Schedule

The international conference Typographyday 2022, Mumbai, India with focus on ‘Typography for Children’ is scheduled to be held online from 18th-19th, November 2022.

The schedule is as follows: . . . . . . . . . . .

Day One

Inaugural Session: (1300 – 1315)
Prof. Anirudha Joshi, HOD, IDC School of Design and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, Co-Chair for Typoday
Keynote Address 1: Prof. R. K. Joshi Memorial Talk
Session Chairman: Prof. G. V. Sreekumar, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
Title of Talk: Expanding Practice: Typography with/for children
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Rathna Ramanathan, Head of Central Saint Martins and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of the Arts, UK (IST: 1315 – 1400,UK: 0745-0830)

(All sessions are held in Main Conference Hall except for the Workshop Tracks which are in separate Rooms)

Day 1: 18th November 2022
Parallel Workshop Sessions
IST:1400-1530 | USEast:0330-0500 | USWest:0130-0300 | UK:0830-1000 | EU:0930-1100 | Japan:1730 1900

7 Parallel Workshop Sessions in Breakout Rooms

Workshops 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
1. Prof. G. V. Sreekumar, Typograher, IDC School of Design, Mumbai, India
2. Hiral Bhagat, Calligrapher, Ahmedabad, India
3. Kailash Malaviya/ Noopur Datya, EK Type, Mumbai, India
4. Prof. Udayakumar, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, India
5. Aditi Babel, Aditi Babel Design Studio, Udaipur, India
6. Narayana Bhattathiri, Calligrapher, Trivandrum, India
7. Prof. Hashim Padiyath, Dean, Saintgits Design School, Kottayam, Kerala, India

Session Break 30 minutes

Session Chairman: Prof. Prasad Bokil, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
Vision Address 2:
Design with paper
Speaker: Aditi Babel, Aditi Babel Design Studio, Udaipur, India

Keynote/Vision Address 3:
Publication Design as a subject for Schools
Speaker: Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India and
Prof. Nanki Nath, University School of Design and Innovation (USDI), Delhi, India

Session Break 30 minutes

Paper 1 + 2 + 3 + 4:
Session Chairman: Prof. Udaya Kumar, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, India

1. Designing a Novel Tai Chi Practice Experience by Integrating New Digital Typefaces Design and AR Technology
Hung Keung, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2. Alphabets as Visuals
Maithili Doshi Aphale, Art Director and Designer, Studio Em & En , India

3. Bagulbua— A Monstrous Approach to the Devanagari Script
Vaijayanti Ajinkya, Lecturer, Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, India

4. Akshar-Chittra: can type made from a craft transform the process of learning to read and write?
Ishan Khosla, Trustee and Founder, The Typecraft Initiative / UPES Dehradun, India

Session Chairman: Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
Keynote Vision Address 4:
Introducing letters to Children
Speakers: Dr. Anju Kauwr Chazot and Dr. Pascal Chazot, Gandhi International School, Ahmedabad (IST 1930 – 2015)

Day Two

Keynote Vision Address 5:
Session Chairman: Dr. Ajanta Sen, Solar Project, India
Children and Text
Speaker: Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO, Pratham Education Foundation, India

Keynote Vision Address 6:
Session Chairman: Dr. Ajanta Sen, Solar Project, India
Designing Type for Children
Speaker: Rosemary Sassoon, Typographer, Busselton, Australia (IST 1300 – 1345) (Busselton: 1530-1615)

Paper 5 + 6 + 7 + 8
Session Chairman: Dr. Ajanta Sen, Solar Project, India

5. Mohalla: A Multilingual Typeface Inspired from Hand painted street Typography
Rana Shinde, School of planning and Architecture, Bhopal, India

6. Approaching an understanding of deep emotional connections with typefaces through a font-based board game by applying thinking and reasoning while remembering feelings with typefaces
Sharmila Malladi and Prof. Abhrojit Boral Assisant, Unitedworld Institute of Design, India

7. Savitribai Phule’s life through Devanagari letters
Lekha Rajan Tilave, Rachana Sansad College of Applied Arts & Crafts, India

8. Distinct visual features of Sinhala digital fonts which contribute to similar letter misidentification
Ravindu Subasinghe, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Session Break 30 minutes

Session Chairman: Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
Keynote Address Address 7:
Design of Children's Magazine
Speaker: Prof. G. V. Sreekumar, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

Keynote Address 8:
Primitives for handwriting
Speaker: Prof. Santosh Kshirsagar, Dean, Sir J J Institute of Applied Arts, Mumbai, India

Session Break 30 minutes

Paper 9 + 10 + 11 + 12
Session Chairman: Prof. Santosh Kshirsagar, Dean, Sir J J Institute of Applied Arts, Mumbai, India

9. Visual Cryptography in Typography
Anusheel Gurjar, Graphic Designer, TSK Design, India

10. Type that Connects us With Our Roots
Kanaka Ananth, Director, Maniams Marketing Services Private Limited, India

11. Discussing the Role of Typography in Evolution of Children’s Educational Books and its Impact on Learning
Jui Shekhar Karhadkar, Faculty of Visual Communication Design, Srishti Manipal Institute, Bangalore, India

12. State of Handwriting Education - in regions that use the Latin script
Pooja Saxena, Senior Designer & Project Manager, TypeTogether, Czech Republic, Europe (EU:1330-1500)

Day 2: 19th November 2022,
Keynote/Vision Address 9 + Closing Session
IST:1930-2030 | USEast:0900-1000 | USWest:0600-0700 | UK:1400-1500 | EU:1500-1600 | Japan:2300-2400

Session Chairman: Prof. Manish Arora, Faculty of Visual Arts, BHU, Banaras, India
Keynote Master class 8:
Calligraphy for Children
Speaker: Achyut Palav, Calligrapher, Achyut Palav School of Calligraphy, Mumbai
(IST: 1930 – 2015)

Closing Session: (IST 2015–2030)

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