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Dr Mohammad Shahid

Assistant Professor

mohammad.shahid@des.iith.ac.in

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Interest areas:
Design Research, Experimental Typography, Visual Culture, Visual Branding

Mohammad Shahid has a diverse design background with a Bachelor of Design (B.Des) in Textile Design from National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Master of Design (M.Des), and Ph.D. in Design, both from Department of Design, IIT Guwahati with core specialization in Visual Communication/Graphic Design. His Ph.D. thesis is based on “Understanding the visual vocabulary of the title design and its role in Bollywood movie posters.” His current research area is experimental typography where he is exploring different ways of making alphabets (especially Indic Script) learning more playful and engaging.