Bindu Font

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.

Great stuff!

I'm viewing some great work here... keep it up! Why not add more dialogue about the experiences you have had on your exchange-I'd love to know all about it.....and with photos too.

Remix

I had got Gillian's illustration(BELOW). Using the same elements which were there in that illustration I created a new illustration depicting Global Warming.
The under construction building depicts a thermometer which is growing. The crane has a oil pipe which is helping the thermometer to build up. (Fossil fuel is one of the biggest contributors for the rise of global temperature ) . The bulldozer represents the green activists who are trying to destroy the building i.e to STOP GLOBAL WARMING.
The illustration technique also highlights the mechanization and the heavy industrialization of our environment.

Created by Fern based on Blair's Illustration

REMIX

For the vector illustration project I was given the illustration

above made by Fern. Based on the theme Revolution, I

brainstormed some concepts for the illustration, for the final

illustration (below) I took a humorous look at human and

robot kind.

Heehee

sorry about the really long post, not used to the site.

JUICE

P.S My font is called JUICE

Found Typography

Hello everyone

Sorry for the late post.

Unlike the other students I chose to take an existing piece of typographic example and create a font out of it. The photograph I have selected is a common banner you see in the local juice shops of Delhi. These banners are made by local painters and have a strong vernacular taste. I wanted to formalize this into a strong, practical and useful font which can be easily read and used.

There are two variations of the font.Hope you like it.

Do write in your feedback.

Cheers

Hitesh

FINAL DAY IN SCOTLAND!!!

Its been an incredible journey from our Pearl academy campus in New Delhi to the Adam Smith college campuses in glenrothes and kirkcaldy...

Our tutors and fellow students here have made it an experience of a life time.

It has helped us to get matured as designers ,hearing different views and ideas than our own.

one thing that has come out most from every thing we have experienced here personally is the helpfulness of the people and the passion for design.

a few things that i noticed and will remember ,while studying here ,were:

• exceptional typography from hoardings to visiting cards. (gone berserk clicking photos!)
• the greenery ...awesome landscape of this country.
• the detailing in everything possible.

i would like to thank everyone who has made this exchange to scotland possible , our faculty specially for their support.

p.s. i will be coming here again for sure!

Ankit

Another India

Still waiting after all these weeks...

Fonts from Tony and Gillian. Come in Tony and Gillian....

My font.

Ok first are my 20 pictures. These are of the Taj Mahal and the Amber fort's wall decorations which were absolutely beautiful and had alot of different shapes. It is these shapes that i decided to base my font off. Can i also say a big thankyou to everyone who made this trip possible as i have had an amazing time!

Last day

Well it's the last day! Don't have much else to say at the moment, I'm keeping some stuff for stories when we return!!

I'd just like to thank everyone who made this trip possible. It's been a fantastic opportunity, one which I hope to have made the most of! I feel like I have done everything I can to immerse myself in the expierience as much as I could! I hope we have left a good impression on both the students and staff here, and that with this added sense of perspective on the world my work can improve.

As I said previously I think the whole thing is going to take some time to proccess and no doubt I'll still be in Delhi mode for some time after we come home! Thanks again to everyone at both Adam Smith and Pearl who made it possible. I'll never forget it.

A little reminder

Hi world travellers,

Blair, Tony and Robbie - Thanks for emailing your fonts for monday's deadline - the class were really intrigued to see what you've been up to and gave positive feedback.....Tony maybe you could upload yours to the blog??!!! Lauren and Gillian - I live in hope...............

Incidentally have any of Pearl's exchange students (or otherwise) been working on this project too? Because when they come to Scotland we will be completing it (producing posters and banners) so if they haven't could you guys pass the message on.

Enjoy the remainder of your stay and I'll see you soon. The class is quiet and lonely without you all!!!!

Oh! It's never enough!

Looking forward to seeing fonts (and indeed more found typo) from Lauren, Tony and Gillian.....

Blair's Putt-Putt font

Good weekend

Still enjoying myself out here! Had a very relaxing weekend in comparison to the previous one! Highlights for me included: Ordering a tailored suit for $30, can't beat that! Ti food, strangely enough! Probably the most disappointing thing about this trip is the food! Indian food is without a doubt my favourite back home, here I tend to avoid it..... Go figure! Some students took us out on Sunday which turned out a really good day. Spent the morning seeing a few temples etc then spent the reminder gorging on food and beer! I was desperate to see the Manchester derby (the football) so one of the guys kindly took us back to his place so we, or I as it turned out, could watch it! 4-3 to the mighty reds and a fantastic match to boot! Can't be bad. Hard Rock was a nice experience, ordered a cheeseburger! I don't know whether it was just my paranoia but the burger just tasted like wet sponge. Not good, the chips were fine though!!

Did some filming today out in the blaring sunshine, never been so uncomfortable! I have been feeling a bit off the last couple of days so it wasn't a great experience for me. I did enjoy the filming parts and learning new things however, I was glad to jump into the air conditioned taxi at the end of the day.

Not long left now, not sure how the whole expierience is going to effect me! It's going to take me months to proccess I think.