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Zeina Maasri is Associate Professor of Graphic Design at the American University of Beirut and a practicing independent graphic designer. She has been conducting research since 2004 on the political posters of Lebanon’s civil war. She is the author of Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War, (London: I.B.Tauris, 2009). She curated an exhibition of political posters entitled “Signs of Conflict” in 2008 within the context of Beirut’s 4th edition of Homeworks and as part of the 11th edition of the International Istanbul Biennial in 2009.
Her broader areas of teaching and research include: the history and theory of graphic design, poster design history in the Arab world, and socially / politically engaged forms of design practices.
Zeina Maasri edited and art directed, with Anja Lutz, Greetings From Beirut (Shift! Berlin 2003). She also co-edited and designed Mapping Sitting: On Portraiture and Photography (Arab Image Foundation and Mind the Gap. Beirut. 2002).
She was awarded “Un des plus beaux Livres Suisses 2005” (Most beautiful Swiss Books 2005) for the design of Territoire Méditerranée, with Mathieu Christe (ProHelvetia Fondation Suisse pour la Culture. Geneva. Labor et Fides 2004). She was art director and member of the editorial board of Zawaya, a periodical on emerging cultural production in the Arab World (Beirut. 2001–2007).
event: The Department of Architecture and Design at the American University of Beirut
Irma Boom [Book Maker, The Netherlands]
7
May
2012
18:30
Irma Boom is an Amsterdam-based graphic designer specialised in making books.
In this public lecture, Irma Boom will tell stories…
event: ALH (Architecture Lecture Hall), Dar Al-Handassah Architecture Building, AUB
Public Lecture by Medine Altiok, Architectural Association (AA), London
23
Nov
2011
18:30
Mittelmeerland is an initiative and research project investigating the future of the Mediterranean as a“territory“ of water.
event: AUB & Papercup, Beirut
Public Lecture and book signing by Sven Ehmann, Creative Director of Gestalten Books
This event is organized in collaboration with Papercup bookstore
Sven Ehmann will be available to sign his books and hold…
event: ALH (Architecture Lecture Hall) Dar Al-Handassah Architecture Building, AUB
Public Lecture by Architect, Sahel al-Hiyari
25
Nov
2011
event: Virgin Downtown Cafe, Beirut
20
Dec
2008
Off the Wall
by Zeina Maasri
with a foreword by Fawwaz Traboulsi
Published by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd, London
ISBN: 978 1 84511 951 5
event:
Beirut,
Biel Center
Book singing at Beirut Arab Book Fair 2009
18
Dec
2009
18:00
ملامح النزاع : الملصق السياسي في الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية
Finally the Arabic…
event: The Department of Architecture and Design at the American University of Beirut
Exhibition of selected works by Egyptian artist, illustrator and graphic designer
Monday May 4, 2009 @ 6:30pm, Opening the exhibition
The exhibition brings together a selection of Helmi el-Touni’s work during…
event: Home Works IV
Exhibitions, Lectures, Panels, Dance, Performances, Film and Video Screenings, and Publications
event:
Beirut,
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…
Book:
Zeina Maasri
Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War
by Zeina Maasri
with a foreword by Fawwaz Traboulsi
Published by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd, London
ISBN: 978 1 84511 951 5