FEATURED: "A man with many hats", The Kathmandu Post, 23 September, 2020

"My 17 years journey of Graphic Design, Font Design to Callijatra and Newa scripts and language promotion."
Thank you Ankit Khadgi for the feature
The Kathmandu Post, 23 September, 2020
READ: https://kathmandupost.com/art-culture/2020/09/23/a-man-with-many-hats?fbclid=IwAR2_-KTrOi9NCg0ufn1CIvyVm9YT-LjC5aCpqaKxRuKEiy5yyv1r9AtZopk

 

My interview on The Tribune - "Forging identity through fonts"

Written by Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty 
Forging identity through fonts
This designer’s pioneering font designs for Nepali alphabets are not only getting popular in Nepal but in India too 
READ FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/society/forging-identity-through-fonts/116103.html

Story of an artist - Ananda Maharjan - Kathmandu Dribbble Meetup 2015

Kathmandu Dribbble Meetup 2015 #dribbbleKTM
August 22
Video by: Namaste Kathmandu
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My interview on Republica Daily, Nepal about "Graphic Design as Career in Nepal"

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Sketch your career  

by SACHI MULMI
KATHMANDU, Dec 30

Another such profession in need of eye for minute details and creativity is graphic designing. Ananda Maharjan, a graphic designer, has designed many film posters in the last couple of years. He started designing the posters for films first when he won poster design competition for the film ‘Chhadke.’ Since then, he claims that he’s been very busy with the job. He also designed posters for films like ‘Manjari’, ‘Saanghuro’, ‘Nepathya’ and is working on upcoming films like ‘Jholey’, ‘Raghav’, ‘Tulke’, ‘Aawaran’ and ‘Junge’.

He says that his work has a lot of scope, but comes with its own baggage. “There is only one graphic designing college in Nepal, Wigan & Leigh College Nepal, and it is very expensive. Hence, self learning and practice is a must.” Although hard work and effort is always rewarded, he says that it’s the person’s ability to cope up with the challenges that he finds very helpful.

“Different clients want different things; they have their own project and ideas that we designers have to accommodate. The design trend is changing; now we have clean flat design trends worldwide, but the same design trend won’t work in our context. Designers should keep updates about the latest graphic tools. In Nepal, designers are still using outdated software, they resist change.

“On top of that, the load shedding starts a different story of struggle. We have to be careful about people using our designs without giving any credits, too,” he concurs. On a positive note, he adds that designing has a lot of scope in publishing houses, advertising, web designs, film industry, online outsourcing, freelancing, etc.

FULL article on Republica:http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=67129

http://e.myrepublica.com/component/flippingbook/book/1463-republica-31-dec-2013/1-republica.html

My interview published on Republica Daily - "A bold f(r)ont face"

published on 08 January, 2013, page 13
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=47885

Photo and texts from: http://www.myrepublica.com

REPUBLICA

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Ananda Maharjan, 29, plays with shapes, strokes and brushes to create different Nepali font faces of his own. Working professionally as a graphic designer for the past 11 years, Maharjan says that he has designed all sorts of things, from logos to publications, for various organizations. But it’s typography that he’s more inclined to and hence he makes fonts for himself. He’s currently working at Grafi Offshore Nepal.

Maharjan’s work can be viewed at nepalifonts.blogspot.com. He has about 15-16 published fonts, including Ananda 1 HV, his first font, and Ananda Sumitra. Here he shares with us some experiences as a graphic and type designer. 



How did you enter the field of graphic designing?
I had brothers who were already working in this field. So I learnt from them and continued with this field as my profession. I actually am a Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) graduate. But I’ve also done Intermediate in Fine Arts from Lalitkala Fine Art Campus.

What about type designing? How did you start?
Type designing is my passion. I was bored with the same and overused Nepali fonts and so I wanted to create something new on my own. I make fonts during my free time. I browse through literature to pick out nice words and play with them through typography. Nowadays, I prefer minimalistic and clean designs.

According to you, what’s an important quality that all graphic designers should have?
As graphic designers, people should be willing to learn. The habit of researching and thinking differently is very important. I see so many Nepali designers still using outdated software. They don’t try to upgrade, which isn’t good. We also have to learn to move along with time.

What’s your opinion on the designing field in Nepal?
Most Nepali designers, I think, overlook the importance of choosing a good font face. If you look at advertisements, they are done using the same fonts everywhere. Typography is the most important aspect of designing, and having a distinct font type is crucial when it comes to branding and advertisement. Also, like I mentioned before, designers in Nepal need to be constantly up to date with the developments in this field.

Besides your office work, what other forms of designing are you involved with?
I’ve designed a couple of film posters for films such as Saanghuro and Chhadke.

Portrait of an artist - Interview with Ananda Maharjan, Type Designer from Nepal

Portrait of an artist - Ananda Maharjan from Shashank Shrestha on Vimeo.

Fonts - The graphical equivalent of handwriting. Font choice can make or break your design and each font-face is its own work of art. Ananda Maharjan is one of the few Nepali Designers working on producing new fonts in Nepali and most importantly sharing his creations with the world for no charge at all.
we sit down with him to discuss his views and labor of love.

(The first in a series of Profile videos I am doing with Rishi Amatya and Suyog Shrestha.)

Shot with Canon 7D and 50D.
Edited on Adobe Premiere Pro CS6/After Effects CS6
Direction/Editing : Shashank Shrestha/Rishi Amatya

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