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    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...

  • Mediamatic Post CS

    Office and exhibition space 2004 - 2008

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

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • The Enchanted Canary*

    Contemporary Arabic Children's Books

    'If I do not mistake, you come from far. May I ask where you are going?' 'I will tell you,' answered Désiré, 'though most likely you will laugh at me. I dreamed that in the land of the sun there was...

  • The Current Market for Arabic Fonts

    Recent Developments and Consumer Needs

    The Arabic type market has changed dramatically in the last few years, and this has been mainly inspired by recent technology developments, globalization and the growth of the Arab graphic design...

  • 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.

  • animation film Edo Smitshuijzen

    Persepolis, story of an Iranian childhood

    An animated biography of an Iranian woman

    Sometimes the story about important developments in the Arab world are best told by reports about personal experiences. And sometimes the narrative can be more poignant when represented in a simple...

  • 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 Landscapes of the Arab World

    Research on Aesthetic Trends and Legibility

    Tarek Atrissi’s will present a research on aesthetic trends and design conventions in the Arab world, through the analysis of selected current practices in Arabic type design, corporate identities

  • Project, Font Family Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares 24 May 2007

    BigVesta Arabic: legibility in monumental…

    New Arabic companion to the BigVesta font family

    This project is a collaboration between the renown Dutch type designer, Gerard Unger, and the renown Arab type designer Nadine Chahine.

  • 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

  • Project, Font Family Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares 23 May 2007

    Fresco Arabic: western Latin meets western Kufi.

    New Arabic companion to the Fresco font family

    This project is a collaboration between the renown Ducth type designer, Fred Smeijers, and the Arab type designer Lara Assouad-Khoury

  • 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.

  • Yay! El HEMA nominated for Dutch Design Prizes!

    Vote for us if you like El HEMA

    We're very proud that we have been nominated for the Dutch Design Prizes. We're also on the shortlist for the Audi(ence) prize. And that's where you, dear reader, come in... You can vote for El HEMA...

  • Winnaar van de EL HEMA Designprijs!

    Satellite Dish Sticker

    Schoteltje, schoteltje aan de wand...

    Sticker voor op je schotelantenne; Origineel schotel-motiefje, nu om BBCarabic, Al Jazeera of Show TV mee te ontvangen...

  • Book 26 May 2007

    WITH/WITHOUT

    Spatial Products, Practices and Politics in the Middle East

    Published by Bidoun and Moutamarat on the occasion of the first International Design Forum, May 27-29, 2007 Edited by Shumon Basar, Antonia Carver and Markus Miessen Featuring: Mauricio Guillen, Yto...

  • Vaat–i–Maatjes publiekslieveling

    Hollands en Arabisch op z'n huiselijkst

    Tijdens de Museumnacht konden de bezoekers van El HEMA stemmen op de inzendingen van de Ontwerpwedstijd die Mediamatic organiseerde. De vaatwashandschoenen met handbeschildering in Arabiserende stijl...

  • TheMix Arabic: balancing handwritten and…

    This project is a collaboration between the renown Dutch type designer, Lucas de Groot, and the renown Arab calligrapher and designer, Mouneer Al-Shaarani.

  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 9#1 Hein Masseling 1 Jan 1998

    Kauffman

    Origins of Order

    If you ask questions on the origin of species, ecosystems or other complex biological structures, the answers will undoubtedly include the term 'natural selection'. Natural selection, as formulated...

  • Persbericht 22 augustus 2007

    Eerste FabLab van Nederland

    Mediamatic maakt tijdens EL HEMA FabLab publiek toegankelijk

    Amsterdam 22 augustus 2007 — Het eerste, publiek toegankelijke, FabLab van Nederland opent zaterdag 25 augustus bij Mediamatic. Het FabLab is een openbare werkplaats waar gewone mensen met digitaal...

  • BigVesta Arabic: legibility in monumental…

    New Arabic companion to the BigVesta font family

    This project is a collaboration between the renown Dutch type designer, Gerard Unger, and the renown Arab type designer Nadine Chahine.

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