For our Third year Final Typography Project, we were given a set of 12 sarees namely, Bomkai, Paithani, Maheshwari, Kanjeevaram, Baluchori, Benarasi, Daboo, Bandhani, Madhubani, Phulkari, Chikankari and Jamdani. The brief was to choose one saree out of the above twelve and create a letterform design, using the selected saree as an inspiration. I chose to go with Maheshwari Saree, since i loved how simple yet elegant it looked.
This was a 40 day project where we were supposed to begin with designing the skeleton of the letter, add mass to it and in the end design the entire devanagri script.
References used while designing the skeleton. These are the different types of Kinars that are used while designing a Maheshwari Saree.
Initial Rough Sketches (Skeleton )
Skeleton to Mass Stage.
Formation of Grid for the letterform as seen above
The entire set of devanagri letters at a glance
Application of the letterform into furniture design: The above image shows the letter 'ळ' turned into a bookshelf
Application of the letterform into furniture design: The above image shows the letter 'म' turned into a chair cum bookshelf
Application of the letterform into furniture design: The above image shows the letter 'ग' turned into a chair cum bookshelf
