29/09 2011

Gorgeous collages of Fayrouz in the press

I came across these today on the Facebook page of Lebanese diva Fayrouz. Not enough can be said about her voice and her songs, and now these collages bring back the typographic flavors of newspapers in many years past. Enjoy!

 
8/06 2009

Arabic block printing in the 10-15th century AD

Did you know this? I only came across this a few days ago and am still stumped. I’m surprised that I missed this, though I have to admit that I never dug deep into the history of early Arabic printing. But this is like anREAD MORE

 
Posted in Arabic calligraphy
3/05 2009

Magic

I’m always fascinated to watch live calligraphy. It just seems to simple and yet the way the reed makes these amazing forms, it’s just like magic. Here is a video on Youtube with a quite interesting demo.