Posts Tagged: kerala
backwater style
A beautiful piece of hand painted signage. Kayal means backwaters, a semi saline water body that flows into the ocean, and also meanders through a major chunk of middle Kerala. Beautiful & distinct. Iconic to the state. The lettering floats
backwater style
A beautiful piece of hand painted signage. Kayal means backwaters, a semi saline water body that flows into the ocean, and also meanders through a major chunk of middle Kerala. Beautiful & distinct. Iconic to the state. The lettering floats
The vegetarian Kerala
vegetable truck with a banana motif The inevitable symbol of vegetarian Kerala – the banana plant, is integral to Keralan cuisine. Every part of the banana plant ‘vazha’ can be used in a meal. Rightfully so, it becomes the bumper
The vegetarian Kerala
vegetable truck with a banana motif The inevitable symbol of vegetarian Kerala – the banana plant, is integral to Keralan cuisine. Every part of the banana plant ‘vazha’ can be used in a meal. Rightfully so, it becomes the bumper
Type spotting
Who I wonder has journeyed from Nagaland to Lulu on a bus? Type spotting in the rain. Nagaland to Lulu
Type spotting
Who I wonder has journeyed from Nagaland to Lulu on a bus? Type spotting in the rain. Nagaland to Lulu
kajal kutty
kajal is such an integral part of the beauty routine in South India. whether to make marks on baby to ward off evil or to acheive doe eyed classic malayalee babe looks! Pic courtesy: http://www.aboutkerala.co/2013/01/about-keralakerala-cute-children-kerala.html
kajal kutty
kajal is such an integral part of the beauty routine in South India. whether to make marks on baby to ward off evil or to acheive doe eyed classic malayalee babe looks! Pic courtesy: http://www.aboutkerala.co/2013/01/about-keralakerala-cute-children-kerala.html
The culture of clutter
It seems to me that everything goes unnoticed, yet makes a larger identity of a ‘busy junction’ area. Kaloor in Cochin has always been a bottle neck for crawling traffic getting in and out of the city; here’s good reason
The culture of clutter
It seems to me that everything goes unnoticed, yet makes a larger identity of a ‘busy junction’ area. Kaloor in Cochin has always been a bottle neck for crawling traffic getting in and out of the city; here’s good reason
this color, that type.
You’ve got to love a city thats near the sea. Blue sky, deep waters and a tropical breeze. There’s a colorful typographic display in there too. Theres so much color and texture on the shoreline of Kerala thats so descriptive
this color, that type.
You’ve got to love a city thats near the sea. Blue sky, deep waters and a tropical breeze. There’s a colorful typographic display in there too. Theres so much color and texture on the shoreline of Kerala thats so descriptive
Miss spelt.
Here’s another reason you cant be a typographer and not know how to spell! Its even worse if you cant read in your own language. Like me. So please dont ask me to translate this jumble of malayalam letters. I
Miss spelt.
Here’s another reason you cant be a typographer and not know how to spell! Its even worse if you cant read in your own language. Like me. So please dont ask me to translate this jumble of malayalam letters. I
your first language lesson
For most of us malayalees who have never learned to read the script heres a quick lesson. Drive through any suburb of Kerala and observe the most repeated word you can find (in signage). I’m betting that most of you
your first language lesson
For most of us malayalees who have never learned to read the script heres a quick lesson. Drive through any suburb of Kerala and observe the most repeated word you can find (in signage). I’m betting that most of you
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