01.Feb.2012 7 years at Linotype
One day I decided to take the bus, and because of that I am sitting here at this desk today. On the morning of September 27, 2003 I was in a flat in Vancouver with some of my classmates from the MA at Reading. We were there to attend the annual ATypI conference and I [...]
10.Jan.2012 Who wants to design Arabic t-shirts?
For those interested, this is a message from Johara AlKhalifa who owns the Tshirt Shop in Bahrain: “I opened Tshirt Shop in October with the hopes of it being a platform for young Arab designers such as yourselves and so far have succeeded in carrying 8 lines, with 3 more on the way, from Arabs [...]
17.Nov.2011 Long day today
I don’t usually use this space as a diary but today was such a long day!!! I continued writing the chapter I’m working on for my dissertation, looked again at the statistics and data analysis. Then dove right back into LT projects (2 clients had urgent requests) then off to dance class. After I had [...]
01.Jun.2011 I’m 18?
I just counted: I have 18 published typeface families, 32 weights in total. There’s a few single weights that are custom work for clients. I didn’t count the modified versions as those are derivative. Eight of the 18 are off-the-shelf library families and the rest are custom. I didn’t know I had designed so many… [...]
02.May.2011 The mental image of an Arab
On a day like this, and after all that has happened in the last few months, what can one say? It is fitting that Bin Laden has met his end during this year. This is the year when Arabs have risen up and shaken off the image of hatred-filled extremists and replaced it with that [...]
06.Apr.2011 The new Dubai
I’ve just come back from 2 days in Dubai and I have to say: WOW… When I moved to Dubai to teach in 2004, I was utterly shocked at the terrible quality of Arabic typography that one could see, especially in logo adaptations. Dubai today has a completely different typographic landscape. There’s been a huge [...]
21.Mar.2011 Looking for a freelance graphic designer in Lebanon
A client of mine is looking for freelance graphic designers to work on a weekly Arabic publication. Please write to me if you’re interested. Must be based in Lebanon.
17.Feb.2011 Simply gorgeous!
No need to say more! Rameau is a knock-out typeface with all the flare you’d want from a French design. I’m especially fond of the italics. Makes me want to go to Paris again! ps. That “a” has style!
14.Feb.2011 The passing of a great
It is with terrible sadness that I heard of the passing of Paul Stiff, one of the great minds who taught at the University of Reading. Paul was an amazing teacher, a design enthusiast, and a very eloquent speaker. I first saw him speak at the ICTVC conference in Thessaloniki in 2002. His was my [...]
04.Feb.2011 Great calligrapher coming to NY
For those who saw my talk at TypeCon last summer, and those who are simply interested in seeing the work of a cool calligrapher, mark your diaries for this. Wissam Shawkat will be opening his show on Feb 24, at 7-10 pm at the reed space. Enjoy!