BIDOUN safhe

I came across Bidoun and Pages recently; two Middle Eastern art, design and culture magazines featured in Print.

Also noteworthy is Tarek Atrissi's forum for arabic typography.

Where are the Urdu typography magazines? Or are we still struggling with the language... ?

WARMING UP

This was a very random sketch which grew out of a desire to explore charcoal. I enjoyed the immediacy of the medium and, despite struggling with the conviction that my sketches have a tendency to be too rigid and contrived, i ended up creating something so freeflowing that i really do like best of all i have displayed here.

CRISIS CENTRE- LONDON-XMAS DAY

I sketched these while minding exit points at the Crisis Centre over Christmas. I used a Derwent Watersoluble Graphitone Pencil, 4B.

POLAROID EXCURSION EP 3

I took these outside Acoustic Cafe in Islington. It was a particularly blue day.

ENDLESS CUPS OF COFFEE

I sketched this at the British library (same day as the polaroids below) I suppose there was just something about all these people sitting amidst books at the cafe taking a break from whatever it was they were busy beavering about with that inspired the image. Also, i had been up the night before and this was, i think, perhaps my 4th cup of the day...
Medium: Charcoal, pencil and drawing pen.

POLAROID EXCURSION EP 2

I shot these at the British Museum just before closing time. The light inside was so dim that the camera, despite the flash could only capture so much.

POLAROID EXCURSION EP 1

it works!