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this is revolutionary + help

William — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:00:04 +0000

why is it that people without the deepest pockets are deprived from surrounding themselves with beautifully designed stuff? today, i'd like to ask your help with something that's been bothering me for a while. it's this feeling that i'm sure many of you felt.

how do you tell kids about waste management?

williamchoukeir — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:19:14 +0000

our customer, The Environmental Fund for Lebanon (EFL - GTZ) asked for a poster and flyer to educate the citizens of Aytaroun about waste sorting, recycling, and composting. more than that. we wanted to create a behavior change. instead of just telling people what's the best way to go about things, we wanted the kids at school to take action in their homes. we wanted them to start the sorting from their homes. and posters don't appeal to kids. kids like to interact and create. we proposed, designed, and implemented an interactive sticker-poster. a poster where children could peel off various waste items scattered on the floor, and stick them inside either the organic bin, or the non-organic bin. the kid in the poster is saying: "help me stick these stuff inside the right bin because i don't know. i've started with the cheese, where do i put the water bottle?"...

Internship Program & Culture of Spirituality*

williamchoukeir — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:28:22 +0000

we're starting a new internship program, here's what i'm thinking: as a vegan design studio, we want to create a culture of people sensitive to their environment, a culture of people who cannot do harm, a culture of people who are connected to nature and life around them, a culture of people who aim for a world without suffering. ... and this is where the internship program starts...

casa-mabrouk! casafekra exclusive agent of green for lebanon & middle east

williamchoukeir — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:42:54 +0000

casafekra recently received full exclusivity as an agent of green (italy) in Lebanon & the Middle East. we've been working with casafekra for a little while now, and have become more than partners. we've become one team, working together for the success of casafekra. the following "framed" illustration is our gift to casafekra celebrating the event. small, but meaningful and expressive. a gift that represents what the createseats initiative aims to do with the act of giving gifts.

Vitrine Pictures & Vitrine on the news

hanane — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:06:58 +0000

[ January 8, 2010 8:30 am to January 31, 2010 8:30 am. January 8, 2010 8:30 am to January 31, 2010 8:30 am. ] Vitrine made her way through the media from the first week! Al Akhbar Published an article in arabic: Vitrine بيروت الدمى إن حكت another article in french is published by iloubnan: «Vitrine» de Nehmé Nehmé au théâtre Al Madina: la vie derrière la vitre also Kootoob blogged about Vitrine here are some photographs; teasers for those who didn't watch it yet (it's every thursday, friday, saturday, sunday at 8:30 pm at Al Madina theatre hamra.)

Vitrine: Julia Kassar & Aida Sabra play two mannequins from the 80′s

hanane — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:22:27 +0000

we first met Nehme Nehme (the play director) a year ago in a workshop with George Meran (who introduced the concept and the different techniques of lighing for film and photography). the energy during the workshop was so beautiful . the group had a potential so powerful that Nehmeh refused that we split apart after the workshop. he suggested creating a circle of friendship under the concept of "reciprocity" - exchanging things with mutual benefits. we met many times, we shared our dreams, our visions. Nehme had Vitrine as a dream...

Hanane Kai Illustration & Photography Blog

williamchoukeir — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:18:59 +0000

and when it comes to illustration and writing, she has made the fastest progress i have ever seen in any person i know. this alone should be a source of inspiration to a lot of people who underestimate themselves. this is a blog not to be underestimated > www.hanane.me

Ashley Choukeir (phebe) animation Demo Reel

williamchoukeir — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:27:37 +0000

Ashley phebe choukeir works with .:therefordesign... on animation projects. she's one of the more gifted/talented animators around. and definitely the most dedicated to mastering every aspect of animation. enjoy the demo reel! we did :)

“lamiss” the lame ostrich. the making of createseats

williamchoukeir — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:41:28 +0000

since there's that perfectly intriguing blog post entitled: "the one with the personal secret behind the createseats initiative." why not complete the story with the making-of, by .:there for design...

Maya Zankoul’s Amalgam – book signing

williamchoukeir — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:49:22 +0000

[ August 12, 2009; 12:30 am; ] The book: Maya Zankoul's Amalgam launch and signing will be on 12 August 2009, at Art Lounge, 6:30PM.

iQ font, when driving becomes writing / Full making of

williamchoukeir — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:48:13 +0000

Two typographers and a pro race pilot collaborated to design a font with a car. The car movements were tracked using a custom software. visit the post to Download the font.

Copyright handbook for illustrators & writers | يوميات فكرة مسروقة

William — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:00:30 +0000

We're glad to announce the free download of 'يوميات فكرة مسروقة' a handbook for illustrators, writers, and the creative community about the copyright law in lebanon. Also for download: a sample contract, a contract checklist, and the detailed design & printing specifications of 'يوميات فكرة مسروقة'. We'll also cover: the complete process, photos of the final product, the invitation for the launching event of the book, a newspaper article about the event, and the creative commons license governing 'يوميات فكرة مسروقة'.

THE KORDZ brand image . Beauty & the East album launch

William — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:07:00 +0000

THE KORDZ launched their new album 'Beauty & the East' and their new brand image; all designed by .:there for design... Inside you'll see the process, the end result, the new album, lots of photos from the launching concert at Nova!

Wallpaper you can color yourself!

William — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:21:21 +0000

wallpaper you can color yourself!

This is what happens when you drink pepsi!

William — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:59:30 +0000

It's as if Pepsi is telling us: "This is what happens when you drink Pepsi!"

Wolda is accepting logo designs for 2009

William — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:51:27 +0000

[ February 21, 2009 to June 30, 2009. February 21, 2009 to January 31, 2010. ] Get your logo published in an outstanding international design publication and receive a free copy of the Wolda'09 printed annual (priced at €96,00)! Wolda is the high-profile graphic design award scheme that rewards the best logos and trademarks designed throughout the world, it's a powerful marketing tool to promote yourself or your design firm. Now, the whole world can take part! This means that you can even submit from Lebanon! (now for Students too!) You can participate in one of 2 categories:

Beirut World Book Capital 2009 – A fund to promote book reading in Lebanon

William — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:10:00 +0000

A dear friend of mine read the first post of this blog and said: I really like it, but you're gonna have more visuals and less text from now on, no? Did you notice that as centuries go by, people read less? And those of them who do read, actually just look through the visuals; Well, not all of them it seems, as the nice chaps at the UNESCO declared Beirut as the World Book Capital for 2009. So there must be still be people who actually read...

Can a Design Studio be Vegan?

William — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:49:24 +0000

Welcome to the blog of the design studio that's there for design ... and for animals too! Fortunately, the launching of our blog coincided with a very important and personal decision we just made. Sure you've noticed the Tag line: "the vegan design studio", but this wasn't always the case...