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Kannada Lettering Exploration
An experimental lettering exercise visualizing the titles of the books, mostly from Kannada literature. Tried including motion graphics in a few of the posters, complementing the lettering.
CHETANA
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'O nanna Chetana' by Kuvempu
" 'O nanna Chetana' is a call for absolute freedom from all shackles that binds a man down. Shackles of the body and the mind. The poet calls on his spirit to rise beyond forms, images, identities, and philosophies that arise from our associations with country, religion, caste, and creed passed down from generation. When these limiting thoughts and narrow walls and boundaries are broken down, we stand pure, uncontaminated, and free as nature created us! Our spirit will be free to roam like the wind that blows all over the earth. O nanna chetana, aagu nee aniketana. O my spirit, be free, be eternal! "
Interpreted by Priya Unnikrishnan
YAANA
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Yaana by S.L. Bhyrappa
Yaana (meaning: Sail) is a novel written by novelist S.L. Bhyrappa, which has the story of two astronauts (a man and a woman) traveling in a spaceship to Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the earth which is around 4-6 light-years away. The journey takes several decades. The novel focuses on scientific problems and human relationships while away from the earth. While generating oxygen and food on the spaceship the technical problems, the other issues are giving birth to children there and nurturing them
Source: Wikipedia
VISHWAMANAVA
Concept of Vishwa Manava by Kuvempu
'Vishwa Manava' or 'Universal man' was the idea espoused by Kuvempu which he explains in an essay: “Every child, at birth, is the universal man. But, as it grows, we turn it into a ‘petty man’ (through caste, creed, religion, and race). It should be the function of education to turn it into the original universal man.”
Source: Wikipedia
MANKUTHIMMA
Mankutimmana Kagga by DV Gundappa
"What are dualism and non-dualism for the enlightened?
Why rituals, why rules, why meditation?
He is one with all souls, and full of love in his heart.
Fear is unknown to him. --Mankuthimma"
SAMPANNARIDDARE ECHHARIKE!
Sampannarddare Echharike! by Beechi
Rayasam Bheemasena Rao (known by his pen name BeeChi) (1913–1980) was a well-known humorist in the Kannada language. He preferred to write his pen name bilingually as ಬೀchi giving first preference to Kannada and then English. He was also known as Karnataka's George Bernard Shaw.
NANNA BHAYAGRAPHY
Nanna Bhayagraphy by Beechi
The title is a pun on the words biography and the Kannada word Bhaya, meaning scary. It is perhaps Beechi's most philosophical work. Detailing his life in necessary, but not excruciating, detail, it amuses, provokes, depresses, and ultimately enlightens the reader (the ideal autobiography, in many ways)
Source: Wikipedia
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