Projects
Visible Language Workshop
In with the New
Student cover design inspired by Visible Language Vol. 59.1 (2025), In with the New!. This bilingual reinterpretation mimics the original cover while integrating Arabic “اللغة المرئية” and English “Visible Language” through pixelated layering and typographic fragmentation. Both scripts are given equal visual prominence, reflecting dialogic hybridity within the postmodern design framework. Here, mimicry functions both as a technical exercise and a critical lens, exposing the challenges of adapting Latin-centric design strategies to Arabic typographic structures.
In the Spirit of Fluxus
Student cover design inspired by Visible Language Vol. 39.3 (2005), In the Spirit of Fluxus and Legacy. This bilingual reinterpretation references the original modular composition while introducing Arabic and Latin scripts in a layered configuration. Through mirrored disruption, transparency, and visual rhythm, the student creates a dynamic interplay between scripts that reflect postmodern hybridity and bilingual negotiation.
Student Special Issue
Student reinterpretation of Visible Language 52.3 (2018), combining modular English text with graffiti-style Arabic calligraphy. Featuring portraits of the students themselves, the cover channels a manifesto aesthetic rooted in youth identity and cultural voices. This design merges postmodern fragmentation with vernacular resistance.
Arabic Letterforms
The Arabic alphabet is always cursive and letters vary in shape depending on their position within a word. Letters can exhibit up to four distinct forms corresponding to an initial, medial, final, or isolated position.
Download Arabic Calligraphy eBook by Muwaffaq Abdulmajid
The Art of Spiritual Geometry. "writing is a spiritual geometry, thought by a material instrument."
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