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Showing posts with label design. Show all posts
Talking to the design agency behind the new Lebanese passport

Talking to the design agency behind the new Lebanese passport

Handwritten passports are a thing of the past... except in Lebanon, where they were still officially issued to citizens until mid-2016. ...

After moving countries, a Lebanese home décor designer took her business to Etsy

After moving countries, a Lebanese home décor designer took her business to Etsy

When Beirut-based designer Faten Baassiri made the move from to New York City, she had to build her career from scratch. Her starting po...

Listen to the adorable children's animation that invigorates the Arabic alphabet

Listen to the adorable children's animation that invigorates the Arabic alphabet

When you first look up "Arabic alphabet" on YouTube, the top result is a hyper-religious video where each letter corresponds...

Sagmeister & Walsh construct psychedelic worlds for Aizone

Sagmeister & Walsh construct psychedelic worlds for Aizone

If you've ever wondered why Beirut-based luxury fashion retailers Aïshti and Aïzone's advertising campaigns are so delightful - ...

Beirut Madinati talks design, social media, and colors

Beirut Madinati talks design, social media, and colors

Lebanon's municipal elections are in TWO DAYS! Unlike past terms, there's a new crew in town this year. If you haven't heard...

Citizen design maps Lebanon's bus routes

Citizen design maps Lebanon's bus routes

It's no secret that Lebanon offers little to no public services in getting us from point A to B.  The national bus sy...

Creative community pays tribute to Beirut Madinati

Creative community pays tribute to Beirut Madinati

With a politically unaffiliated campaign highly focused on well-being and infrastructure, Beirut Madinati, the volunteer-led team runni...

When avant-garde meets Arabic

When avant-garde meets Arabic

If you thought mastering calligraphy on paper was incredibly difficult, then imagine the difficulty in sculpting it out of dense metals...

 The bike movement in Lebanon is getting stronger than ever

The bike movement in Lebanon is getting stronger than ever

Those bike lanes that don't exist? They're slowly getting busier thanks to immense collective efforts like that of The Chain E...

2015 Beirut gift guide for every character type

2015 Beirut gift guide for every character type

It's that time of year again. If your panic attacks are beginning to unleash, you're in the right place. Like last year , I'...

In Random News, Your Favorite Cartoons Have Invaded Beirut

In Random News, Your Favorite Cartoons Have Invaded Beirut

Noor Tabet and Kristine Nakad flawlessly Photoshop some of our most-loved cartoons into Beirut's landscapes. It's a quirky way t...

'Angel Drones' carrying care packages fall from the sky in this tear-jerking video

'Angel Drones' carrying care packages fall from the sky in this tear-jerking video

Happy Ramadan to the peeps celebrating. In the spirit of the month, nuts connoisseur brand Al Rifai launched a video to raise awareness ...

What your teta's carpet would look like if it were high

What your teta's carpet would look like if it were high

We all have that carpet at home. It's red, black, and oh blimey, I forget what it looks like. No one ever really acknowledges it. Me...

This is how you design a menu for the Lebanese & Middle Eastern market

This is how you design a menu for the Lebanese & Middle Eastern market

Think of the time you had to prep a work resume. Hell? Yeah, that's pretty universal. Working with a plentitude of text and an allo...

if BuzzFeed's headlines were in Arabic, they'd sound like this

if BuzzFeed's headlines were in Arabic, they'd sound like this

Since Lebanon's headlines already sound pretty ridiculous - and with increased readership of satirical news outlets and blogs (inclu...

Crowdsourced Hunger Games Cover Art for C U NXT SAT

Crowdsourced Hunger Games Cover Art for C U NXT SAT

YES to crowdsourced social media content, YES to art. I came across C U NXT SAT's Facebook competition for its Hunger Games-themed...

Charmed by Bokja

Charmed by Bokja

I've been charmed! I didn't find Day One of Beirut Design Week to be all that special, but I was glad to have went - because B...

See what you hear: a look at Lebanese album art

See what you hear: a look at Lebanese album art

What do a prism refracting light, a naked baby swimming towards a dollar bill, and the Hindenburg disaster have in common? They’re all i...

Don't Throw That Bottle Out Just Yet

Don't Throw That Bottle Out Just Yet

.. it belongs in better places. As the base of a lampshade, for one.

Real-time Marketing Done Right: Ingenious Ads in Response to #StripforJackie

Real-time Marketing Done Right: Ingenious Ads in Response to #StripforJackie

Woohoo! Let's all welcome real-time marketing to Lebanon, because it's officially a thing. Previously, few brands have exploited...