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I WAY TO ÄL is Äl Jawala’s anniversary album, presenting the essence of 22 years of musical wanderlust.

“The wild mixture of styles from the Freiburg-based band, which includes Balkan beats, African, Arabic, jazz and funk, is bursting with vitality.” — Stereo

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Moving Mountains is the first institutional solo exhibition of Saudi artist Ahaad Alamoudi, held between May and October 2024 at Hayy Jameel, an art center located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

From Hayy Jameel:

This ambitious new work continues Alamoudi’s expansive exploration of rapidly changing social and cultural environments, situating Saudi’s natural and urban landscapes as sites of possibility – punctured by effort and powered by fantasy – where both individual and collective attempts to do the seemingly impossible are imbued with humour, absurdity and, at times, hopefulness.

The exhibition title is set in Michaux (with a few modified letters) for the Latin, and 29LT Okaso for the Arabic. The artist’s name is in Georgia Italic. All other text is set in Greta Text. The color palette or light grey and warm brown reflect the title of the show, with the addition of a subtle, neon green pattern.

Note the modified letters in Michaux: in Bold, the uppercase M is a thickened version of the Regular; in Light, M and n are altered versions of the original glyphs.

Explore the world of houseplants with House Plants: A Simple Guide. This zine showcases ten easy-care plants, with simple tips for watering, sunlight, and propagation. Each plant comes with a delightful illustration that makes caring for it a breeze whether you’re just starting or already have a green thumb! The zine is accompanied by matching plant-themed cards.

The fonts in use are 29LT Okaso, 29LT Zarid Sans and 29LT Zawi, all by 29LT. Design by Maram Al Refaei with illustrations by Rana Samir. Photography by Fatima Hisham. Printed and published by Rizo Masr.

Catalogue for the Pavillon Belge à la 18e biennale d'Architecture de Venise, that is the Belgian Pavilion at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, designed by Studio Le Roy Cleeremans (Esther Le Roy and Sarah Cleeremans):

An inspiring fictional account that takes the form of an investigation conducted in the 2050s, Demeurer en mycélium / Living in Mycelium calls into question our voracious, extractivist production system by giving us an opportunity to see, feel and experience an alternative constructive world made from and with living materials, namely fungi.

The publication was edited by Vinciane Despret, Christine Aventin, Juliette Salme and Bento, and published by Cellule architecture.

The main typeface is Better Times, which anchors its skeleton in URW’s Nimbus Roman no. 9, a variant of the canonical Times. It was started by Adèle Gallé in collaboration with and for Studio Le Roy Cleeremans and triggered by this particular project. As of December 2023, it is work in progress and not available yet.

Better Times is paired with Uncut Sans by Kasper Nordkvist. The symbols seen on the book spine and also on some of the interior pages are derived from Clémence Fontaine’s Isobare.

Campaign identity designed for the Glenroy Film Festival for Merri-bek City Council, and curated by Melbourne Film Festival. The brief for the campaign was to engage, connect and bring joy to a diverse and multicultural community and to promote a pop up cinema featuring seven films in language over four days.

The Glenroy community is made up of over 50% migrants with the majority speaking Arabic, Urdu, Nepalese, Italian, and English. The solution was a bold graphic approach based on the universal language of film iconography, as well as colour and symbols inspired by the flags of the main cultural groups.

The primary font is 29LT Oskura by 29LT. Designed for both Latin and Arabic, it was was the perfect choice to create a bold, fun, contemporary, accessible result. Cera from TypeMates is used for information.

Monumental Shadows: On museums, memory and the making of history is a 320-pages bilingual publication designed by Madrid-based designer Clara Sancho for Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai. The publication, co-published by Art Jameel Publishing and Kaph Books in 2023, features new essays, commissioned works and a myriad of provocations to think through some of the most pressing debates around material heritage and museums today.

The combination of various fonts from 29Letters references the mix of contents of the book (from visual contributions and interviews to fiction and essays) and their provocative nature. In addition, the format, colours and design of the cover (hardcover, dark aubergine, content list on the cover) echoes in an subtle way the aesthetics of museum publications while the interior is a dynamic mix of different typographic styles, layouts and papers.

Edited by Art Jameel curators Nora Razian and Lucas Morin, with an intro by Antonia Carver

Contributions by: Pio Abad, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Rand Abdul Jabbar, Nora Al-Badri, Anahi Alviso-Marino , Noah Angell, Haytham El Wardany, Faustin Linyekula, Omar Berrada, Jumana Manna, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Marian Pastor Roces, Gala Porras-Kim, Michael Rakowitz, Uzma Z Rizvi, Alya Sebti, Dima Srouji, Akram Zaatari

Book cover for Mi libro madre, mi libro monstruo, the Spanish edition of The Book of Mutter, written by Kate Zambreno, translated by Carlos Bueno Vera and Violeta Gil, and published by La Uña Rota.

The typeface is the Latin part of 29LT Okaso, designed by Linda Hintz and available from 29LT. It’s here used in a customized form with hyper-extended glyphs.

Exhibition graphics for Pacita Abad: I Thought the Streets Were Paved With Gold, the Middle East’s first solo exhibition by the late Filipina artist Pacita Abad at Jameel Arts Centre. The exhibition was brought together by Nora Razian in collaboration with the Pacita Abad Art Estate and artist Pio Abad.

Images courtesy of Jameel Arts Centre. Photography by Daniella Baptista.