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  • Rana Salam

    changing the perception of the Arab world through the power of design

    Rana Salam ranasalamdesign, London. Graphic Designer/Art Director Rana Salam is a graduate from both Central St. Martins College of Art and in 1992 from the Royal College of Art with an MA in...

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  • Symposium Program

    Khatt Kufi Kaffiya | Symposium on Arabic Visual Culture

    We'll have the whole day to ourselves in the theatre of the brand new public library of Amsterdam (OBA) Admission and registration is from 9 on and the programme starts at 10:00 sharp. We'll have...

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    Khatt Kufi Kaffiya, the printable symposium…

    Lectures are described in detail with timings and links to the speakers' biographies.

    The symposium program has been evolving and includes topics of every aspect of contemporary Arabic visual culture and identity, going beyond the stereotypes of what is associated with Arabic culture...

  • Khatt Font Project Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares

    The Typographic Matchmaking 01 project

    Building cultural bridges with typeface design

    10 Arab and Dutch designers collaborate on designing Arabic companions for Dutch fonts

  • Khatt projects

    We live to work!

    Here is an overview of our projects past, present and future.

  • Book 1 Aug 2007

    Typographic Matchmaking

    This book is now available for ordering online from Nijhof & Lee and BIS Publishers.

    As the world moves forward towards a more international (design) society, the need for fonts that can support multi-scripts becomes imperative. Technology is now capable of supporting many scripts on...

  • Mediamatic Post CS

    Office and exhibition space 2004 - 2008

    Mediamatic moved into Post CS in 2004. We moved out in July 2008.

  • Exhibition: the Dutch influence on Arabic type

    Dutch designers' involvement in the production of Arabic printing types from the 17thC to present day

    A timely and positive way to promote cultural exchange and tolerance between the West and the Arab world.

  • The Typographic Matchmaking Project: Developing…

    Willem Velthoven interviewing the Typographic Matchmaking Type Designers: Nadine Chahine, Gerard Unger, Tarek Atrissi, Peter Bilak, Pascal Zoghbi, Lucas de Groot, and Lara Assouad Khoury.

  • Writing From The Margins

    Technological Narratives of Arabic Typography

    Narratives of Arabic typography shift between technological exclusion, historical resistance, and cultural rediscovery. From negotiations surrounding the display of Arabic script by Internet browsers

  • Article Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares

    International Design Forum, in Dubai

    Moutamarat's first annual design forum in Dubai.

    Dubai. May 27 - 29, 2007. Promoting design as a critical tool for cultural understanding and commercial excellence.

  • Book: Derrick de Kerckhove 1 Jan 1995

    The skin of culture

    Investigating the new electronic reality

    This book presents a daring vision of the electronic media and the nature of reality in a world increasingly wired to technology.

  • Article 24 May 2007

    MS Embedded Open Type format

    Microsoft proposing the MS Embedded Open Type format

    Microsoft is ready to propose to the World Wide Web Consortium (the W3C) that they adopt the MS Embedded Open Type format for all browsers and platforms.

  • Project, Font Family Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares

    Fedra Arabic: balancing legibility with…

    New Arabic companion to the Fedra font family

    This project is a collaboration between the renown type designer, Peter Bilak, and the Arab type designer Tarek Atrissi.

  • It's not hard to be nice

    20 years Stifo party@De Duif 18 April

    Tonight Kompromat is going to rock out at the 20th anniversary of the Dutch Cultural Broadcasting fund. All producers of cultural vibes- filmmakers, rock stars, artists and wannabes are going to be...

  • Shatana, International Artist Workshop

    Inviting artist applications for a two-week workshop

    Shatana International Artist Workshop 3, Jordan is inviting applications for its 2-week workshop residency program in Shatana, Jordan from the 3rd until the 17th of July 2009. Shatana workshop is...

  • Installation

    Miss F. looking for Friends

    Dear Ladys and Gentelman, I would like to initiate a new project called "Miss Francfort", and I´m looking out for suggestions and partners to realize it....

  • Dirk Van Weelden, Jorinde Seijdel 1 Jan 1998

    Lizareebiekoe Ahobschkoh

    Today, most art still conforms to a cultural model in which the artist regulates his dealing with the historical and topical cultural environment by making public a form that is definitive and...

  • Cozy Noord

    This bike route runs through various neighborhoods of Noord, offering you the opportunity to discover the different architectural styles of the borough. Cozy is a problematic translation of the...

  • Book: Doreen Massey 1 Jan 1994

    Space, Place and Gender

    This new book brings together Doreen Massey's key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines. In addition, the author reflects on the development of these ideas and outlines her...

  • The dating chronicles

    Confessions of a dating researcher

    Since february I started doing research on Mediamatics datingsite. Perhaps you noticed me if you are working at Mediamatic. I'm that guy doing something, or some things hidden behind his screen

  • Mediamatic dating

    Mooi en innovatief?

    Tussen alle dating drukte in de media en op internet, kan er op de site van Mediamatic ook gedate worden. Maar wat is de meerwaarde van Mediamatic dating? Hoe speels, mooi en innovatief Mediamatic...

  • Let's all go Dutch

    Eat bacon pancakes with sugar syrup, talk politics at parties and always start your conversations with a question. What does it mean to be Dutch, exactly? Is it possible to become, or stop being...

  • 1 Jan 1997

    Community with an Object

    Developing Business in Developing countries

    Mediamatic Lab built a cool web 2.0 community network for Dutch Development Aid organisation NCDO. BiD Network uses semantic web, FOAF and tagging to help entrepreneurs in developing countries build...

  • An interview with Kareem Lotfy

    Cairo, the tale of love and hate.

    Over a big plate of sushi, some green tea and lots of wasabi, we discussed Kareem's experience of Amsterdam, living in Cairo and feeling like a tourist.

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