ARLO VANCE

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The Sub/Conscious Meanderings of a Design Philandros

Type Thursdays 3

Designed by Beth Shirrell, a recent grad from Tyler School of Art, designed Kalakari as part of her MFA. It also won first place in the AIGA Center for Cross-​​Cultural Design Competition. This orna­men­tal dis­play face takes inspi­ra­tion from Hindi archi­tec­ture and the art of henna.

Kalakari - an ornamental display typeface
Kalakari - another sample of ornamented type
Kalakari - The character set

Kalakari trans­lates from Hindi to English to mean ornamentation

One Comment

  1. jeanette Vance
    Posted 1 July 2010 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

    It is ele­gantly fancy to me. I am sure some of the design in it has spe­cific meanings.

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