A bucket of Japanese calligraphy
Posted by fawzi | Filed under Miscellaneous, On the side
Oh.. the horror! after an anticipated wait and rush to get there on time.. this Japanese calligraphy 'performance' which, according to the 'artist', requires a daily exercise to stay inshape and a lot of embodiment of body and soul. Two minutes of mediation.. and then a 'piece of art' was born.. kill me slowly.. black hole, anyone?
Tags: calligraphy, horror, japanese
A series of unfortunate TVCs… and press ads!
Posted by fawzi | Filed under Arabic, Featured Articles, Print
It doesn't take a rocket scientist — or a design critic for all that matters — to frown at the entire range of TVCs that SEDAR has in its portfolio... all of which seem to have the lowest budget of production with the highest budget for media.. and for what..? Curtains!
When the Arabic voiceovers coupled with the tacky royalty-free sound loops are a disaster, they are nothing in comparison to the English versions which are obviously so bad that they come with English subtitles as well.. Karaoke anyone?! Read more »
No they didn’t!
Posted by fawzi | Filed under Arabic
So.. 4 years ago.. I shared a sample of an Arabic Nokia logo with my Iran client with the objective of showing what 'not to do'.. unfortunately.. this 'thing' came to light a couple of days ago in Syria.. on an outdoor... with the English slogan slapped onto it to make it even worse!
Forgive me Arab world.. for I have sinned!
Arabic album art covers
Posted by fawzi | Filed under Arabic
Some of the ugliest album art covers ever are the Arabic ones. We [Arabs] tend to take a picture, slap a headline with any available Arabic typeface and then (for a strange reason) add the Latin text vertically as if it's a cheap motel sign calling people to stop by. If Arabic music is noise according to some people, they shouldn't even attempt to look at these albums!
Bring on the comments!
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Exceptionally cool video
Posted by fawzi | Filed under Miscellaneous
Although this is completely irrelevant to anything Arabic or from this region, this video is worth looking at. Shot at 1,000 frames per second, everything in this video appears strange and seems to defy gravity.
Mostly 1000FPS shots, made during a recent rugby competition in the Stade de France, Paris. Read more »
Tags: cinematography, slow motion, video