The banners tell the story of the development of my font. How I picked it up from the streets, formalized it, and made it into strong graphic elements which can be used as a font. The same story is depicted in the poster too.
21 December 2009
Found Typography Exhibit Banners
The banners tell the story of the development of my font. How I picked it up from the streets, formalized it, and made it into strong graphic elements which can be used as a font. The same story is depicted in the poster too.
2 December 2009
FOUND TYPOGRAPHY
I am reposting this since I've heard it's not opening on a lot of computers.
FOUND TYPOGRAPHY
My inspiration for this project came from the bindi, a decorative piece worn by many women in India. Although they come in many ornate patterns and colours, the most common is a simple maroon dot on the woman’s forehead.
As I developed the concept I looked at the work of S.H. Raza a much celebrated Indian artist who primary subject is the bindu, using it as a symbol for a point or source of energy.
I took various elements from Mr Raza’s work as I began with the font, but the final font has arrived closer to how I saw the font than Mr Raza’s work, yet to pay homage the artist in have called my font BINDU.
S.H. Raza
Some of his work
Visual journal
Here are a few bits from my visual journal. I'll be uploading the rest in a few days. I doubt you'll be able to read my handwriting though.
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