Bahia Shehab, Haytham Nawar

Broschiertes Buch

A History of Arab Graphic Design

Beschreibung

Spanning a century of artistic output, this stunningly illustrated book traces the people and events that were integral to the shaping of a field of graphic design in the Arab world. With over 600 color images and featuring the work of leading designers from Morocco to Iraq, it is at once an invaluable resource tool for graphic designers and a dazzling visual record of a period of immense social and political change.

Autor

Bahia Shehab is professor and founder of the graphic design program at the American University in Cairo. An artist, designer, and art historian, her work has received a number of international awards, including a TED Senior Fellowship, a Prince Claus Award, and the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture. Her publications include A Thousand Times NO: The Visual History of Lam-Alif (2010). Haytham Nawar is chair of the department of the arts at the American University in Cairo and the founder and artistic director of Cairotronica, a festival of electronic and new media arts in Cairo. An artist, designer, and Fulbright scholar, his work has been shown at many local and international exhibitions. His research interests include design history and practices with a focus on the Arab world and Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 209mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1226g
• ISBN-13: 9789774168918
• ISBN-10: 9774168917
• Artikelnr.: 53544322