Speaker Antoine Abi Aad

Antoine Abi Aad is a committed educator, visual communicator, and researcher. He holds a Ph.D. and MA degree from the University of Tsukuba in Japan as well as a DES from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in Lebanon. Universidade de Brasilia in Brazil, Hong Kong Design Institute, IIT Bombay in India, Greenside Design Centre in Johannesburg, Russia Institute of Business and Design, Nara University of Education in Japan, École Supérieure des Arts Visuels in Morocco, Boston University, and Yale University in New Haven were some of the universities that requested guest lectures and workshops.

Antoine’s resume included 65 exhibitions in 20 countries and 36 cities. Since 2005, he has impacted the lives of 2279 students by sharing his skills through 67 workshops and 127 courses with 57 universities and academic institutions in 23 different countries.

Antoine’s passion for letters, including typography, calligraphy, and handwriting, stems from his persistent dedication to research and experimentation. His proficiency in a variety of scripts, such as Arabic, Latin, and Japanese, inspired him to investigate the subtleties of writing directions—downward, upward, and leftward—and how they relate to advertising, motion graphics, animation, and visual communication.

Antoine has served in a number of leadership roles during his career, including Vice-President of i-cod (previously Icograda) from 2015 to 2017, Head of the Department of Graphic Design and Visual Communication at Lebanese University, and Chairperson of Typoday Amman 2020.