whats next .............?
Finally...a symbol for Indian Currency. Thanks to D Udaya Kumar. Remarkable move in Indian Design. Now it will take around 6 months and 24 months to adapt the symbol at National and International level respectively as said by Information and Broadcasting Minister, India.
All apart; I would like to talk about Design Awareness in India after this recognition of a designer at an International level. We can't really predict but there are some industries which are not aware about the existence of design and its applications. People who have not introduced themselves to design have an opinion exactly opposite to that of designers and Currency Symbol is the best example for it. It is not about criticizing the symbol but it is about why are we wasting money in creating symbol; when there are other problems to solve in India. So, what will be the role of a designer in such cases? How do we make people aware of design? The blogs, forums etc. have their limited area. Only designers and related people in the industry go through them.
Time is the answer but there remains a question in my mind how can a designer boost the speed?
Please find the following attachment to know more about the symbol.
http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/events/Indian_Rupee_Symbol.pdf
Well you can honestly never directly make people aware of designers as such. Design is omnipresent and with time people have started acknowledging the fact. It is also true that in a poverty stricken country what matters is development for the mass so until a designer has a contribution in a mass scale there is no value addition.
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