With Tanya George, Pooja hosted a session to talk about their processes and perspectives on facilitating type walks. Their walks refocus typographic history, which is usually Western-centric, to stories and uses that can be experienced in local public spaces. They talked about how they frame signs and letterforms to initiate a dialogue with walk participants about viewing this history as more than just an abstract construct only to be read in books, but as something that can be seen in our own neighbourhoods, and interpreted in the context of architecture; social, political and economic developments; and, popular culture.

Through their session, Pooja and Tanya examined how value and prestige is assigned to different typographic objects, and argue that archives and resources, so necessary for type appreciation, need not be in libraries and museums alone. In the absence of readily-available traditional facilities and material, they have seized cities as living, breathing typographic archives, and encourage others to do the same! With the help of virtual tours of their favourite local typographic spots, they shared their love and interest for making all things type more accessible — how and why did they began running type walks, what goes into preparing for one, and what they have learned from successes and failures.

Listen to the talk here.