Middle eastern typography

Amazing posters by Reza Abedini I had the chance to travel to some arabic countries where I discovered the beauty of calligraphy as building or object

A landmark moment for Middle Eastern design as the region’s first graphic design biennial opens in the city of Sharjah on 9 November the biennial will be the biggest graphic design event in the Arab world, bringing hundreds of global practitioners...

sonic waves from the Middle East and North Africa / Mawaheb (Arabic for “talents”) is a series of multi-genre events that took place at various venues in St. Petersburg. The two day festival mixed the traditional and the contemporary, showcasing folk and club culture from the Middle Eastern and North African regions. From symphony orchestras to DJ sets, the festival presented an assortment of concerts, parties, screenings, picnics and an educational program that included workshops and panel…

I met Bahia Shehab about a year ago at a conference on contemporary Arab graphic design in New York. A professor and founder of the graphic design program at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Shehab briefly mentioned to me that she’d been working on a research project along with Haytham Nawar,

Baba \ Boom is a Middle Eastern inspired charcoal kitchen based in Battersea Rise, London, which specialises in hot kebabs. This specialisation is represented through the graphic diagonal line used throughout the branding collateral. Each letterform is un…

These Arabic fonts are perfect for designs that need a strong cultural authenticity. Use them in English or middle-eastern languages.

Beirut, Paris of the middle east.

Tarif is a typeface family inspired by the multicultural utopia of Convivencia - the peaceful coexistence of Muslims, Christians and Jews in tenth century Andalusia that played an important role in bringing to Europe the classics of Greek philosophy. Desi…

Poster for Silk Screen School | 2015