typerventions

We create experimental typography installations from everyday materials to spell meaningful messages in Delhi's public spaces (coming soon to other cities!)

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Delhi in the monsoon is a muse for poetry and metaphor for romance: nestling green parrots, dancing peacocks, swinging jhoolas and much light-hearted dalliance in rain-washed gardens. The sensuality of the season comes to a head at Hariyali Teej, when girls dress up, adorn themselves with henna and sing songs.

As an ode to the long-awaited first monsoon rain, we used henna to write traditional Malhar, Kajri and Sawan song lyrics in fluid devanagari calligraphy.

Photographed at Bara Gumbad, Lodi Gardens. Graciously modeled by designer, Shubhangini Singh.

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TypeOut 2: Petrichor

Petrichor is a word for the scent of rain on parched ground after a hot dry spell. As a petition to the rain-gods for respite, we stencilled it in water on Delhi’s heated roads, watching as it evaporated.

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TypeOut 2: Petrichor

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TypeOut 2: Petrichor/ Experiments

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TypeOut 2: Petrichor/ Making of

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TypeOut 2: Petrichor/ making of

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TypeOut 1: Tank Up on Watermelons/ experiments

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TypeOut 1: Tank Up on Watermelons/ experiments

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TypeOut 1: Tank Up on Watermelons/ experiments

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TypeOut 1: Tank Up on Watermelons/ experiments

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TypeOut 1: Tank Up on Watermelons/ experiments

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TypeOut 1: Tank Up on Watermelons/ experiments

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TypeOut 1: Tank Up on Watermelons

The first in our series for Time Out magazine. A lighthearted jab at the recent fuss over rising petrol prices and more significantly, a celebration of watermelons. The quintessential saving grace of Delhi’s brutal summer, a cold watermelon is arguably the most luscious way to rehydrate.

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TypeOut 1: Tank Up on Watermelons

The first in our series for Time Out magazine. A lighthearted jab at the recent fuss over rising petrol prices and more significantly, a celebration of watermelons. The quintessential saving grace of Delhi’s brutal summer, a cold watermelon is arguably the most luscious way to rehydrate.

Full story here

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Delhi Typervention 3: Hauz-e-Khas, the making of~

600 paper boats, folded by about 15 volunteers, stitched together and floated on its namesake lake. Hauz-e-Khas means the ‘royal/special tank’ and was its historical name, from when it was the primary reservoir for the city. Now visible from Hauz Khas Village, one of Delhi’s hipster, upmarket neighbourhoods, the ‘lake’ has had a revival as a much sought-after, soothing South-Delhi view.

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Delhi Typervention 3: Hauz-e-Khas

600 paper boats, folded by about 15 volunteers, stitched together and floated on its namesake lake. Hauz-e-Khas means the ‘royal/special tank’ and was its historical name, from when it was the primary reservoir for the city. Now visible from Hauz Khas Village, one of Delhi’s hipster, upmarket neighbourhoods, the ‘lake’ has had a revival as a much sought-after, soothing South-Delhi view.

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Delhi Typervention 3: Hauz-e-Khas

600 paper boats, folded by about 15 volunteers, stitched together and floated on its namesake lake. Hauz-e-Khas means the 'royal/special tank' and was its historical name, from when it was the primary reservoir for the city. Now visible from Hauz Khas Village, one of Delhi's hipster, upmarket neighbourhoods, the 'lake' has had a revival as a much sought-after, soothing South-Delhi view.