31.10.07

Complicity



Mona Trad Dabaji is a lebanese painter and teacher.
She collects old doors & windows, saved from demolition wreckages, and uses them as a support for her paintings, granting them a chance of rebirth inside new interiors.

30.10.07

...and the dog



Hamra, near AUB; the stencil of the three people we've been seeing around.
And the dog!
Picture taken from "Photo Beirut" blog.

28.10.07

"Mourir partir revenir c'est le jeu des hirondelles"



Zeina Abi Rached's new comic book, published by Cambourakis.
The book tells a part of the author's story during the 80's war in Lebanon.

27.10.07

Mur du Sang



"Mur du sang", literally "wall of blood" depicting the 1982
invasion of Israel over Lebanon. By caricaturist Stavro Jabra.

26.10.07

Vintage Vog



Advertising illustration by John Raidy.
In 1985, Raidy instructed Advertising Design at The American University of
Beirut (AUB) and introduced airbrush Illustration courses at "Académie Libanaise
des Beaux Arts" (ALBA).
John Raidy is the person behind Retouch agency

25.10.07

Singing in the rain



Found on Benoit Debbane's website.
Advertising and logos section.

23.10.07

Biking in style



Airbrush design on helmet by Hady Beydoun.

22.10.07

The Big Fall



Short animated film, written and directed by Antoine Waked;
art and animation by Michel Dani.

21.10.07

Le Desert



Wassim Maouad and Danielle Kattar animated this short for a textbook series;
Palmito MS, published by Samir Editeur.

18.10.07

Marwan Kanaan



3D modeling illustrator Marwan Kanaan is using new technology software
such as "modo" to paint and render his visuals. You can see his 3D works
gallery here.

17.10.07

Kerbaj and Copenhagen



- "The dark skin and the blue butterflies"
- "You cannot know that you are an arab if you never walked in the streets of Copenhagen."
- "I HAVE BLACK HAIR"
Mazen Kerbaj was obviously in Copenhagen!

16.10.07

Cupid



Sticker graffiti, on a phone booth in front of AUB
(American University of Beirut), Bliss street.
Picture taken from Leb Graffiti.
We would love to meet the author of these "cupid" characters!

15.10.07

Mini Fu




Mini Fu Reloaded icon set, by Joumana Medlej
60 icons of Wushu and Taiji Quan techniques.
you can download it on her website!

13.10.07

Laure Ghorayeb



- To marry, again and again and again.
September 15, 2006.
Mixed visual with original drawing of 1988.
Excerpt from her book "33 jours" published in January 2007 by Amers Editions.

10.10.07

Where is the next bomb?



Beirut conversations these days by illustrator Lena Merhej.

9.10.07

Do I imagine all that?





A series on Beirut, illustrated by Adonis Massad,
a young graphic designer living in Beirut, Lebanon.

5.10.07

Joumana Medlej



Freelance illustrator and a graphic designer graduated from AUB
(American University of Beirut). Joumana medlej is also a story-boarder and a writer.