I wrote extensively for PrintWeek India over several years, covering the changing world of print, publishing and design: from the resurgence of zines and independent publishing to Indian print comics, magazine design, and the much-debated question of whether print was actually dead (it never is!). This is all the work before I started my recurring ‘Design Dialogue’ column with them.
A small selection from the archive:
The Zine Culture
A look at India’s growing independent zine movement, through conversations with visual artists making and championing the format. This one feels particularly close to my own long-standing interest in independent publishing.
The last five years in the life of Indian print comics
A look at how the Indian print-comics landscape had evolved, through conversations with people working across the business — including Amar Chitra Katha, Tinkle, Abhijeet Kini and Chariot Comics.
Read The last five years in the life of Indian print comics
Print isn’t dead
I asked people from the advertising and marketing industry to respond to the increasingly familiar claim that print was dead. The answers, unsurprisingly, were rather more complicated.
At AGI London: Jeremy Leslie
A conversation with Jeremy Leslie, founder of magCulture, about magazine design, independent publishing and his long relationship with print. This was originally published in Kyoorius.
Read At AGI London: Jeremy Leslie
Fun with print
A look at designers using print in unexpected and playful ways — from wedding cards and calendars to school textbooks.
Work Portfolio 