Al Arabiya Magazine
An early presence of the letter on the cover, the page and the reading experience.
Mahmood Al Abadi was art director for more than twenty-four issues of Al Arabiya magazine, published by the Arabic Language Protection Association. The work included designing covers and pages, choosing colours, handling the relationship between text and image, and integrating calligraphic works into the magazine's visual structure.
The experience reveals the presence of design and cultural work at an early stage of his career, and the role of the letter in shaping a medium that reaches the reader.
The artist's role
Art direction, cover and page design, and the use of calligraphy in editorial design.