This workshop introduces participants to the main rules and guides of working with the Arabic Square Kufic Form and ways to create experimental forms inspired by it. Participants may use their own scripts to generate words that imply connection and communication.
Date
Saturday, December 4th 2021
Square Kufic Interactive Workshop
Speaker
Nada Abdallah
Professor
University of the Arts Sharjah
Artist, Designer, Calligrapher, Typographer, Researcher, and Assistant Professor of Visual Communication at the University of the Arts Sharjah. Founder of the FiftyFifty Traveling Lettering Exhibition and the Bilarabic Design Festival, and President of ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale). She holds a BS in Visual Communication from the American University of Sharjah and an MFA from the Lebanese University. Received several awards in typography, design, and photography. She has served as a juror for various competitions, including the Type Directors Club (TDC), and her work has been exhibited in Lebanon, UAE, Greece, Korea, Egypt, KSA, the USA, and others. Her work and research focus on Arabic calligraphy, typography and prehistoric motif design.