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05JanJanuary 5, 2022

Towards Tomorrow at Expo 2020 Dubai

Fast forward to September 2020. The Abraham Accords were signed, marking a new era or regional collaboration. And for Aravrit? A new world of possibilities. Last week I got the chance to see the 13 meters sculpture in Dubai.SurrealMovingMind blowing It was so unrealistic that I didn’t really think it’s going to happenAlmost three years ago, I was asked to design hopeful words to be displayed in Dubai and represent Israel at Expo 2020.Back then, Israel and Dubai didn’t have diplomatic relations.UAE is...

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08JunJune 8, 2021

Human in Active Gallery

The dailiness of Aravrit is what I was thinking of, when Michal from 3X3 Active Gallery asked to exhibit HUMAN in their street-facing gallery. HUMAN, is a part of a three-window exhibition, facing a street in Tel Aviv. Being a part of the street, reacting to the street. I'm humbled to have Aravrit displayed next to Dani Karavan's words (designed by Rotem Cohen Soaye) and Neil Cohen's work. If you are around, come check it out. On display until July 31. This is probably...

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05MayMay 5, 2021

Is Aravrit a work in progress?

We are kicking off a new blog post series of Q&As on Aravrit. Its progress, challenges, inspiration and much more. Ready for our first question? Is Aravrit, the hybrid writing system which combines Hebrew and Arabic is still a work in progress project or is it finished? The short answer is yes, it's still in progress. This project started seven years ago and it's still in progress since then. Actually I don't even think it will ever be a finished project....

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06JanJanuary 6, 2021

Our word of the year for 2021- TRUTH

Choosing a word of the year and being intentional I love reviewing the year and planning ahead, and mostly love reading people's New Year resolutions. 2020 was so wacky, that I found it very hard to plan for 2021.However, I did set some intentions, and mostly: our 2021 word of the year.Drum roll, please!Our word of the year is TRUTH.Truth, our word of the yearThis year, through multiple cases, I had to look deep into Aravrit's true essence and what...

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04NovNovember 4, 2020

Scrips and people don’t live in a void

Scrips and people don't live in a void Those moments There was a moment, a very specific moment when I realised that scripts don’t live in a void. They live together, interlaced, in Israel’s urban environment: Hebrew, Arabic and English. Each script is affected by surrounding scripts, which in turn influence them back, a symbiotic relationship. In Israel, most signage, in particular official signs for roads and streets, feature text in three languages. Even though the letters are usually cluttered, we never miss...

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03AugAugust 3, 2020

The Ethical Path

The Ethical Path A new word in Aravrit, as it turns to be, goes through a long and winding road.The decision to go on the ethical, fair trade route with the Aravrit hug T-Shirts started a few years ago, just when the dream to create T-shirts become real. I was trying to find some places to manufacture the planned shirts and stumbled upon an Israeli documentary on the global fast fashion industry. ⠀It was one hour I’ll never forget. I was shocked by...

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02JulJuly 2, 2020

How do I design a word in Aravrit?

A new word in Aravrit, as it turns to be, goes through a long and winding road.I receive many requests for typing a word for someone, thinking that it would be easy since it’s a font. I explained why this is not the case in the past. In this post, I want to share with you parts of the process that every new word goes through. And what would be a better way, than to use the new hug word for...

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19SepSeptember 19, 2019

Learning from children

Children, sometimes show us what we have already forgotten.When kids are meeting Aravrit for the first time, they simply read the words. We, as adults, often need a hint on how to first approach the coded symbols. But the young minds are free from preconception. They recognise parts of letters they recently learned to identify, and that is enough for them to understand the content. We see this time and time again in workshops: there is always a child who...

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