Resource e-links on Graphic / Communication Design in India

 

 

International Resources
 

Indian Resources
Industry
Design Studios
Technical Firms

Archives
- Digital Resource Centre at IGNCA, N Delhi
Resources on typography,
Calligraphy, Photography,
Graphics, etc

Articles
Business Standard writings on Design in India
National Design Policy
India Report by Charles Eames

Typo-Day
The event typo day is held every year in the months of February and March in different places in India with seminars and workshops

Organisations
Associations
InDeAs
Standards, IPR 

Archives
Design of Signage
- Theory, Applications and Resources
 

Writings - Works
Resources on Indian Fonts
History of Indian letterform design
Works by Prof. R K Joshi
Feature on Prof. Mahendra Patel
Writings by Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, IDC, IIT Bombay
Visual Explorations by Prof. Mandar Rane

Blogs
Bard in Sight
by Manoj Khotari
Design for India
by Prof M P Ranjan
Elephant Blog
by Elephant Design
India by Design
by Kavita Rayirath
 

Design Institutions
All Schools
NID
IDC, IIT Bombay
Sristi, Bangalore
IIT Guwahati
IIT Kanpur + more
Museums

VC at IDC, IIT Bombay
- 2 year Master of Design (M. Des)
- Doctoral Degrees (Ph. D)
- Admission through CEED Entrance Examination + Interview

VC at NID, Ahmedabad
- 4 year) Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD)
- 2 1/2 year Post - Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (PGDPD)
- Admission through Entrance Examination + Interview

VC at Sristi, Bangalore
- 2 + 2 year Professional Diploma in Visual Communication
- Admission through Entrance Examination + Interview

CD at IIT Guwahati
- 4 year) graduate program in Design (B. Des) Admission through JEE
 

e-Groups
Design India
Communication Des.
IDCian, IDCians
NID Folks

D'source
- resource base for the design and craft sector with case studies, videos, courses, etc.

Typeface Designers
CDAC - Indian language Fonts
R K Joshi, Mumbai
Mahendra Patel, Mumbai
Achut Palav, Mumbai
Hashim P M, Cochin
Sarang Kulkarni, Mumbai
Satya Rajpurohit, Ahmedabad
Hanif Kureshi, Delhi
Summit Data - Indian language solutions

Books
- Symbols, Logos and Trademarks from India
. by Sudarshan Dheer
 

Webzines
Language in India
Exchange 5 Media
Indian Print & Publisher
Print-Week India

Directories
India Language & Scripts

Resources
Packaging Design
Signage Design
Typeface Design

Case Studies
Elephant Design

Eastern
100 Watts, Kolkata
Monkey Wrench, Kolkata
Wired Valley, Kolkata
WYSIWYG, Kolkata

Northern
Real Monkey, Ahmedabad
Myth Design, Baroda
5th Quadrant, Delhi
August Comm.., Delhi
Autumn Design, Delhi
Bounce Design, Gurgaon
Chaos India, Gurgaon
D Bar Inc., Delhi
Designdaku , Noida
Design Worldwide, Delhi
Desmania, Delhi, Mumbai
Fish Eye , Delhi
Forte Design, Delhi
Gopika Chowfla, Delhi
Grafiosi, Delhi
Harpeet Singh, Delhi
Holistic Design, Delhi
In Solid Action, Delhi
Ishan Khosla Design, Delhi
Itu Chaudhuri Design, Delhi
Liquid Design , Delhi  
Lopez Design , Delhi
Melange Design, Delhi
Nexus Design, Delhi
Peali Dezign, Delhi
Satish Sud Graphics, Delhi
Sesh Design, Delhi
Visionvibes, Delhi
White Ink, Delhi
Zorb Designs, Delhi
Xeye, Gurgoan

Southern
3 Head Design, Bangalore
Altered Black, Bangalore
Brand Equity, Bangalore
Creative Labs, Bangalore
Design Core, Bangalore
Dig Design Studio, Bangalore
Dream & Magic, Bangalore
Diorama Design, Bangalore
Exit Design, Bangalore
Falkon Design, Bangalore
Idiom., Bangalore, Mumbai, N Delhi
Ixmod, Bangalore
Kena Design, Bangalore
Leaf Grafica, Bangalore
Ninan Joseph, Bangalore
Qern, Bangalore
Ray & Keshavan Bangalore
Resource Studio, Bangalore
Restore, Bangalore
Rezonant Design, Bangalore
Roy + Arati, Bangalore
Seventh Inc, Bangalore
SSC, Bangalore
Tessaract, Bangalore
TSK Design, Bangalore
Signet Design, Chennai
Wishbox, Chennai, Nagpur
Design Difference, Cochin
Forest Creative, Kerala
Metamorph, Cochin, Kerala
Zero-G Design, Hyderabad

Western
& then, Mumbai
Aside, Mumbai
Awchat Olsen, Mumbai
Basilleaf Creative, Mumbai
Beyond Design, Mumbai
Bulls Eye Design, Mumbai
Creaa Design, Mumbai
Dehleez Design, Mumbai
Design Temple, Mumbai
Eureka Moment, Mumbai
Fractal Ink, Mumbai
GDO, Mumbai
Grandmotherindia, Mumbai
Greendesign, Mumbai
Idea Spice, Mumbai, Dubai
I on Design, Mumbai
Iris Design Concepts, Mumbai
Leaf Design, Mumbai
Palasa Creative House, Mumbai
PencilPoint Design, Mumbai
RJB X, Mumbai
Umbrella, Mumbai
Vyas Ginetti, Mumbai
Yellow Resources, Mumbai
Yellow Slice, Mumbai
WD Partners, Mumbai
30 Seven Design, Pune
Beau/Mach, Pune
Design Directions, Pune
Elephant Design, Pune
Internics, Pune
Iternia, Pune
Lemon Design, Pune
Occhre D'sign, Pune
Onio Design, Pune
Multia Studio, Pune
Setu, Pune
 

International Resources:
International Webzines
Communication Arts
Design Dump
Fontsite
Fontzone
How Design
IDN World
Iridescent
Logo Design Love
R - Mag
Type Books
Typographer
Typographica
U&lc

International Directory
ABC Typography
AIGA Design Archives
All Graphic Design
Calligraphy -wikipedia
Counterspace
Cynscribe Calligraphy
Design Talkboard
Fonts
ITC Fonts
Linotype
Microsoft Typo Links
Planet Typography
Type Culture

Font Designers
List of Font Designers by Linotype
Adrian Frutiger
Herman Zapf - ( Biography)
Neville Brody

Fonts
Adobe
Emigre
Font Shop
Houseind
ITC Fonts
Letter Perfect
Linotype
My Fonts
Phil's Fonts
T 26
Typography
Typotheqe

International Resources
International Organisations
Association for the Calligraphic Arts
Association Typographique International
International Council for Graphic Design Associations (Icograda)
International Typeface Corporation (ITC)
Type Right
AIGA -the professional association for design