10 August 2011
CfP: Typography Day 2012
IDC, IIT Bombay, India – March 1-3, 2011
Abstract submissions: October 3, 2011
Call for Papers + Poster Competition Announcement:
Conference, Workshops and Exhibitions:
Typography Day 2012
1st – 3rd March 2012
at IDC, IIT Bombay with support from InDeAs and Aksharaya
http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/typo/
Theme:
Focus on 'Typography and Publication'
Introduction
Typography Day will be organized for the fifth time in 2012 at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association(InDeAs) and Aksharaya.
The event will include an international conference which will be devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users and type educators. The theme for this year's event is 'Typography in Publication Design'. The conference will feature presentations on the last two days preceded by day of workshops dedicated to typography and calligraphy. Exhibitions on Typography Posters and Book Publications will also be hosted at the venue.
The event is planned over three days:
Day 1: Workshops on Typography + Meet on 'Research in Typography'
Day 2-3 : Conference focusing on 'Typography in Publication Design'
Day 1: Workshops on Typography:
Typography workshop is designed to offer exposure to student community on various aspects of typography in Multi language scripts with a focus on Publication Design. This will provide a platform for students from varied backgrounds to interact with practicing professionals in graphic design.
Day 2-3: Conference focusing on 'Typography and Expression':
The Conference will focus on the following issues:
1. Experiments and Explorations in Publication Design.
2. Publication Design with multilingual scripts.
3. Typography and Publication Design in native (indigenous) Scripts.
4. Typography and Publication Design within local contexts.
5. Research activities in Typography and Publication Design.
Call for Papers
We invite a 500-800 word abstract (with examples) in three categories:
1. Concern in Typography and Expression (Academic Research/Presentations)
2. Application of Typography and Expression (Industry Presentations/Case Studies)
3. Student projects in Typography and Expressions (Student Projects)
Abstract Guidelines:
The abstract should include the following:
1. Title of the paper
2. Keywords
3. Abstract of the paper
4. Three to Four examples of the work
5. Author name, Designation, Organisation and contact details (including email). The total number of words including the title, keywords and the abstract should be a maximum of 800 words.
Paper and Presentation Details:
The selection of abstract is through blind jury.
Selected papers will need to be orally presented by the author/s during the conference on 2nd and 3rdof March 2012 at IDC, IIT Bombay. The time duration for each of the paper presentations is 20/15/10 minutes followed by 5 minutes for discussion along with Q & A. The selected papers will be published during the time of the conference.
Formatting guidelines as well as a template for the full paper will be supplied along with the acceptance mail of the abstract.
Deadlines:
Deadline for abstract submission: 3rd October
Declaration of accepted abstracts: 31st October 2011
Deadline for submission of full paper: 31st January 2012
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Contact
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Chetan Bhuj
Typography Day 2012,
Industrial Design Centre
IIT Bombay
Powai Mumbai- 400 076, India
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Phone: 091-22-2576 7820, 091-22-2576 4815
Fax : 091-22-2576 7803, 091-22-2572 3480