This week’s font, created by Nabina Ghosh, is Thane, inspired from Taxi stickers in Navi Mumbai.
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What the font!
Ever seen a font and wondered which was it? WhatTheFont? is a wonderful new service that lets you identify fonts. Just upload a jpeg and it will tell you what font it is. We tried with the DesiCreative logotype. After upload, WTF? wanted us to help it confirm some characters. It couldn’t give us a match, but suggested we could consult a font expert in the font forums. Worth a try once. What the heck!
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Shantyarow | DesiCreative in Dubai
Shantesh Row (Shanty), 31, Copy Group Head, GMASCO Dubai. A decade of decadence in advertising.
Currently handle Toyota, Lexus and IKEA, among other clients in the UAE.
Why am I in Advertising?
Because it’s the most fun I can have with my clothes on. No seriously, it’s quite an addiction for me, to be able to sit with a blank piece of paper and put in a piece of my mind on it. Then of course, there’s that small matter of paying off a home loan!
Did I always want to get into Advertising?
Yes. I was born a compulsive liar. I managed to wriggle out of many tricky situations just because I knew what words to use, when and how. Politics would have been a great option, but I’m not geriatric yet, so Advertising was the next best thing. At the start, like every middle class boy in the mid 90s, I did dabble in safer career pursuits like Chartered Accountancy and MBA (which in hindsight, would have added more zeroes to my current zero bank balance), but my heart always itched to do something creative. (more…) -
DontTouch | this friday’s font
This friday’s font, DontTouch is inspired from a Mumbai Autorickshaw Meter warning. Created by Nabina Ghosh.
here’s the inspiration:
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Denesh + Anuj | from london
Anuj and Denesh are a unique creative team based in London, however with worldwide domination in mind. For the past 5 years they have worked at various respectable above and through the line agencies, “as we are boffins in everykind of communiqué. We’re always ready and waiting for the next challenge. Some of our favourite work has never been made because it’s in our conceptportfolio, that’s the way we like it.” (more…)
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The Logo Quiz
Sourabh has posted the Logo Quiz. Lets see if we can identify the logos. There are some 200 pages of logos and I was quite humbled by how few logos I can identify correctly. Check it here
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Horn OK Please
HornPlease is this Friday’s Font. Created by DesiCreative member Nabina Ghosh, inspired by the hand paintings behind trucks in India.
The inspiration:
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typography
