A history of Arab graphic design / Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shehab, Bahia.

Contributor:

Nawar, Haytham.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graphic arts--Arab countries--20th century.

Graphic arts.

Graphic arts--Arab countries--20th century--Pictorial works.

Graphic design (Typography)--Arab countries--20th century.

Graphic design (Typography).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Cairo : The American University in Cairo P., 2020.

Summary:

The first-ever book-length history of Arab graphic design. Arab graphic design emerged in the early twentieth century out of a need to influence, and give expression to, the far-reaching economic, social, and political changes that were taking place in the Arab world at the time. But graphic design as a formally recognized genre of visual art only came into its own in the region in the twenty-first century and, to date, there has been no published study on the subject to speak of. A History of Arab Graphic Design traces the people and events that were integral to the shaping of a field of graphic design in the Arab world. Examining the work of over eighty key designers from Morocco to Iraq, and covering the period from pre-1900 to the end of the twentieth century, Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar chart the development of design in the region, beginning with Islamic art and Arabic calligraphy, and their impact on Arab visual culture, through to the digital revolution and the arrival of the Internet. They look at how cinema, economic prosperity, and political and cultural events gave birth to and shaped the founders of Arab graphic design. Highlighting the work of key designers and stunningly illustrated with over 600 color images, A History of Arab Graphic Design is an invaluable resource tool for graphic designers, one which, it is hoped, will place Arab visual culture and design on the map of a thriving international design discourse.

Contents:

1. Pre-1900: Sources of Inspiration for Arab Design : Decoding Islamic Visual Language

Early Arabic Printing

2. 1900-1919: Artists and Calligraphers: Early Designers : Foundation of Art Education in the Arab World

Arabic Calligraphy Designers

Early Arab Advertising

Arab Philately

3. 1920-1939: Design for the Masses : The Formation of Arab Magazines and Newspapers

The Arabic Typewriter

Design for Cinema

4. 1940-1959: Arab Design and Modernity : Independence of Arab States

Design for Culture

Arabic for the People

The Father of Sudanese Graphic Design

Arab Graphic Design Pioneers

5. 1960-1969: Arab Design and the Palestinian Resistance : The Emergence of the Resistance Poster

Arab Centers of Knowledge

The Problem of Arabic

Second-Generation Arab Designers

6. 1970-1979: Arab Designers in Exile : The Lebanese Civil War

The Syrian Design School

Migrating Designers of Iraq

Design and Post-Socialism in Egypt

Arab African Design

Third-Generation Arab Designers

7. 1980-1989: Design and the Search for a New Identity : Arabic Typography

Lebanese Limbo

Sudanese Designers in the Diaspora

Egyptian Design after the Open Door Policy

Fourth-Generation Arab Designers

8. 1990-2000: Rebirth of Arab Design : Post-Lebanese Civil War Influx of Talent

Inspiring the Next Generation

The Artist Designs

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration credits

Index.

ISBN:

9781649031952 (ebook)

9789774168918 (pbk.)

9781649031952

1649031955

OCLC:

1259627612