Team
Diverse Talents Collaborating Together
Craftspeople
Chittara floor art (Latin)
Radha Sullur
Godna adivasi tattoo art (Latin)
Ram Keli Pavle, Sumitra Pavle, Sunita Pavle
Pakko embroidery (Gujarati)
Chandu ba, Daksha ba, Ganga ba, Mancha ba, Pawan ba
Rabari Bharat and Rabari Rangberangi, embroidery (Latin)
Balli ben, Dawal ben, Jeni ben, Parma ben, Sajnu ben, Seju ben
Soof and Soof Rangeela, embroidery (Latin)
Amisha ben, Chare Lata ben, Gita ben, Hetal ben Rathod, Manisha ben, Paani ben Rathod, Varsha ben, Ramila ben
Barmer Katab (patchwork) and Phool Patti (applique)
Chuni Devi darda, Shanti Devi Parmar, Tibu Devi Parmar, Pawani Devi Maharaj, Pema Devi Parmar, Bhumi Parmar, Mangi Parmar, Khetu Devi Parmar, Anita Parmar, Nirmla Pataliya, Shanti Devi, Jashoda Devi Parmar, Chandu Devi Seju, Kastura Ram Pataliya
Mythila Folk Art (Devanagari)
Hira Kanth, Pradyumna Kumar, Pushpa Kumari, Rekha Rani, Shanti Devi
Baiga adivasi tattoo art with Baadi artists (Latin and Devanagari)
Jamni bai Maravi, Mangala bai Maravi
Bandhani resist tie-dye (Arabic/Urdu/Farsi)
Bhavana Ajani, Fahd Khatri, Farheen Khatri, Farzana Khatri, Nuren Memon, Rizwana Memon, Salena Khatri, Samiya Khatri, Shabana Manjothi, Talha Khatri
Ramayana Typeface in Madhubani (Latin)
Pushpa Kumari 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)
Akilandeshwari Neelakantan, Bharathi Bhoopalan, Chitra Lakshminarayanan, Chitra Kuppuswamy, R. Porkodi Shanmugapriya, Prema Kumari Anand, Poorani Ravi, Vani Anadhakumaran, S. Latha, K. Uma, S. Rajalakshmi Vijay, Sandhiya Thiyagarajan, Rema Ramani, Vijaya Geetha, Vijayalakshmi Sivakumar
Ajrakh resist block-printing (Latin)
Pragnesh Prajapati, Avdhesh Prajapati, Amit Rathor, Ranjit Rathor, Gaurav Rathor, Sumit Rathor
Pardhan Gond Art (Latin)
Chandrakali, Ramkumar Shyam, Saroj Shyam, Venkat Raman Singh Shyam, Vijay Uikey
Team
Volunteers
Deepak Kumar Bola, 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, Rohan Abu, Roshel Chawla, Rupkatha Patra, Sakeena Nadeem, Shageera Mazid, Soundarya Chandrashekar, Shirley Bhatnagar, Shivanshi Gupta, Shreya Meher, Smriti Arora, Soumya Nair, Swara Rane, Unnati Sharma, Urna Mondal, Yashika Bhatt, Zincy Shale
Founding Director
Ishan Khosla, a TED fellow, 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.
TALKS: ATyPI (Association Tipographique International), the Type Directors Club, College Art Association (CAA), Typo Berlin, Typographics, Semi-Permanent, Encontro de Tipografia, Kyoorius Design Yatra, and several educational institutes such as Stanford University, Alto University, Finland; California College of Art, School of Visual Arts NYC, Univ. of Edinburgh and RMIT University.
SHOWS: LXI Venice Biennale| London Design Festival | Fashion Textile Museum, London | Atelier Muji Ginza, Tokyo | Indian Ocean Craft Triennial (Australia) | the Australian Design Centre (Sydney) | the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum | London Design Festival | Serendipity Arts Festival | RMIT Gallery | Bunjil Place | Nishi Gallery | Hawkesburry Gallery | Devi Art Foundation
