By Tarek Atrissi

Abeer Tahlac’s work at the AUS typography workshop given by Tarek Atrissi

Just got back from the American University of Sharjah (AUS) where I gave a lecture and a two days workshop, with emphasis on Arabic Publications design, particularly newspaper design. The idea came as a response of the very classic newspaper main page designs we have in the Arab world, and as a practical challenging experience for students to deal with heavy Arabic text and maintain a newspaper layout yet create an interesting Visual Design. Some images above and below of the outcome and process of the workshop

by Tarek Atrissi

The Course I gave wit Unesco as part of the DigiArts project (Masters Module on Arts, Design and Technology) is finished and some very interesting project were delivered by the students. The fact that this was an online course and that participants were located in different cities in the Arab world made the research and visual data collected very interesting, and the end project very diverse. Above is an example of delivered projects- by Ghada Majed- who studied the use of Arabic Traditional Calligraphy for signage across the city of Beirut. The calligraphic style chosen for every neighborhood attempts to reflect the environment and character of the specific area. The final presentation of the project combined the calligraphic signs with photos of the areas with focus on their architectural character.