Call for Papers :(Closed)
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We invite a 300-600 word abstract (with examples) in three categories:
- Concerns in Display Typography Design (Academic Research/Presentations)
- Innovative applications of Display Typography Design (Industry Presentations/Case Studies)
- Student projects in Display Typography Design (Student Projects)
Main Typographic Issues for the conference
The Conference will focus on the following issues:
- Experiments and Explorations in Display Typography design.
- Display Typography design with multilingual scripts.
- Display Typography design in native (indigenous) Scripts.
- Display Typography design within local contexts.
- Research activities in Display Typography.
Sub-themes for the conference
The conference will focus on, but will not be limited to the following sub-themes:
- Display Typography in Education
Instructional Aid, Displays, Presentation Technique - Digital Display Typography
Mobile devices, Tablets, Web Typography - Environmental Typography
Signage, Installations, Graffiti or Street Art, Architecture - Commercial Display Typography
Advertisements, Packaging, Retail, Product graphics, Fashion - Vernacular Display Typography
Native Calligraphy, Culture and Typography, Indigenous scripts
Abstract Guidelines:
The abstract submission should include the following:
- Title of the paper
- Keywords
- Abstract of the paper
- Three to four images of the work described
- Author name, Designation, Organisation and contact details (including email)
- Category of submission ( Academic / Industry / Student)
The total number of words including the title, keywords and the abstract should be a maximum of 750 words.
Paper and Presentation Details:
The selection of abstract is through blind jury.
Selected papers will need to be orally presented by the author/s during the conference on 8th or 9th March 2013 at DoD, IIT Guwahati. The time duration for each of the paper presentations is 20/15/10 minutes followed by 5 minutes for discussion along with Q & A. The selected papers will be published during the time of the conference.
Formatting guidelines as well as a template for the full paper will be supplied along with the acceptance mail of the abstract.
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Deadlines:
Deadline for submission of full paper: 31st January 2013
Declaration of accepted abstracts: 20th November 2012
Deadline for abstract submission: 31st October 2012
Contact Details
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam or Sougata Karmakar
Typography Day 2013,
Department of Design
IIT Guwahati
Guwahati 781039
Assam, India
E-mail: typographyday@gmail.com
Tel: +91-361-2582500, +91-361-2582463, +91-361-2582464
Fax: +91-361-2690762