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Here is an overview of our projects past, present and future.
Next to this community website, we do projects in the arab world and beyond.
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Kitabat student exhibition -
Delegate (Erik Brandt from VCU Qatar) at the special student typographic posters exhibition, for the Kitabat Conference
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event:
New York,
Performa Hub
PERFORMA teams up with Khatt Foundation
Inspired by the Futurists’ approach to typography and graphic design as well as Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Ottoman legacy in…
event
Cultural event endorsed by the Khatt Foundation
A surprising programme on cultural exchange with the Middle East and North Africa.
Here's an Impression of the event to watch on…
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares
on ARTSWORLD programme's 7th and last episode
ARTSWORLD is half hour weekly programme broadcast on Al Jazeera English that includes four 5-minute inserts each week from around the world.
event:
Exhibition on Arabo-Dutch Type Design from the 17th-21st Century.
A timely and positive way to promote cultural exchange and understanding between the West and the Arab world, and put the topic in…
Khatt Font Project:
Building cultural bridges with typeface design
10 Arab and Dutch designers collaborate on designing Arabic companions for Dutch fonts
conference
The Khatt Foundation Symposium on Arabic Visual Culture
09:00
Khatt and Mediamatic will host a full day of lectures, presentations and celebration of new Arabic cultural expression, at the…
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares
Typographic Matchmaking V1.0, implemented in the mainstream international type market
The former Sada Font designed and developed by Pascasl Zoghbi and Martin Majoor within the framework of the Khatt Foundation's…
event:
The Khatt Design Collection of Wall Stickers
Reinvent our space, bring the Middle East home
The Khatt Design Collection Competition, a Limited Edition of Wall Stickers by…
Khatt Project:
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares
The BigVesta Arabic font used in Guggenheim exhibition design
the Vesta and BigVesta Arabic fonts are used on large scale environmental graphics and lettering for the Saadiyat Island Cultural…
event: Amsterdam, Dubai, Paris, Beirut
The Khatt Foundation , curated by Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares, is launching the Typographic Matchmaking sequel — Typographic…
event: Beijing
Typographic Design in Networked Societies
10:45
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares will be presenting the Typographic Matchmaking in the City 2.0 project at the XIN ICOGRADA Bejing 09…
Project:
Edo Smitshuijzen,
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares
Report on the Khatt Kufi & Kaffiya symposium and the Typographic Matchmaking project presentations.
The Typographic Matchmaking project ( Arabic fonts and book ), the Khatt online community (www.khtt.net), the Khatt Kufi and…
event:
Dubai,
American University in Dubai
The first major Arabic calligraphy and typography conference in the Middle East.
18:00
Hosted by the Visual Communication Department at the American University in Dubai, in partnership with the Khatt Foundation (Center…
event:
New York,
TCD
For excellence in Typeface Design
18:00
Congratulations to our Khatt members Lara Assouad-Khoury and Fred Smeijers for their achievement!
The Fresco Arabic Font…
event:
Dubai,
Traffic
The first Khatt Design Collection of Wall Stickers
The limited edition collection is available for sale in main major design outlets in the UAE – including Traffic and 50ºC – and…
Willem Velthoven
We are pleased to announce that the 'El HEMA' exhibition was awarded the Best Dutch Design Awards 2007 in the visual identity…
event: Art Lounge, Beirut
Matchmaking Amsterdam-Beirut
19:30
Please join us in Beirut for the opening, if you can.
Arabic type, book launch and art exhibition. 15 Lebanese designers and…