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A colorful start of Spring 2013 with Jana Traboulsi's alphabet illustrations. Exhibited at Tawlet in Beirut, Lebanon at the event: "The Buzzle, an Arabic puzzle about food we find in nature".
What we do: design research, design residencies, experimental projects, cross-cultural networks, collaboration, knowledge exchange, knowledge production, social engagement, public space, agency, methodology, workshops, conferences, exhibitions, tools, books, publications, products, objects, words, texts, languages, letters, type, heritage, visual culture, innovation.
Looking for internship or volunteer opportunities for Summer 2012, to help us develop the above, please send a cover letter and CV to the Khatt Foundation.
HudaArabic Type Design for Beginners
An Illustrated Guidebook
To order your copy of browse through the book please click here to the publisher's website http://www.khattbooks.com
This fully illustrated bilingual guidebook on Arabic type design is the result of a series of workshops organized by the Khatt Foundation, and hosted by Tashkeel in Dubai, in 2011 and 2012. It presents step-by-step instructions on the design principles and tools of Arabic type design, with detailed tutorials by some of the most renown specialists in the field of contemporary Arabic type design and calligraphy. In addition, it showcases the creative process through nine case studies of the fonts produced during these workshops, presenting them as sources of inspiration and examples for new and experimental Arabic typefaces.
Edited b...
The 'Typographic Matchmaking in the City' Movie
Documentary film
Typographic Matchmaking in the City is a documentary about an urban typographic research project, shot on several locations in Amsterdam, Dubai (UAE), Sharjah (UAE), Pingjum (Friesland), and Doha (Qatar).
Director & Camera: Jan de Bruin
Producer: Khatt Foundation, Jan de Bruin
Edit: Ans Kanen
Music: Philipp Ernsting
Typographic Matchmaking in the City
Propositions for a Pluralist Public Space
To order your copy now please go to http://www.khattbooks.com/
For browsing though the book, click here to see some sample pages.
Also available at design bookstores in Europe and the US, at all Virgin Bookstores in the Middle East, and at Kinokunya Dubai.
Edited by Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares
Khatt Books, Amsterdam 2010
Highly illustrated 396 pages in color
Languages: Dutch, English, Arabic
Size: 21 cm x 28 cm
Soft cover with flaps
The Typographic Matchmaking in the City project is a design research project investigating new approaches for bilingual lettering and poetic narrative for public space. The project have proven to be highly inspirational for the participating designers; it brought together designers from different cultural backgrounds to intensely collaborate, over a period of 2 years, on creating coherent products with groundbreaking resul...
