Utpal Pande

Utpal Pande is a graphic designer from India. His work has been featured in the NY Times, international magazines and journals. As a design speaker he has been invited to forums such as TEDx. He is also the editor-in-chief of VSUAL.

Author archives: Utpal Pande

  • Skolar Devanagari: A Typographic Journey

  • Skolar by David Březina is an award-winning text serif, originally designed with scholarly and multilingual publications in mind. Primarily intended as a robust, energetic text typeface, Skolar addresses the needs of serious typography. At the same time it furnishes the designer with the hallmark versatility of the family in display sizes, fitting the demands of corporate design.
  • How much should I charge for a design project?

  • People often scour the internet to find answer to the ubiquitous question, "How much should I charge for a design project?" What they mostly stumble across are websites that claim spit & polish for 99 dollars or on the other hand they come across case studies where agencies made millions redesigning something. Here is a short guide that may help you answer this question yourself...
  • Put Yourself in Their Shoes: Christopher Scott

  • 'Put Yourself in Their Shoes' is a series of 'social posters' by Ireland based graphic designer Christopher Scott. Inspired by the works of Stefan Sagmeister, Christopher blends elements of nature, man-made objects and certain props to deliver a strong typographical statement. Sometime thought-provoking and sometimes shocking, these posters aim to stir-up the audience and bring them face-to-face w[...]
  • British Airways: Balls of Steel

  • Forepeople, a graphic design agency based in UK, resurrected an identity known as 'Coat of Arms' in shining metal 3D. The crest does not replace the silky ribbony British Airways logo, however, it’s an additional identity element. In September 2011 BA launched its biggest advertising campaign in a decade [...]
  • Zero: 'Nothing' Can Be Truly Something

  • Zero is a dark fairytale that takes place in a world where the inhabitants are born into a numerical class system. Faced with constant prejudice and persecution an oppressed zero walks a lonely path until a chance encounter changes his life forever: he meets a female zero [...]
  • Wikipedia: New Identity Concept

  • Moving Brands, a London based design agency, has come up with a proposed identity for Wikipedia: The mark is created from five lines that reference (Wikipedia’s) ‘5 pillars,’ and also represents the nine sister sites (of Wikipedia) with nine equidistant nodes [...]