Team
Diverse Talents Collaborating Together
Craftspeople
Chittara floor art (Latin)
Radha Sullur
Godna adivasi tattoo art (Latin)
Ram Keli Pavle, Sunita Pavle, Sumitra Pavle
Pakko embroidery (Gujarati)
Ganga ba, Pawan ba, Mancha ba, Chandu ba, Daksha ba
Rabari Bharat and Rabari Rangberangi, embroidery (Latin)
Balli ben, Parma ben, Jeni ben, Dawal ben, Sajnu ben and Seju ben
Soof and Soof Rangeela, embroidery (Latin)
Rathod Paani ben, Hetal ben Rathod, Chare Lata ben, Amisha ben, Manisha ben, Varsha ben, Ramila ben and Gita ben
Barmer Katab (patchwork) and Phool Patti (applique)
Chunni devi, Shanti devi, Tibu, Pawani devi, Paami devi, Bhaami devi, Mangi devi, Khetu devi, Anita devi, Nirmala, Shanti devi, Jasoda devi, Chandi devi, Kastura Ram
Mythila Folk Art (Devanagari)
Pushpa Kumai, Pradyumna Kumar, Hira Kanth, Rekha Rani, Shanti Devi
Baiga adivasi tattoo art with Baadi artists (Latin and Devanagari)
Mangala bai and Jamni bai
Bandhani resist tie-dye (Arabic/Urdu/Farsi)
Samiya Khatri, Fahd Khatri, Salena Khatri, Farzana Khatri, Farheen Khatri, Talha Khatri, Shabana Manjothi, Nuren Memon, Rizwana Memon, Bhavana Ajani
Ramayana Typeface in Madhubani (Latin)
Pushpa and Pradyumna Kumar
Palestinian Tatreez embroidery (Arabic and Latin)
Mira Aliane, Nesreen Awad, Asmahan Al-na’ami, Khitam Hanoush, Khitam Abu Hamda, Magda Khadr Elkuydi, Laila Al Qasasia, Rasha Al Qasasia, Sapeh Hossan Othman, Anam Alrapeh, Ibtisam Ibrahim , Samah Riad Alborai, Hanin Sabbah, Reem Alreqeb, Um Saed Abu - Jayab, Um Adham Al - tilbani, Raeda yosef Mkemar, Nisreen Saeed Al - Sahbani, Warda Muhammad Salami, Dr. Nawal Al Souri , Mahasen Mohamed Farajallah, Rusha Abu Ouda, Arwa Mohamed, Wafa Alkarim Zant, Hedaya El Agha, Mona Ruby, Jannat Al Hinde
Kolam floor art (Latin)
R. Porkodi Shanmugapriya, Prema Kumari Anand, Poorani Ravi, Chitra Kuppuswamy, Vani Anadhakumaran, S. Latha, K. Uma, Chitra Lakshminarayanan, S. Rajalakshmi Vijay, Sandhiya Thiyagarajan, Rema Ramani, Akilandeshwari Neelakantan, Bharathi Bhoopalan , Vijaya Geetha, Vijayalakshmi Sivakumar
Ajrakh resist block-printing (Latin)
Pragnesh Prajapati, Avdhesh Prajapati, Amit Rathor, Ranjit Rathor, Gaurav Rathor, Sumit Rathor
Team
Volunteers
Fahila Mansuri, Maitri Soni, Pankti Patel, Riya Bansal, Sagar Bhatt, Shruti Jain
Interns & Employees
Aastha Lathia, Aditya Singh Tomar, Ashima Kaushik, Amogh Bhatnagar, Charvi Dixit, Flora Brochier, Girija Kshirsagar, Harshitha, Hema Varsha, Kajama Chakma, Kanishq Tyagi, Karan Vohra, Lakshmi Harikrishnan, Jayati Srivastava, Jessica Gomes, Meera Trivedi, Megha Sharma, Miloni Shah, Nevil Patel, Nitya Sankhe, Parv Pandey, Prakruthi Ramesh, Reefah Alvi, Roshel Chawla, Sakeena Nadeem, Shageera Mazid, Soundarya Chandrashekar, Shirley Bhatnagar, Shreya Meher, Smriti Arora, Soumya Nair, Swara Rane, Unnati Sharma, Urna Mondal, Zincy Shale
Partner Organizations
Typecraft Partners
Ishan Khosla (Founding Partner)
Ishan Khosla is a Dehradoon based visual artist, designer and researcher with an MFA in Design from the School of Visual Arts, New York. While Ishan runs his own studio Ishan Khosla Design, he also started The Typrecraft Initiative in 2011, initially as a self-funded initiative to be able to work with rural craftspeople in South Asia and beyond.
Ishan's writing on the Baiga adivasi tattoo typeface has been published in Marg. His essay on the Gond tattoo typeface (Godna) was published as part of the CIHA conference (The National Museum, New Delhi). He has also published papers at various TypoDay events. Works published in Typographic Universe, Found Type, India Contemporary Design, Tokyo Type Design, Bi-Scriptual: Typography and Graphic Design with Multiple Script Systems among others.
He has spoken at ATyPI, the Type Directors Club, Typo Berlin, Typographics, Semi-Permanent, Encontro de Tipografia, Kyoorius Design Yatra, and several educational institutes such as Alto University, Finland; California College of Art, School of Visual Arts NYC, Univ. of Edinburgh and RMIT University.
His exhibitions include, Handcraft for the digital: Type design from India at Atelier Muji Ginza (Tokyo); Indian Ocean Craft Triennial (Australia) in 2021 and 2024, the Australian Design Centre (Sydney); the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum; London Design Festival; Serendipity Arts Festival; Nishi Gallery; Hawkesburry Gallery and Devi Art Foundation among others.
Andreu Balius (Technical Partner)
Andreu Balius is a type designer based in Barcelona (Spain). He designs retail and custom typefaces at typerepublic.com and has been awarded with several Excellence in Type Design for his type design work. He is a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale), TDC (Type Directors Club) and ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale).
He holds a PhD in Design from the University of Southampton (UK) and teaches typography and type design at EINA, University School of Design and Art, in Barcelona. Apart from his type affairs, he also loves hiking and riding on his mountain bike.
