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
The concept of a bindi font is great.
ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to seeing your posters and banner application of this very interesting font- particularly if your original designs are influenced and developed from Mr Raza's work too- vibrant, colourful and very decoratively typographic.