Typography Society of India

Typography Society of India, Design Lecture Series. Traditional grid systems of India.   A talk by Sri Parameshwar Raju on 14th November 2020, Saturday, at 5:00pm Recording of the talk is available at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHo8hyLDpj8 A documentary film on Parameshwar Raju is available in YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QjpHEQOj80 This topic will be useful for those in the area of graphic design, product design, architecture, craft and artefacts. In India, the grid was always a part of tradition and it has been practiced with the faith to the extent of religious doctrine. It has a large variety in form and application. In the past few centuries, the meaning of grid has shifted from interface between physical and super physical worlds to interface between physical world and its perception by the rational cognition. Process of creation is an initiation and a sharing knowledge of the craft and information gathered and referred from nature. Listening, seeing, f...

All talks organised by the Typography Society of India are available in the YouTube Channel :  Typography Society of India https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSf20V60R9-WnnRM1XzK1Tg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSf20V60R9-WnnRM1XzK1Tg Talk No 10: Ilai - A variable typeface in Tamil, a case study Speaker: Anagha Narayanan Date: 12th December 2020 YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYlMBBir2w Hasgeek:   https://hasgeek.com/tsi/12dec/ Talk No 9: Traditional Grid Systems of India Speaker: Parameshwar Raju Date: 12th December 2020 YouTube:  https://youtu.be/hHo8hyLDpj8 Hasgeek:   https://hasgeek.com/tsi/12dec/ Talk No: 8 Font Design through the ages: a look at pre and post digital era of font design process Speakers: Eiichi Kono and Aurobind Patel Date: 24th October 2020  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToxlAT7j97I   Talk No: 7 Redesign of Hindustan Times - First Voice. Last Word. Anup Gupta, Managing Editor, Integrations with HT Media L...

Guidelines for Speakers: Typography Society of India design lectures are scheduled on Saturdays at 5:00pm IST (1700Hrs). Due to the technical requirements of various live streaming platforms, we have decided to record the lectures in advance. Some of the guidelines for recording the talks are given below: Time limit:  Typography society's online lectures are following a time limit of 40 minutes. In case you prefer to speak for more than 40 minutes, please inform us in advance. You will need a paid account of Zoom to record your talk OR you may use powerpoint without any time limit. However, we request all speakers to keep the upper limit as 40 minutes. Video requirements: Video aspect ratio: 16:9 (1920 x 1080) (HD), Frame: horizontal , Preferable video format: MP4 or MOV Slides used in Presentations: It is desirable to prepare your presentation slides, decks, and video, etc., are created in 16:9 aspect ratio (1920x1080 pixels). Camera: You may u...