Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World
afikra
45 episodes
2 weeks ago
Khatt Chronicles, in collaboration with afikra, features remarkable designers, illustrators, and researchers from the Arab World, in engaging conversations about their practice, vision, and aspirations. A podcast series that chronicles and introduces the latest explorations in Arab visual communication and material culture.
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Khatt Chronicles, in collaboration with afikra, features remarkable designers, illustrators, and researchers from the Arab World, in engaging conversations about their practice, vision, and aspirations. A podcast series that chronicles and introduces the latest explorations in Arab visual communication and material culture.
Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Walid Bouchouchi
Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World
57 minutes 21 seconds
9 months ago
Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Walid Bouchouchi
In this episode of Khatt Chronicles, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviews France-based Algerian graphic and designer Walid Bouchouchi. They discuss his journey into the field of graphic design, his move to France (first Paris, then Marseille), and his professional transformation along the way. Walid discusses the design education and practice in Algeria in caparison with Paris and Marseille. They unpack his ideas on designing, researching, type design, publication design, and other range of graphic design practices. They zoom in on his design process and the motivations behind his inventive typeface design and its relation to spoken language and Algerian Amazigh identity. They also discuss some of his main projects that carry personal meaning, focusing on immigration and feeling at home.
Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World
Khatt Chronicles, in collaboration with afikra, features remarkable designers, illustrators, and researchers from the Arab World, in engaging conversations about their practice, vision, and aspirations. A podcast series that chronicles and introduces the latest explorations in Arab visual communication and material culture.
