Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Sina Fakour
In this episode of Khatt Chronicles, Yara Khoury Nammour interviews France-based Iranian educator and independent type designer Sina Fakour. They discuss his design teaching and the paths one can take as a graphic designer. They unpack his ideas on designing thinking, research, creative coding, type design, publication design, and a range of other graphic design practices. They zoom in on his type design process, how he develops his concepts, his interest in multiscript typeface design, and how he introduces this to design students in France. They discuss his postgraduate research work on the Linear Elamite script at the Atelier National de Recherches Typographique (ANRT) in Nancy, France. Finally, we learn about his personal ambitions and publishing desires and the struggles of balancing all aspects of working as an independent designer.
Khatt Chronicles
Khatt Chronicles, in collaboration with afikra, features remarkable designers, illustrators, and researchers from the Arab World, in engaging conversations about their practice, vision, and aspirations. A podcast series that chronicles and introduces the latest explorations in Arab visual communication and material culture.