Symbol Design for the Indian Currency : A Recourse?
Today,
India seems to be weathering the financial melt-down, more admirably than several other nations-of-note. She has stood her ground when faced with terrorist attacks, not letting her principles fall prey to the lust of revenge. She maintains her peaceful image, and has not been implicated in any mismanagement of nuclear resources. She successfully houses a potpourri of diverse cultures as the world’s largest Democracy. Not-withstanding obstacles that may line her path, India stands poised to face Her future head-on.
Hence-with, enigmatic as She is, my India enthrals me.
But should a Symbol for India’s national Currency depict all all-of-this?
Maybe Yes, and well, No.
The symbol ought to profess the stability of the nation’s fiscal scenario, but, not with regards to the present state of the world. For, time will pass, and scenarios will change, but the symbol ought to stay on, unfettered by the world surrounding it. Not irrelevant; instead, unperturbed. The current situations, thus, are not what i have let myself remain confined to, while working on my design.
Also, the symbol should seek to represent India’s historical and cultural ethos, as widely accepted. However,
Instead of attempting to please every single faction (sect-, religion-, or other-wise) in the country, the symbol may find a recourse that remains aside from such individual demands, and instead, bears an identity of its own. For, tomorrow, a new government may rule, a new faction may rise – The symbol, only when derived from media and roots that are independent from each of these limiting factors, is one that shall be accepted more readily, no matter who the deciding/governing body is.
Even so, the symbol must prove to be the front-runner of Brand India, and convey her stability, financial- or other-wise. Sturdiness and a subtle sense of authority, would tag along with these features, knitted into the story that goes into the making of the symbol, for every individual to relate to.
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Above: My introduction page write-up for the competition-submission to design a symbol for the Indian Rupee.
PS. The designs proposed by IndiaTimes – they all SUCK. Big time.
PS2. IndiaTimes has a dearth of decent designers. That basically is good news, no?
Note to self, send an Internship application to them. Sure to be accepted [:P]
how about publishing your design on the blog ? May be after 15th .
regards
Samir
Samir
April 13, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Even I would love to see what design you have come up with.
And you’re right, the designs on the indiatimes page are ho-hum.
Overated Outcast
April 13, 2009 at 5:24 pm
hey!!..i would obviously want the design after the results are out..u better publish it.:)
great work to choose :)
dolly
April 14, 2009 at 2:32 am
nice one dude….
i do hope im looking at the perfect symbol for the rupee here…
and ofcourse…do apply at indiatimes for the internship…
pannu
April 14, 2009 at 7:55 pm
…hold ur horsies!
let’s leave it to the judges to decide…i’m rather sure that ‘perfect’ is surely not what i can make…
2 reasons :
reason [1] i’m only a design student man…there’ll be entries from some of the best design schools/firms/gurus/etc/etc … i’m just happy i got an entry in…
reason [2] a long philosophical approach to how design is not about being perfect, rather, more about the process behind a solution – but, i’m sure u’d rather choose point [1] as the preferred option
so yes, i’ll upload the design, but why do i get the feeling that ur expecting far too much from too tiny a person (tiny = literally, and otherwise :P )
araYan
April 14, 2009 at 8:13 pm
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Symbol for the Indian Currency - My Concept « Crap
April 18, 2009 at 5:43 pm
here is my art peace for Indian rupee symbol
http://mewool.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/my-art-peace-for-indian-rupee-symbol/
mewool
April 23, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Our entry
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vgc_1997/sets/72157618764438658/
Neha
June 9, 2009 at 11:20 pm
I was disgusted by the indiatimes entries, which I’m sure have been done just for the heck of it. Or well because of the attractive prize money – hey let’s just throw out hats.
I’m disillusioned by the whole thing now. No one has any idea when will they be announcing the results and there are hordes of idiotic designs flying all over the internet. Thank god, at least the govt. did not change otherwise that would’ve been the end of it all.
Here’s my take :
http://ojasvimohanty.blogspot.com/2009/05/symbol-for-rupee.html
Ojasvi
August 11, 2009 at 3:24 pm