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CREDITS
Original Haiku by Sneh Rashmi
English Translation Guide : Malvika Tewari

Visual Haiku

Visual Haiku Project is based on a collection of 19 haiku's written in the 1970s by Zinabhai Desai. It is my attempt to represent Gujarati literature and script through experimental typography in modern contemporary design form. It is effort to preserve to include, to exchange and to celebrate.

The haiku were translated into English without keeping the format of haiku in to order to bring out messages in clearest possible way.

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It all started with a desire to do something with the Gujarati Script, which I felt had not been experimented with and explored much. I’ve always seen Gujarati literature in body copy size, this is what initially motivated me to express and present the script in a fun and interesting way.

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His haikus remain as relevant to the current era as they were three decades ago, they are a delightful reflection on human behavior – some portraying death as an honorable event, others a reminder of finding content in what one has; still others are instances of daily life served with a dose of sarcasm.

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His haikus remain as relevant to the current era as they were three decades ago, they are a delightful reflection on human behavior – some portraying death as an honorable event, others a reminder of finding content in what one has; still others are instances of daily life served with a dose of sarcasm.

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Selected Works

Colour Next 2018Book Design, Exhibition Design

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