Expression and innovation in calligraphy

Master calligrapher Narayana Bhattathiri speaks about his life journey from a fine art student to a calligrapher and graphic designer. He shares his experiences in various fields he left his mark as a calligrapher, including publication design, film and video, exhibitions, motion graphics etc.

This biographical talk takes the audience to unexplored areas and applications of the wonderful art form of calligraphy.

Participation: Zoom link will be shared with registered participants. Or, you can watch the livestream on this page. Registered participants can leave comments/questions on the Comments for the speaker to address during the session.

About the Typography Society of India (TSI): TSI was set up by Prof. G V Sreekumar and a group of Typography and Calligraphy enthusiasts. He is a Professor and former Head of IDC school of Design at IIT Bombay. The main objective of this group is to provide a platform for interaction and to share knowledge on Calligraphy, Typography etc with design students, profesionals and academicians. TSI’s core group includes Prof Tarundeep Girdher (NID Ahmedabad), Dr D.Udayakumar (Dept of Design, IIT Guwahati and Designer of the Indian Rupee Sign) and Chirag Gander (CEO, The Minimalist). TSI started off as a small WhatsApp group for typography enthusiasts. It also has a facebook group called “Typography India”.

Read about TSI on: https://typographyindia.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-typography-society-of-india-story.html