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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pre-1900: Sources of Inspiration for Arab Design : Decoding Islamic Visual Language -- Early Arabic Printing -- 1900-1919: Artists and Calligraphers: Early Designers : Foundation of Art Education in the Arab World -- Arabic Calligraphy Designers -- Early Arab Advertising -- Arab Philately -- 1920-1939: Design for the Masses : The Formation of Arab Magazines and Newspapers -- The Arabic Typewriter -- Design for Cinema -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 1990-2000: Rebirth of Arab Design : Post-Lebanese Civil War Influx of Talent -- Inspiring the Next Generation -- The Artist Designs.

"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 360 colour 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"-- Provided by publisher.