NMSU Student Pamela Herrera-De Los Santos Selected as Winning Entry for Typography Day 2023 Poster Design Competition

Undergraduate NMSU Studio Arts student, Pamela Herrera-De Los Santos was selected by the jury for a winning entry for Typography Day 2023 Poster Design Competition. TypoDay Conference and Workshop will be held on 26th, 27th, and 28th October 2023 hosted by the Department of Applied Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi(BHU Varanasi), and the IDC School of Design(IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay(IIT Bombay), with support from Indian Design Association InDeAs and Aksharaya. 

The winning entries from the Typography Day 2023 Poster Design Competition for the title ‘The Sacred and Typography’ will be published and displayed in an exhibition during the event.

Pamela writes, “For my Typography Day 2023 poster design, I took inspiration from sacred indigenous symbols from Mexico, particularly from Aztec and Mayan culture. My contemporary design includes recognizable indigenous colors of Mexico, which includes a fiery red that represents life and sun with a blue-green representing sacrifice and eternity. By using the geometric style of traditional indigenous symbols, my typography includes the word “Sacred” and “TypoDay 2023” through important cultural elements. As indigenous Mexican cultures include many sacred figures and cultural symbols, my abstract typography utilizes these linear forms to showcase the influence of sacred indigenous culture on contemporary Mexican design.”