I am invited to present a Paper at Typography Day 2017. The theme for this year's event is 'Typography and Diversity'. My paper presentation til be about being an experimenter when creating ideas working with letters and typography – and the importance of play as a methodology
Typography Day will be organized for the tenth time on 23rd to 25th February 2017. This year at Colombo Department of Integrated Design, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya.
The event will feature a day of workshops on Typography and Calligraphy followed by two days of conference dedicated to 'Typography and Diversity'. The international conference will be devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users and type educators. The conference includes presentations by invited keynote speakers, eminent academicians, blind juried papers, industry professionals, research scholars and students. The event will also host an exhibition of selected posters and typographic works of students and faculty members from Design Institutes.
The event is planned over three days: Day 1-2 : Conference focusing on 'Typography and Diversity' + Typo Quiz + Exhibition and Installations Day3: Workshops on Typography + Meet on 'Research in Typography'