Three posters of mine were all shortlisted in competitions around the globe.
Two of them made it to the Best Hundred Arabic Posters (Round 2) in Cairo, Egypt.
The third one was in the Poster For Tomorrow shortlist in Paris, France.
The third one was in the Poster For Tomorrow shortlist in Paris, France.
All three were among the top 150 picks of the best of the best amongst 4000+ posters. These posts all include photography, hand lettering, photo-editing, photo- retouching, photo-montage.
01: Don't Kill Me
This first piece was made after a building in Beirut, Lebanon, named Gemmayze 651, mysteriously collapsed. It really hurt to see this art-deco monument just painfully fall because of 'secret alternative motives.' The poster features cutouts from articles talking about the historical loss we experienced.
Instead of taking this loss and forgetting about it, I painted ‘Don’t kill me’ using an old, dead Arabic script on the facade of the remains, and took a picture.
02: Car exhaust-
(-ing our planet.)
(-ing our planet.)
The above is explaining what is happening with the ozone layer, and, in a few words, it's not doing well. A primary reason is the car exhausts' emission of toxic gas in the atmosphere. And that perfectly sums up, in a few words, the idea behind the poster. It reads in Arabic: 'What the hell are you doing?' and simultaneously, 'Car exhaust.'
In case you'd like to read more about the poster, please feel free to check the description on the posterfortomorrow website here.
03: That's me in a poster
(I know you read that to the tune of Losing My Religion.)
(I know you read that to the tune of Losing My Religion.)
Nothing to say here, except, this is just where I make my magic. This is a collage of things you'd find on my desk, and some calligraphy trials I have made over the years. This piece was also auctioned to Bank BEMO sarl Lebanon, and is currently hanging at one of their branches.