http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress Tue, 04 May 2010 15:16:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Posted by Tarek Atrissi I was glad to be part - as a contributing Author - of the book “New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century”, published by Thames & Hudson and Edited by Hossein Amirsadeghi and Salwa Mikadi. With over 500 stunning colour illustrations “New Vision: Arab Contemporary ... http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress/?p=185 Posted by Tarek Atrissi For the second year, I will be a guest critic at the School of Visual Art’s workshop in Design History, Theory and practice in Venice and Rome. An exciting two weeks intensive workshop with some of SVA’s top faculty and some guest Italian faculty members. A ... http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress/?p=184 Posted by Tarek Atrissi The second half of the year started at the Utrecht School of the Arts, where I teach at the Gaming Design and Development department. In this part of the year, I supervise Masters students with their final year projects, which is usually the outcome of around 7 ... http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress/?p=180 A nice Video documentary by Adobe, showcasing the process of Judging the last Adobe Design Achievement Award competition in California last summer, and featuring all judges- as well as some of the winning project. http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress/?p=178 By Tarek Atrissi Judges of the ADAA competition with Adobe and Icograda staff, and images of the judging process. (photography by Sean Teegarden) Judging the ADAA 200 awards was such an exciting experience. Not only we got to do the judging at the Adobe headquarters in San Jose, and I got to ... http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress/?p=177 By Tarek Atrissi I was glad to take part of the graphic design week in Saudi Arabia, organized by Dar El Hekma college in Jeddah, and witness the first event of its kind in the kingdom. On one hand, discovering the local charm of another Arab city was very exciting on ... http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress/?p=171 Our winning poster design proposal for the competition of designing the 31st edition of the Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpelier in France By Tarek Atrissi We have responded to the invitation to participate in the competition to design the poster for the 31st edition of the Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpelier ... http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress/?p=166 Preview from the workshop process: Above: Lettering by Anwar Ghader . Below: Sketches and process work by various participants. By Tarek Atrissi I just returned from a short yet a very productive visit to Kuwait, where I gave a public lecture and where I conducted two workshops: one for the students ... http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress/?p=167 More workshops in Abu Dhabi By Tarek Atrissi I always enjoy returning to the HCT colleges in Abu Dhabi to conduct the yearly workshops for the graphic design students at the Women’s college. With the first and second year students, I give a one week workshop offering introductory design courses that ... http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress/?p=175 Lettering, stenciling and shop signs, as part of the urban typography that dominates the visual language of Caracas, capital of Venezuela. Photography by Hilda Mecharrafie. By Tarek Atrissi We travel, and always look at the street typography that defines the character of every city and new urban environment we experience. I enjoyed ... http://www.atrissi.com/wordpress/?p=163