Ramallah | [2019]

An in depth knowledge of Israeli culture, observed from afar and re-lived over the course of one long, hot summer, were the motivation behind this typeface.

Hebrew and Arabic, Arabic and Hebrew, completely intertwined. As is the reality of living anywhere between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean Sea. Its inner order and ways of being may seem like total chaos to the outside observer. Layers and layers of visual and cultural complexities are found almost everywhere, playing off historical references, half truths, hopes, and washed away memories.

Classic Semitic glyphs and phrases are incorporated into nowadays street slang in this pre-election series of interventions.