My Logo
coming up with a brand that is consistent is essential for identity and recognisably. After numerous iteration, it was finalised April 2019. My first name, 'Rakan' is written in Arabic, following the 'kufic' calligraphic font style. It is characterised by straight, angular form. My last name follows the same design language of kufic, but in English.
Nasher Museum
The range of works include K-12 tour outlines, Teacher Workshop materials, and Second Sunday signage
Below are two different agendas I designed for two different workshops I put together at the Nasher. Each reflects the museum's different identities (old and new) brilliantly created by Joel Johnson, our in-house Graphic Designer. In using his guide, I was able to design one-page agendas for my teachers to follow during the professional development.
Using Nasher's previous identity
Using Nasher's updated identity
The images below are designed for K-12 tours. I was responsible for conceptualising the theme and content using our current exhibition openings. Although not part of my job description, I decided to present it in a visually stylistic way to make training and following the tours easier and fun for my Gallery Guides.
The Celtic Arab Title
Learn more about The Celtic Arab game in "Master's Thesis"
DUHA x rakanillustrates
This project was challenged to take a powerful poem on submission and visualise the typography for a t-shirt design. It was part of an initiative to sell merchandise that would fund businesswomen in rural Niger to initiate and sustain their ideas to provide for themselves and their communities.
MWF Voter Guide 2022
In collaboration with Muslim Women For, we designed a voter guide for the Muslim community that was printed and distributed in the NC Triangle area. Social media posts were also designed as part of a marketing campaign. This was all in adherence to the brand identity and guide
What is Lost When Gained
Is a short story written, printed and published imagining a world where we have a 'unilanguage', connecting the entirety of humanity. This connection and standardisation comes at a cost however.
an entirely new language was designed and used for the short story
Two Opposing Quotes on Love, Screenprint
The project was meant to use a layered presentation of two opposing ideas on the same topic. I pulled a quotes on love from Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist", and a second from a well-known Islamic speaker. The word "LOVE" is the only common word between the two quotes.
Expressing Meaning Through Type
Now, merge the two words into one. What does the new meaning do?
