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Here is an overview of our projects past, present and future.
Next to this community website, we do projects in the arab world and beyond.
Kitabat student exhibition -
Delegate (Erik Brandt from VCU Qatar) at the special student typographic posters exhibition, for the Kitabat Conference
Typographic Matchmaking project 01- detail of book cover
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event:
Dubai,
Traffic
Project Mulsaq, Dubai exhibition
The first Khatt Design Collection of Wall Stickers
13 Nov 08 > 5 Dec 08
The limited edition collection is available for sale in main major design outlets in the UAE – including Traffic and 50ºC – and on...
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event:
New York,
TCD
Fresco Arabic Wins TCD2 2008 Award
For excellence in Typeface Design
29 July 08 18:00 > 22 Aug 08 17:30
Congratulations to our Khatt members Lara Assouad-Khoury and Fred Smeijers for their achievement!
The Fresco Arabic Font designed...
- Project:
A turning point for Arabic typography and design
Report on the Khatt Kufi & Kaffiya symposium and the Typographic Matchmaking project presentations.
The Typographic Matchmaking project ( Arabic fonts and book ), the Khatt online community (www.khtt.net), the Khatt Kufi and Kaffiya ... -
conference:
khatt kufi & kaffiya
The Khatt Foundation Symposium on Arabic Visual Culture
24 Aug 07
Khatt and Mediamatic will host a full day of lectures, presentations and celebration of new Arabic cultural expression, at the theater...
- Khatt Project:
Typographic Matchmaking fonts in public spaces
The BigVesta Arabic font used in Guggenheim exhibition design
the Vesta and BigVesta Arabic fonts are used on large scale environmental graphics and lettering for the Saadiyat Island Cultural ... -
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Orientalia : Lead, Light and Letters
Exhibition on Arabo-Dutch Type Design from the 17th-21st Century.
A timely and positive way to promote cultural exchange and understanding between the West and the Arab world, and put the topic in...
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event:
Project Mulsaq, competition
The Khatt Design Collection of Wall Stickers
Reinvent our space, bring the Middle East home The Khatt Design Collection Competition, a Limited Edition of Wall Stickers by... -
event:
Art Lounge, Beirut
Khatt Fonts
Matchmaking Amsterdam-Beirut
15 Dec 07 19:30 > 22 Dec 07 11:55
Please join us in Beirut for the opening, if you can.
Arabic type, book launch and art exhibition. 15 Lebanese designers and visual...
- Khatt Font Project:
The Typographic Matchmaking 01 project
Building cultural bridges with typeface design
10 Arab and Dutch designers collaborate on designing Arabic companions for Dutch fonts El HEMA got awarded the Dutch Design Prize!
We are pleased to announce that the 'El HEMA' exhibition was awarded the Best Dutch Design Awards 2007 in the visual identity category, ...-
event:
Dubai,
American University in Dubai
The Kitabat conference
The first major Arabic calligraphy and typography conference in the Middle East.
5 Apr 06 > 8 Apr 06
Hosted by the Visual Communication Department at the American University in Dubai, in partnership with the Khatt Foundation (Center for...