Hassan Massoudy
He is an Iraqi calligrapher who was born in Najef in 1944. He left Iraq in 1969 and now lives in France. His work is highly distinguished with its wide, colorful and rich stroke lines, which gives him an unmistakable edge in modern art in general and in calligraphy more specifically. Continue reading →
Sherif Samy
Samy is a self-taught designer and illustrator who lives in Egypt and works as a freelancer, doing work for clients such as SEE Foundation and Orient Production. His design work grabs you immediately by its distinguished style that pushes ink lines and typography together, smoothly forming creative and tasty visuals for our eyes to feast on. His love for comics clearly shows through his simple yet stark illustrations, which make us believe that these objects and characters really do exist. Continue reading →
Omar Al-Zo’bi
A designer with a bite. His style is edgy and unique which makes him highly distinguished among the crowd. Omar doesn’t seem to be afraid of putting out some crazy stuff with a lot of attitude. These pieces can have some crude look and feel, which makes them full of life and humor, but don’t be fooled, these are nothing but high quality designs. His Arabic set of projects contains some interesting pieces that are full of humanity and subjects that seems silly on the surface but are deep in their thoughts and complexities. Continue reading →
Ahmed Othman
My new post is about a creative talent from Egypt. His name is Ahmed Othman and his work is highly crafted and presents a range of carefully polished pieces. If you see some of his commercial work you will notice the use of illustrations and typography in a modern simplistic clean layouts which is vastly different from his sharp photography that carries within it a distinct sharp details full of color, textures and complexity. Continue reading →
