. Simran Kaur

A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN

Branding, Symbol Design, Typography, Identity System


Guided by Abhijit KR

A PROGRAM AND PUBLICATION TO PROMOTE WOMEN IN LITERATURE

The idea that the reasons for a lack of women writers (mostly in fiction) in the past stems from a lack of talent or a dearth of concrete thoughts worthy of paper has long been around. However, it was most possibly circumstance and the deep hold over a woman’s role in society that prevented them from being able to write. As Virginia Woolf’s extended essay titled ‘A Room of One’s Own’ illustrates, “a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction”. The residency aims to provide this space and platform for female voices.


Duration 3 weeks (Feb'22)


Role Graphic Designer

Hornets are the largest of eusocial wasps and symbolise evolution, progress and order. Their spiritual connotations include symbolising taking control over one’s life. The proverbs ‘mad as a hornet’ and ‘stir up a hornet’s nest’ refer to the ability of the hornet to sting repeatedly and painfully when provoked.

I wanted to use these qualities and connotations of the hornet as well as ideas of the magnification of female voices and incorporate them into the form.

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