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Same but not Similar—afternoon

Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Pl. Jussieu. Check in 15 minutes before session start time.

15:00-18:00 GMT+2
3-hour half-day afternoon session

The Square Kufic is one of the types of Kufic script styles. It is based on geometric forms where the positive and negative spaces have the same width/proportions. 

Participants will design posters based on the same word, but each will design it differently using different methods and forms.

Workshop participants are kindly asked to bring a laptop with Adobe Illustrator installed.

Workshop duration: 3 hours

Total number of spots available: 10

15:00-18:00 GMT+2
3-hour half-day afternoon session

Nada Abdallah
Speaker

Nada Abdallah

Artist, Designer, Educator, Founder of Bilarabic Design Festival and Director of Meta.motif masterclasses, Holds a Bachelor Degree in Visual Communication from the American University of Sharjah and an MFA from the Lebanese University. Prior to joining University of Sharjah, taught design at the Higher Colleges of Technology, Lebanese University and Lebanese International University. Won several awards in Design and Photography, and sponsored numerous winning students’ projects. Work exhibited in Lebanon, UAE, Greece, Korea, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, KSA, USA and other. Active since the early 1990s, her work and research focus on Arabic Calligraphy and Typography, and prehistoric motif design.

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