Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World

00:39:42

Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Sina Fakour

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2025/01/10

In this episode of Khatt Chronicles, Yara Khoury Nammour interviews France-based Iranian educator and independent type designer Sina Fakour. They discuss his design teaching and the paths one can take as a graphic designer. They unpack his ideas on designing thinking, research, creative coding, type design, publication design, and a range of other graphic design practices. They zoom in on his type design process, how he develops his concepts, his interest in multiscript typeface design, and how he

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00:24:45

Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Mitra Shasavand

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/12/06

In this episode of Khatt Chronicles, Roshanak Keyghobadi interviews Iranian designer Mitra Shahsavand, design director and founder of the Mitra Shahsavand Design Studio. They discuss Mitra's journey into the field of graphic design and focus on some of her impactful and challenging projects of presenting women products within the Iranian public space. They also discuss education, the role of women in the Iranian graphic design scene, and the attitudes of the new generation of designers. They end

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00:45:32

Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Aria Kasaei

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/11/08

In this episode of Khatt Chronicles, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviews Iranian designer Aria Kasaei, who co-founded Studio Kargah with his classmate and friend Peyman Pourhossein. They discuss his journey into the field of graphic design and the cultural engagement from Studio Kargah's humble beginnings in a basement in Tehran to its present day status, and the recent setting up of a satellite studio in Paris. Together, they discuss the archiving, exhibiting and publishing on design history in

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00:36:49

Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Sahar Khraibani

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/10/11

In this episode of Khatt Chronicles, Yasmine Nachabe Taan interviews Lebanese design writer and critic, Sahar Khraibani. They discuss her journey into the field of design writing through graphic design and illustration. Together, they unpack the importance of design and critical writing at this moment in time. They discuss Sahar's major writing projects, the importance of exposing local narratives, and how to present these untold stories to a wide range of audiences. They end their discussion

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00:57:18

Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Amir Mahdi Moslehi

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/09/13

In this episode of Khatt Chronicles, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviews Iranian type designer and researcher Amir Mahdi Moslehi. They discuss his journey into calligraphy and type design. Moslehi discusses his extensive research into #Persian calligraphic and #script heritage, namely Nastaaliq and Manuscript Pahlevi. The discussion touches upon technologies and script-specific #design issues, and dives deeply into a number of Moslehi's award-winning type design projects.***** About Khatt

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00:25:42

Nisrine Sarkis in Conversation With Yara Khoury Nammour

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/08/16

Yara Khoury Nammour interviews Beirut-based Lebanese designer Nisrine Sarkis. They discuss her journey into the world of branding and lettering. Focusing initially on illustration and graphic design, Nisrine gradually realized the importance of Arabic typography to her practice after starting to work professionally as a graphic designer. Nisrine discusses her interest in display Arabic typefaces that she intends to develop out of her lettering projects. They also explore her teaching Arabic

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00:31:15

Arabic Design Library Series: In Conversation With...

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/07/12

***** About Khatt Chronicles *****Khatt Chronicles podcast features remarkable designers, illustrators, and researchers from the Arab World. We host engaging conversations about their practice, vision, and aspirations. In line with the rest of the Khatt foundation projects, focuses on new developments with Arab typography and design. By Arab, we mean people working with the Arabic language, script, and audience, who are not necessarily Arabs. These initiatives are dedicated to the younger generation

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01:06:03

Arabic Design Library Series: In Conversation With...

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/06/14

The four enter into a conversation that goes beyond describing the content of their books, addressing the challenges of undertaking design in a geographical context where material and archives are hard to find, where relying on oral history and primary accounts is key, and where distribution of printed matter is complicated.They each elaborate on the particularities of translation, of conveying the spirit of the content, and the importance of highlighting both the voice of the subject-designer as

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00:46:27

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès in Conversation With...

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/05/17

They zoomed in on some of Wissam's unique projects, from his calligraphic script Al-Wissam to his Calligraforms artworks and logotype designs. They explore Wissam's process of developing a new calligraphic script and the difference between that and his process of type design. They discuss the overlaps between calligraphy, type design and graphic design work, as well as how these fields intersect and influence each other.They conclude the conversation with a chat about Wissam's favorite projects for

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00:29:11

Khatt Chronicles Hosts Introducing Season 3

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/04/12

The Khatt Chronicles podcast is back in a third season! Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès moderates a conversation between the hosts of Season 3. The discussion addressed the several topics and themes that are planned for this season. Huda begins by briefly introducing the hosts – Roshanak Keyghobadi, Yasmine Nachabe Taan, Yara Khoury Nammour, and Fawzi Rahal. The season will expand to include Iranian designers and will focus on women from the Southwest Asia and North Africa region in general. It will also

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00:44:38

Lara Balaa in Conversation With Yara Khoury Nammour

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/03/08

Yara Khoury Nammour interviews Lara Balaa, Lebanese editorial designer and PhD Candidate at Rutgers School of Communication and Information. They discuss Balaa's journey into becoming a graphic designer, and her fascination with connecting graphic design to storytelling, strategy and communication.Balaa shares her experience of teaching design history, questioning how knowledge is consumed and produced, and how this has led to her interest in research and writing on design from the region. They

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00:43:19

Lara Assouad in conversation with Huda Smitshuijzen...

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/02/01

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviews Dubai-based Lebanese graphic and type designer @laraassouad. Together they discuss her journey into type design and her other passions and side practices such as book-binding, leather accessories, and pottery.The conversation focuses on Lara's trendsetting work in developing modular Arabic scripts that go beyond type design and practical graphic design application, claiming a place in the contemporary art world.She revisits the ubiquitous applications of the

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00:25:17

Rana Salam in Conversation with Yasmine Nachabe Taan

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2024/01/05

Yasmine Nachabe Taan interviews Beirut-born Lebanese graphic designer @RanaSalam, "Queen of Arab Pop", founder of Rana Salam Studio in Beirut, Lebanon. Together they unpack her journey as a designer, what inspires her, what she is passionate about, and how she translates that into a unique visual language. They also discuss her Arab Pop (Shaabi) style – defining its characteristics and aesthetics – and the importance of using graphic design as a means for presenting Arab popular culture to a diverse

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01:14:13

Mobius Studio in conversation with Huda Smitshuijzen...

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2023/12/01

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviews UAE-based design studio MOBIUS and its founders, graphic designers Hala Al-Ani, Hadeyeh Badri and Riem Hassan. They candidly share their backgrounds and path: a friendship that brought them together and that evolved into a solid professional relationship and design studio. The conversation unpacks the fine points on designing for the cultural sector in the UAE, the travails of teaching and working as designers, and the engagement with self-initiated projects

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00:54:18

Mohammed Shennawy in conversation with Yasmine...

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2023/10/26

Yasmine Nachabe Taan interviews Egyptian comics artist and designer Mohamed Shennawy – co-founder of TokTok comics magazine and founder of Al-Fann Al-Sabi’ (the 9th Art), a comics publishing and events company. They talk about his personal journey as an artist and his migration – first to Brussels, then to Barbados – and how this is translated in his wordless graphic novels. Shennawy talks about his process and about organizing the yearly Cairo Comics Festival. He addresses the challenges of

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00:55:43

Kristyan Sarkis in conversation with Huda...

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2023/09/28

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviews Lebanese type designer Kristyan Sarkis and founder of TPTQ Arabic font foundry in Amsterdam. Kristyan shares his education and journey into becoming a type designer. He states: "I learned how to connect with my own cultural design heritage at the Type and Media masters program, at the Royal Academy of art in The Hague." Kristyan discusses at length his typeface design approach and his research-based and culturally-immersive pedagogical practice. The talk also

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00:43:56

Lina Hakim in conversation with Yasmine Nachabe Taan

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2023/08/31

Yasmine Nachabe Taan interviews Lebanese-British researcher and designer Lina Hakim about her professional journey into research on material culture, technology, crafts and play. Lina discusses with Yasmine modes of teaching and how to empower students to define their practice as designers. They delve into Lina's book "Dia Al-Azzawi. Taking a Stand: Activism Through Graphic Design." Lina discusses how she put forward the local understanding of graphic design without imposing western definitions. She

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00:51:40

Eyen Studio in conversation with Huda Smitshuijzen...

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2023/07/27

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviews Jordanian Eyen graphic design studio’s founders and designers Omar Al-Zo’bi and Yousef Abedrabbo. In this conversation Omar and Yousef candidly speak about their journey to becoming Eyen Design and their motivations and attitude towards design practice and education, particularly in Jordan. They discuss the importance of being engaged with local culture, listening to one’s collaborator, and designing with the user in mind. They explain the different ways that

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00:28:32

Maya Saikali in conversation with Yara Khoury Nammour

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2023/06/29

Yara Khoury Nammour interviews Lebanese graphic designer and educator Maya Saikali about how she marries her interest in socially engaged practice and commercial design work. Maya explains since she was a design student, first in Beirut (Lebanon) and then in Eindhoven (The Netherlands), she was always interested in raising social awareness through design and believing that “design can be a tool for changing the world.” She discusses how later as practitioner she took advantage of the slow summer

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00:27:25

Bahij Jaroudi in conversation with Yasmine Nachabe Taan

Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World ·

2023/05/25

Yasmine Nachabe Taan interviews Lebanese illustrator and animator Bahij Jaroudi about his professional journey and motivation. Bahij talks about the importance for him to draw everyday, to enjoy the process and to strive to create beautiful images. He uses his work to express his emotions and to respond to current or personal events, and finds ultimate satisfaction when his work is seen and enjoyed by others. He states: “you have to be brutally honest with your self if you want to be honest in your

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