Rathna Ramanathan
Rathna runs the design studio Minus9 and over the last six years has steered the design philosophy of Tara books. This independent publisher is widely regarded as one of India's finest publishing houses and is run by a collective of writers based in Chennai, India. At Tara Books Rathna has pioneered innovative children's book design through typography and the use of unusual formats. She uses typographic elements extensively in her work, and in Anything But a Grabooberry, has used this to illustrate a book of nonsense verse. This book won a special mention in the International White Raven's Catalogue of the world's best children's books in 2000. Rathna is also a visiting lecturer at design schools in India, Malaysia and America.
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