Visual Grammar of Street Signs in Kanpur


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Creator/Artist: Lavendra Kumar Shukla

Category: Mobility Design

Document: Design Research

Batch: 2015-2017

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Presentation pdf

Supervisor: Prof. G. V. Shreekumar


Detailed Description

Understanding the principles of visual communication through street signage is very critical for enhanced design languages. An observational study was a better way to know the ideology of untrained artists. To understand their choices about selecting fonts, typefaces, and colours, I have observed several artists in Kanpur who have been practising for decades or more. I found that some of them were very talented at spotting the visual grammar. Every painter had their own design style without knowing any coding of typography.