29.Jan.2007 Communication: I love life (in Lebanon)
A few weeks ago Lebanon was overrun with this “I love life” campaign. At first I did not know who was behind the posters. I thought that this might be a neutral organisation that was trying to talk some sense into the fighting parties. Then a friend explained to me that this was no neutral [...]
28.Jan.2007 Arabic newspaper design: Al-Balad, Lebanon
There’s not many newspaper sights that post pdf editions so the review is not fully comprehensive. One interesting example that does is Al-Balad newspaper published since 2003 in Lebanon. The design has been changed since it was first published. The new look is quite interesting but those kids on the top left corner look scary!
22.Jan.2007 Communication
Letters. Text. Typography. Language. Dialogue. Communication. This is what we do. As designers and as people. Arabic or otherwise. Tomorrow a new round of the screaming match starts in Lebanon. Funnily enough, I was going through my emails and found this:
20.Jan.2007 Arabic newspaper design: Annahar, Lebanon
In the next few weeks, I will show different Arabic newspapers and will try to look at the elements of typographic styles used in newspapers in the Arab world today. Things to look at are: choice of Arabic fonts, layout, masthead design, and over all impression.
11.Jan.2007 Best of Arabic Typography; 2006
2006 was a big year for Arabic Typography. The first ever conference fully dedicated to Arabic Calligraphy and Typography, Kitabat, took place in April in Dubai. At the same time, the winners from Linotype’s Arabic Type Design Competition were honoured in a special ceremony on the second evening of the conference. The winning typefaces were [...]
10.Jan.2007 Apple reinvents the phone!
Major news from Apple: http://www.apple.com/iphone/ This is wonderful news for all Apple fans and the step is ground breaking. Go Apple!