Book Title Tostofil Meryl Streep
Author Rachid El Daiif
Name of Designer Nathalie Farah
Design Concept
“Rachid El Daiif in his book “Tostofil Meryl Streep” describes what life looks like within a married couple in Lebanon: marriage as an institution is being challenged by modernity, widening the schism between Western modern lifestyles and the traditional gender roles of a patriarchal Arab society. Rachid El Daiif in humorous ways focused on the role of the media, more specifically that of the television in creating the schism between a progressive woman and her conservative husband.
Through the book, I decided to relate my graphic approach to that of the TV: the black and white noisy images would transmit the feel of a conservative man, versus the colored (RGB) glossy images printed on transparent acetate for the wife influenced by the media. When overlapped, the two images would create a new figure. Following the unfolding of the story this newly created image could show a clashing or a perfect fit entity.
