Part 1: Randa Abdel Baki
Bilingual typographic systems
This presentation focuses on typographic bilingual systems suggesting functional methods that combine Arabic & Latin scripts in effective layouts. The study showcases bilingual projects in Lebanon, highlighting the work of typography students at the Lebanese American University. The proposed dual typographic systems will help designers to create successful bilingual structures when faced with the challenge of combining different scripts of opposite directions and forms.
Part 2: Pascal Glissmann
Exploring bilingual signs
Moving to Beirut – a multilingual place – creates a new perception of urban typography. This visual journey explores the dense signage of this cosmopolitan city.
Randa Abdel Baki
Randa Abdel Baki is a scholar, design educator, graphic designer and an artist living in Beirut. She is currently the chairperson of the Graphic Design Department at the Lebanese American University. She graduated and worked extensively as a designer and art director in New York. Concurrently, her artwork has been…
Pascal Glissmann
Media Designer (New York)
Pascal Glissmann is a media designer, artist, scholar and founder of the studio subcologne. He is currently Assistant Professor of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons The New School for Design. Pascal holds an MFA in Media Arts/Media Design from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and a BFA in…
