About: Vinay Saynekar

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Vinay Saynekar is a type designer, calligrapher and a design educator. He completed his graduation from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai University and joined a paper company, Chimanlal’s Pvt Ltd, as Chief Design Consultant in 1981. He worked for some time and then returned to his college to teach and has been a teacher of typography and calligraphy in JJ since 1984. He has taken several lectures in various Art and Design Colleges, on typefaces and their design. He also visited West Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain for the same purpose in 1988.

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  • Vinay Saynekar is a type designer, calligrapher and a design educator. He completed his graduation from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai University and joined a paper company, Chimanlal’s Pvt Ltd, as Chief Design Consultant in 1981. He worked for some time and then returned to his college to teach and has been a teacher of typography and calligraphy in JJ since 1984. He has taken several lectures in various Art and Design Colleges, on typefaces and their design. He also visited West Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain for the same purpose in 1988. Saynekar has been honoured as the Communication Arts Guild "Guru of the Year" for three consecutive years in 2007–2008, 2008–2009 and 2009–2010. He participated in a group show called ‘3 Calligraphers’. He is a member of Aksharaya – an organisation for the 'Letter Conscious' People. He wrote a book for calligraphy enthusiasts – Aksharsaundarya: Nirmiti ani Itihas (Beautifying Letters: Creation and History). He has organized workshops for children to introduce them to the world of calligraphy. (en)
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  • Vinay Saynekar is a type designer, calligrapher and a design educator. He completed his graduation from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai University and joined a paper company, Chimanlal’s Pvt Ltd, as Chief Design Consultant in 1981. He worked for some time and then returned to his college to teach and has been a teacher of typography and calligraphy in JJ since 1984. He has taken several lectures in various Art and Design Colleges, on typefaces and their design. He also visited West Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain for the same purpose in 1988. (en)
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  • Vinay Saynekar (en)
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