EP 135 . 07 Aug 19

Insights into the world of Indian Signages

With Ravi Poovaiah

In the episode

  • What is a signage system? What is the importance of a well-designed Signage system?
  • What is the state of Signages in India? Where do we stand if we compare with other countries? What are the challenges while designing a Signage system for India? Language, material, Population, position w.r.t space, etc…
  • What are peculiar things to be understood while designing a signage system for India?
  • Can you tell us what is Trinetra project/tool about?
  • What your thoughts on the future of the Signage system in India? How can corporates or independent designers contribute to Signages in India?

About Ravi Poovaiah

Ravi Poovaiah, Professor, at IDC, IIT Mumbai. His current pedagogy as well a s research and design interests are in fields related to Interaction Design, New Media Design, Visual Design, and Product Design. Most of the things about him are documented on the IIT IDC website. Ravi sir is one of the most loved professors at IDC and I got a chance to interact with him during a 3-day workshop at IIT. Product Expo. Many years ago. Although he has a huge body of work in almost all aspects of Visual and communication design, I was very impressed with one of his projects called Trinetra; a collection of Indian glyphs and icons. I call it an Indian Noun project.

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