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    Matthias Hillner was born in Germany, where he trained first in photography, then in visual design. He received his MA in Communication Art and Design at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in 2001, and...
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  • The Typographic Matchmaking Project: Developing…

    Willem Velthoven interviewing the Typographic Matchmaking Type Designers: Nadine Chahine, Gerard Unger, Tarek Atrissi, Peter Bilak, Pascal Zoghbi, Lucas de Groot, and Lara Assouad Khoury.

  • Khatt projects

    We live to work!

    Here is an overview of our projects past, present and future.
  • Khatt Font Project Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares

    The Typographic Matchmaking 01 project

    Building cultural bridges with typeface design

    10 Arab and Dutch designers collaborate on designing Arabic companions for Dutch fonts

  • Exhibition: the Dutch influence on Arabic type

    Dutch designers' involvement in the production of Arabic printing types from the 17thC to present day

    A timely and positive way to promote cultural exchange and tolerance between the West and the Arab world.
  • conference program

    Khatt Kufi Kaffiya, the printable symposium…

    Lectures are described in detail with timings and links to the speakers' biographies.

    The symposium program has been evolving and includes topics of every aspect of contemporary Arabic visual culture and identity, going beyond the stereotypes of what is associated with Arabic culture...

  • Mediamatic Post CS

    Office and exhibition space 2004 - 2008

    Mediamatic moved into Post CS in 2004. We moved out in July 2008.

  • Symposium Program

    Khatt Kufi Kaffiya | Symposium on Arabic Visual Culture

    We'll have the whole day to ourselves in the theatre of the brand new public library of Amsterdam (OBA) Admission and registration is from 9 on and the programme starts at 10:00 sharp. We'll have...

  • The Enchanted Canary*

    Contemporary Arabic Children's Books

    'If I do not mistake, you come from far. May I ask where you are going?' 'I will tell you,' answered Désiré, 'though most likely you will laugh at me. I dreamed that in the land of the sun there was...
  • Book 1 Aug 2007

    Typographic Matchmaking

    This book is now available for ordering online from Nijhof & Lee and BIS Publishers.

    As the world moves forward towards a more international (design) society, the need for fonts that can support multi-scripts becomes imperative. Technology is now capable of supporting many scripts on...
  • Previously on view in the Amsterdam Biennale: Kai-Ting Lin, XAN

    Taipei Pavilion

    Beauties behind the glass box, selling Bīnláng 檳榔 (Betel nuts)

    Together with four other cities, Taipei opened its pavilion on Saturday 14 November 2009 with the presentation of a Taiwanese tradition: the betel nut beauties. Until 3 January 2010 in the Amsterdam...
  • Project, Font Family Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares

    Fedra Arabic: balancing legibility with…

    New Arabic companion to the Fedra font family

    This project is a collaboration between the renown type designer, Peter Bilak, and the Arab type designer Tarek Atrissi.

  • Waterland, Monnickendam and Marken

    If you want to escape the urban bustle of Noord, the area northward from Noord has a lot to offer. Countless walking and biking trails are indicated in Waterland. You can go out on a small motor boat...
  • Book: Richard Rojcewicz

    The Gods and Technology

    Richard Rojcewicz

    The Gods and Technology is a careful and original reading of the principal statement of Martin Heidegger ’s philosophy of technology, the essay Die Frage nach der Technik (“The question concerning...

  • Thank you

    Everyone who helped put Noord on the map

    Our project team, the artists and designers, sponsors, friends, Noorderlingen and other informers.

  • Shatana, International Artist Workshop

    Inviting artist applications for a two-week workshop

    Shatana International Artist Workshop 3, Jordan is inviting applications for its 2-week workshop residency program in Shatana, Jordan from the 3rd until the 17th of July 2009. Shatana workshop is...
  • Mediamatic Magazine 3#2 John Archibald Pump II 1 Jan 1988

    Amérique

    America! Immeasurability, senseless repetition, metaphysical monumentalism. radical indifference, pure outward appearance, indomitable vitality, a savage but splendid ritual, the vain and absolute...

  • Love and hate, holiness and cruelty

    Diana Marrone talks about Naples

    Diana Marrone is of the curators in the Amsterdam Biennale and a guide for Naples (Italy) on the Mediamatic Travel website . She tells about the love-hate relationship she has with her city. Read...

  • Writing From The Margins

    Technological Narratives of Arabic Typography

    Narratives of Arabic typography shift between technological exclusion, historical resistance, and cultural rediscovery. From negotiations surrounding the display of Arabic script by Internet browsers

  • Cozy Noord

    This bike route runs through various neighborhoods of Noord, offering you the opportunity to discover the different architectural styles of the borough. Cozy is a problematic translation of the...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 8#2/3 Florian Brody 1 Jan 1995

    My Home is my Memory is my Home

    Is my home where my heart is or where my computer is? Is home where I want to be or where I am?

  • Rising in the East

    Rising in the East: Contemporary Asian New Towns examines not only the urban designs, the architectural and urban character of these New Towns, but also the intricate political, economic, and social...

  • An interview with Engy Aly

    "There are much, much more Arabs and Muslims than I have ever seen in my life outside of an Arabic country."

    July 2010. Engy has been living and working in Amsterdam-Noord for a few weeks. She was kind enough to share her first impressions, and tell us a little bit about her background.
  • Project

    Shrinking Cities

    Cities are shrinking all over the world!

    Shrinking cities are a cultural challenge to us. In the Shrinking Cities project, architects, academics and artists investigate recent developments in Detroit, Ivanovo, Manchester / Liverpool and...
  • Article Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares

    International Design Forum, in Dubai

    Moutamarat's first annual design forum in Dubai.

    Dubai. May 27 - 29, 2007. Promoting design as a critical tool for cultural understanding and commercial excellence.

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