Palav , Achyut Palav School of Calligraphy, Navi Mumbai
Track 5
VMCC Hall 2
VMCC Hall 2
'Beginning Font Creation with FontLab'
Thomas Phinney, Fontlab, USA
Thomas Phinney, Fontlab, USA
Track 6
IDC Conference Room 1
IDC Conference Room 1
'Type and Symbol Creative Explorations'
Prof. Ravi Poovaiah and Prof Girish Dalvi , Faculty, IDC, IIT Bombay
Prof. Ravi Poovaiah and Prof Girish Dalvi , Faculty, IDC, IIT Bombay
Track 7
IDC Circle
IDC Circle
'Tangible Typography'
Ruchi Shah , Design Associate, IDC, IIT Bombay
Ruchi Shah , Design Associate, IDC, IIT Bombay
Track 8
VMCC Hall 3
VMCC Hall 3
'Type Sensitivity –
Forms, Counter forms and Patterns'
Prof. D. Udaya, Faculty, DoD, IIT Guwahati
Prof. D. Udaya, Faculty, DoD, IIT Guwahati
Track 9
VMCC Hall 4
VMCC Hall 4
'Crafting Type'
Dave Crossland , Font Research Consultant for Google, USA
Dave Crossland , Font Research Consultant for Google, USA
Track 10
VMCC Hall 5
VMCC Hall 5
'Designing a Devanagari Font in Glyphs 2'
Georg Seifert, Designer, Berlin and Rob Keller, Designer, Mumbai
Georg Seifert, Designer, Berlin and Rob Keller, Designer, Mumbai
1.00 – 2.30
Lunch
5.00 – 5.30
High Tea
5.30 - 7.30
Typo Quiz
Venue: VMCC Auditorium
Venue: VMCC Auditorium
Day Two
Day 2 (8th March 2015) – Morning Session
Venue: VMCC Main Conference Hall, IIT Bombay – 091-22-25767801
Venue: VMCC Main Conference Hall, IIT Bombay – 091-22-25767801
8.30 – 9.00
Registration
and Tea
9.00 – 9.15
Welcome Address by Prof Ravi Poovaiah, Prof G V Sreekumar and
Prof B K Chakravarthy, IDC IIT Bombay
9.15 – 10.00
Session Chairman:
Prof. G. V. Sreekumar,IDC,
IIT Bombay, India
Keynote Address 1 – Prof. R. K. Joshi Memorial Lecture
A Certain Bias
Itu Chaudhuri , Itu Chaudhuri Design, New Delhi, India
Keynote Address 1 – Prof. R. K. Joshi Memorial Lecture
A Certain Bias
Itu Chaudhuri , Itu Chaudhuri Design, New Delhi, India
10.15 – 10.45
Tea and networking
Session 1
Letterform & Calligraphy
10.45 – 11.05
Letterform & Calligraphy
10.45 – 11.05
Session Chairman:
Prof. Mahendra Patel
Emeritus Professor, NID
Anatomy of the Sinhala Letter
Sumanthri Samarawickrama, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Anatomy of the Sinhala Letter
Sumanthri Samarawickrama, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
11.05 – 11.25
Calligraphic Analysis of
the Jain Manuscript Style
Pradnya Naik and Prof. Girish Dalvi, Industrial Design Center, IIT Bombay, India
Pradnya Naik and Prof. Girish Dalvi, Industrial Design Center, IIT Bombay, India
11.25 – 11.45
A Calligraphic Approach to Odia Script
Manish Kumar Minz, Whitecrow, India
Manish Kumar Minz, Whitecrow, India
11.45 – 12.00
Discussion & QA
Session 2
Typography & Expression
12.05 – 12.25
Typography & Expression
12.05 – 12.25
Session Chairman:
Prof. Sudhakar Nadkarni
Dean, Werlingkar Management Institute, Mumbai
Visualising Thoughts and Emotions by Japanese Typography
Mariko Takagi, Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU, Hong Kong
Dean, Werlingkar Management Institute, Mumbai
Visualising Thoughts and Emotions by Japanese Typography
Mariko Takagi, Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU, Hong Kong
12.25 – 12.45
Typography: Craft and Chaos
Jayagovindan Menon, D J Academy of Design, India
Jayagovindan Menon, D J Academy of Design, India
12.45 – 1.00
Discussion & QA
1.00 – 02.30
Lunch and Networking
Day 2 (8th March 2015) – – Afternoon Session
Venue: VMCC Main Conference Hall, IIT Bombay – 091-22-25767801
Venue: VMCC Main Conference Hall, IIT Bombay – 091-22-25767801
Vision Address
2.30 – 3.10
2.30 – 3.10
Session Chairman:
Prof. Santosh Kshirsagar,
Sir J J Institute of
Applied Arts, India
Vision Address 1
Sensitivity and Fineness in typography
Prof. Tarun Giridhar, Faculty, NID, Ahmedabad
Vision Address 1
Sensitivity and Fineness in typography
Prof. Tarun Giridhar, Faculty, NID, Ahmedabad
Session 3
Typography & Sensitivity
3.20 – 3.30
Typography & Sensitivity
3.20 – 3.30
Session Chairman:
Sudharshan Dheer
Graphic Communication Concepts, Mumbai
Perceptual Shift Ambigrams using Devanagri and Latin
Chirag Gander, IIT Bombay, India
Graphic Communication Concepts, Mumbai
Perceptual Shift Ambigrams using Devanagri and Latin
Chirag Gander, IIT Bombay, India
3.30 – 3.40
Ideology and Ethos in Signage Typography for Devanagri
Catherine Leigh Schmidt, Rhode Island School of Design, USA
Catherine Leigh Schmidt, Rhode Island School of Design, USA
4.40 – 4.00
Sensitivity and Fineness in Typography on Cycle Rickshaws in
Cultural Capital of India - Varanasi
Manish Arora, Brijendra Singh, and Ajay Kumar, Banaras Hindu University, India
Manish Arora, Brijendra Singh, and Ajay Kumar, Banaras Hindu University, India
4.00 – 4.10
Discussion & QA
4.10 – 4.40
Tea and networking
Session 4
Typography & Multilinguality
4.40 – 5.00
Typography & Multilinguality
4.40 – 5.00
Session Chairman:
Prof. Ranjana Dani
MEER’s MIT Institute of Design, Pune
Multilingual Typography- Signs, and Language Politics of Israeli Urban Culture
Shayna T. Blum, Xavier University of Louisiana, USA
MEER’s MIT Institute of Design, Pune
Multilingual Typography- Signs, and Language Politics of Israeli Urban Culture
Shayna T. Blum, Xavier University of Louisiana, USA
5.00 – 5.20
Multilingual Design and Branding
Sulekha Rajkumar, Brand Union | Ray+Keshavan, India
Sulekha Rajkumar, Brand Union | Ray+Keshavan, India
5.20 – 5.30
Discussion & QA
Session 5
Typeface 2014-15
5.30 – 5.40
Typeface 2014-15
5.30 – 5.40
Session Chairman:
Thomas Phinney,
FontLab, USA
Monotype Fonts
Sohaj Singh Brar, Monotype, India
Monotype Fonts
Sohaj Singh Brar, Monotype, India
5.40 - 5.50
Ek Type
Sarang Kulkarni , White Crow, India
Sarang Kulkarni , White Crow, India
5.50 - 6.00
Ek Mukta
Prof. Girish Dalvi , Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay, India
Prof. Girish Dalvi , Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay, India
6.00 – 6.30
Tea Break
6.30 - 8.00
Typo Critique session
Day Three
Day 3 (9th March 2015) – Morning Session
Venue: VMCC Main Conference Hall, IIT Bombay – 091-22-25767801
Venue: VMCC Main Conference Hall, IIT Bombay – 091-22-25767801
8.30 – 9.15
Tea
9.15 – 10.00
Session Chairman: Prof. Ravi Poovaiah,
IDC, IIT Bombay, India
Keynote Address 2
Sensitivity and Fineness in typography
John D. Berry , Honorary President of ATypI, USA
Keynote Address 2
Sensitivity and Fineness in typography
John D. Berry , Honorary President of ATypI, USA
10.15 – 10.45
Tea and networking
Session 6
Typography & Tradition
10.45 – 11.05
Typography & Tradition
10.45 – 11.05
Session Chairman:
Prof. Vikas Satwalekar
Emeritus Professor and Ex-Director, NID
How the Traditional Chinese Concept of Time and Space can be Applied through Digital Moving Images
Hung Keung, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
How the Traditional Chinese Concept of Time and Space can be Applied through Digital Moving Images
Hung Keung, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
11.05 – 11.25
Simulating the Appearance of Painted and Digital Display Type on
Shop Signs in India
Nanki Nath, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, India and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, IDC, IIT Bombay, India
Nanki Nath, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, India and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, IDC, IIT Bombay, India
11.25 – 11.45
Designing Display Type Central ASMAT Tribe Pattern Chracteristic
Dodi Nursaiman, Indonesian Computer University, Indonesia
Dodi Nursaiman, Indonesian Computer University, Indonesia
11.45 – 12.00
Discussion & QA
Session 7
Typography & Form
12.00 – 12.20
12.00 – 12.20
Session Chairman:
Prof. Udaya Kumar
Department of Design, IIT Guwahati
FONT : FORM : FUNCTION : The Unstated Identity of the Built Word
Nandita, R V College of Architecture, India
FONT : FORM : FUNCTION : The Unstated Identity of the Built Word
Nandita, R V College of Architecture, India
12.20 – 12.40
Sensitive Role of Modifiers (Matras) in Devnagari Fonts
Rajeev Prakash, Delhi Press, India
Rajeev Prakash, Delhi Press, India
12.40 – 1.00
Discussion & QA
1.00 – 02.30
Lunch and Networking
Day 3 (9th March 2015) – Afternoon Session
Venue: VMCC Main Conference Hall, IIT Bombay – 091-22-25767801
Venue: VMCC Main Conference Hall, IIT Bombay – 091-22-25767801
Vision Address
2.30 – 3.10
2.30 – 3.10
Session Chairman:
Prof. Sreekumar,
IDC, IIT Bombay, India
Experiences and Possibilities in Typography
Anup Gupta, Group Director at Hindustan Times Media Ltd, India,
Experiences and Possibilities in Typography
Anup Gupta, Group Director at Hindustan Times Media Ltd, India,
Session 8
Typography & Pragmatics
3.20 – 3.40
Typography & Pragmatics
3.20 – 3.40
Session Chairman:
Aurobind Patel,
Typographer, India
Which Sinhala Fonts Do Users Love To Read On Screen?
Pathum Egodawatta, Mooniak, Sri Lanka
Which Sinhala Fonts Do Users Love To Read On Screen?
Pathum Egodawatta, Mooniak, Sri Lanka
3.40 – 4.00
Effect of Typeface Characteristics on Students' Performance - A
case study for design aptitude tests
Kaveri Sharma, MIT ID, India
Kaveri Sharma, MIT ID, India
4.00 – 4.10
Discussion & QA
4.10 – 4.40
Tea and networking
Session 9
Typography & Young Minds
4.40 – 4.55
Typography & Young Minds
4.40 – 4.55
Session Chairman:
Dr. Ajanta Sen
Director, Solar Project, India
The Making of Typo Safari
Gergo Tamas Farkas, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Hungary
The Making of Typo Safari
Gergo Tamas Farkas, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Hungary
4.55 – 5.10
Wancho Laeje: Birth of a New Script
Anurag Gautam, National Institute of Design, India
Anurag Gautam, National Institute of Design, India
5.10 – 5.25
My Two Cents' Worth on Contemporary Indian Coins - A
comparative study
Shameen Khatri,
Rachana Sansad College of Applied Arts and Craft,
India
5.25 – 5.40
A Study of Roman & Devanagari Fonts for a Dot Matrix Printer on
the Indian Railway Tickets
Kavya Tolia, Rachana Sansad College of Applied Art and Craft, India
Kavya Tolia, Rachana Sansad College of Applied Art and Craft, India
5.40 – 5.55
Bundelkhand Environmental Signage Typography
Santosh Kumar, Prof. Hira Lal Prajapati and Brijendra Singh, Department of Applied Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts, BHU, Varanasi, Indi a
Santosh Kumar, Prof. Hira Lal Prajapati and Brijendra Singh, Department of Applied Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts, BHU, Varanasi, Indi a
5.55 – 6.10
Discussion & QA
Session 10
Closing session + Awards
6.10 – 6.40
Closing session + Awards
6.10 – 6.40
Session Chairman:
Prof. Ravi Poovaiah and Prof. Sreekumar, IDC IIT Bombay
Typography of M.G. Moinuddin
Sajid Moinuddin, Graphic Designer, India
Awards Ceremony + Concluding Remarks
Typography of M.G. Moinuddin
Sajid Moinuddin, Graphic Designer, India
Awards Ceremony + Concluding Remarks
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