Shaping Visual Narratives: The Art of Design and Storytelling | Maya Moumne & Hatem Imam
We interviewed the founders and director of the Beirut based design studio, Studio Safar, Maya Moumne and Hatem Imam. We talked about taking the first steps to opening an independent studio branching into publishing with their “Journal Safar” and their experience working on different projects across the globe.
Maya Moumne is a Beirut-based creative director. She is the co-founder of Studio Safar, a dynamic and exploratory design and art direction studio whose name evokes just that: Safar being Arabic for travel. She is also the creative director and co-founder of “Journal Safar,” Beirut’s independent visual and design CULTURE magazine. Her work spans different media and design frameworks such as publications, exhibitions, album artwork, editorial photoshoots and communication strategies. Her work has been displayed in various cities in Europe and the Middle East, and featured in magazines such as “It’s Nice That,” “Monocle,” “Vogue,” “Brownbook,”“Harper’s Bazaar” Japan, and various others.
Hatem Imam is a visual artist and graphic designer. He holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut (AUB), and an MA in Fine Arts from the University of Creative Arts in Canterbury, UK. He is the co-founder and creative director of Studio Safar, editor-in-chief of “Journal Safar,” a co-founder of “Samandal” Annihaya record label. He has been teaching at the department of Architecture and Graphic Design at AUB since 2007.
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