Development board (technologies sketches)

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION BLACK AND WHITE

ALEXEY BRODOVITCH’S WORK (DESIGN STYLE) AS INPIRATION : BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY AND LAYOUT

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION COLOR

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION BLACK AND WHITE

ALEXEY BRODOVITCH’S WORK (DESIGN STYLE) AS INPIRATION : BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY AND LAYOUT

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION COLOR

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION BLACK AND WHITE

ALEXEY BRODOVITCH’S WORK (DESIGN STYLE) AS INPIRATION : BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY AND LAYOUT

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION COLOR

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION BLACK AND WHITE

ALEXEY BRODOVITCH’S WORK (DESIGN STYLE) AS INPIRATION : BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY AND LAYOUT

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION COLOR IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION COLOR IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION COLOR AND BLACK/ WHITE: IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ISLAMIC ART WITH ISLAMIC FASHION

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

RESEARCH POSSIBLE PROJECT OUTCOMES: ISLAMIC ART INSPIRATION

How Islamic Art relates to design (Repositioning Islamic art)

History of Islamic Art and Geometric Design

So how is geometry seen as divine / Spiritual in Islamic art?

Meaning and Design

A circle is clearly recognized as an endless object In other words, circles are infinite and this reminds Muslims that Allah is infinite.

According to BBC, Art is defined as the representative of culture and its world views. The art of the Islamic world reflects its cultural values and also reveals the spiritual realm and the universe. For every Muslim, reality begins with Allah (God) who is at the heart of worship and aspirations and thus the focus of their lives. So the focus point of Islamic art is spiritual representation of objects and beings and not their physical qualities.

Muslims do not replicate nature as it is created by Allah but they try to convey what it represents. This allows the artist and those who are at the exposure of the art to get closer to their creator – Allah.

Beauty to a Muslim is always and will always be an attribute of the divine. In one of the hadiths, prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) said; “Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty.” (Sahih Muslim).

Islamic Art Geometry Islamic art is highly dominated by a common feature of covering surfaces which are already enclosed with geometric patterns. The reflection of the language of the universe is dominated by the use of geometry to help the believer reflect on life and the overall greatness of creation by Allah.

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

The impression of endless repetition created by the complex geometric designs helps Muslims to get an idea of the infinite nature of their creator – Allah The over repeated patterns in Islamic art also indicate that within the small, you can find the infinite. Therefore a single detail of the pattern involves or signifies the infinite total.

NB: The most particular ways in which Islamic art represents nature and objects to convey their spiritual qualities and not their physical / materialist qualities is through use of patterns. These repeated geometric patterns often make use plant motifs which are called arabesque. Stylized Arabic lettering is also common.

In a typical traditional Islamic world, it is a high benchmark to integrate arts and crafts into everyday life. The sense behind this is that as Islam is essential to every part of a Muslim’s life and makes it beautiful, so Islamic art should be used to make the things Muslims’ everyday life more beautiful.

The emphasis in Islamic art is on beautification/ ornamentation rather than on art for art’s sake. Islamic art traditionally comprises of a combination of calligraphy, geometric and floral designs considering the prohibition on the portrayal of human forms.

These familiar characteristics of Islamic art must articulate something important to the Islamic spirit, preference for orderly, symmetrical arrangements and purely geometrical ornamented forms in particular should be considered.

Memory is a tool that permits documents to be recorded, kept and recovered. Memory is a constantly changing activity, choosing both significant and non significant objects to be recalled and disregarded. Through the process of seeking distinctiveness for a Muslim woman a journey to the past through retrieving the history of geometric patterns in Islamic art is ultimately a perfect approach to transfer and demonstrate a general aura as an outcome of a combination of modern western fashion trends with the Islamic traditions without disregarding the Muslim woman’s beliefs and general religious sensibilities.

From an absolutely traditional perspective, geometrical designs being complimentary of any symbolic meaning (like in Islamic art), could express a general aura of spirituality without offending religious sensitivities.

Identifying a memory can be anything that transpired or occurred several years and in this case the use of geometric shapes/ patterns in Islamic art exists way back in history of Islamic art and architecture.

In addition symmetric pureness and arrangement of patterns could stimulate a sense of beauty and it could free and evoke the intellect rather than trap it in the delusion of simple representation.

The projects seeks to devise means of how constantly changing memory can be interpreted.

Characteristics of Islamic art Symmetry and Geometry

Religious beliefs made Geometry and Islam

Visual:

The use of geometric shapes to create visual statements about religious ideas by (Jane Norman, Consultant Museum of Art)

DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPED ISLAMIC ART DESIGNS ISLAMIC PATTERN WITH IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION ISLAMIC PATTERN WITH IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPED ISLAMIC ART DESIGNS ISLAMIC PATTERN WITH IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DESIGNS PAGE COMPOSITION ISLAMIC PATTERN WITH IMAGE AND TYPE

HANAN HUSSEIN • MA INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN • FINAL MAJOR PROJECT • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT