Signboards by students

Last month I co-conducted a typography module at Pearl Academy of Design in Mumbai with Tanya George. It was a lot of fun interacting with this enthusiastic batch of students […]

Bilingual logotype

One of the most important reasons why I started teaching, was that I noticed the grave need to incorporate Indian typography exercises in academic curriculum in India. Most design schools […]

Meet Maku

Earlier this year I released a Devanagari typeface that is based on a stylised version of my handwriting, called Maku. Maku is a unique advanced typeface that has multiple alternates […]

Design of a Handwritten Devanagari Typeface

We now live in a world of saturated visual language. Yet for its ubiquity, the magic of the alphabet remains undiminished and the diversity of letterforms continues to be a […]

Kimya Gandhi Invitations

I am very happy and excited to announce the launch of my new website specially for my wedding invitation designs. I have enjoyed this journey of designing wedding invitations and […]

Gold

So here’s a super delayed post about another of my wedding card designs. This one is special again because it was made for a very special friend. Pushkaraj Deshpande or […]

The year end and the new year

Its been so long since I did a post. Its been a crazy 2014, eventful busy and exciting. It started with Rob’s trip to Mumbai for two months, my trip […]

The yellow trunk

I enjoy doing my occasional illustrations, so when Madhura (my cousin) asked me to paint a trunk for her, I was more than happy to jump at the opportunity. The […]

Lettering Time

I recently had the good fortune of being (in the slightest of ways) associated with the most wonderful of book projects. Time After Time is a 304-page graphic novel by […]

Chor Bazaar- we recycle the past

Chor Bazaar- we recycle the past This was a part of my visual ethnography project at IDC. Chor Bazaar is a rather infamous, dingy, yet huge market area in south Mumbai […]

Type Design Education

Cultivating learning environments and designing an approach to type design education in India India, home to vivid and beautiful scripts is one of the most ideal environments to study and […]

Windows

Whenever I stroll down streets, I see around Settlements and lanes, buildings so many, Infinite windows there might be… Into a solid wall Of muted grey Through which cars glide […]