Draft:Marwan Kaabour

Marwan Kaabour
Marwan Kaabour
Born	1987; Beirut, Lebanon
Alma mater	American University of Beirut; London College of Communication;
Years active	2011–present
Website	marwankaabour.com

Marwan Kaabour (born 1987) is a Lebanese graphic designer, artist and writer based in London.

Early life

Kaabour was born in Beirut. He described his family as "loving and supportive", his mother a painter and his father a musician and actor.^[1] He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut in 2009. He subsequently relocated to London, where he pursued a Master of Arts (MA) at the London College of Communication.

Career

After completing his MA, Kaabour joined the design firm Barnbrook Studios as a designer and later senior designer. He designed Disobedient Objects, a companion book to the 2014 V&A museum exhibition of the same title,^[2] and the graphics for the Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick exhibition at Somerset House in 2016.^[3] He headed the design of Rihanna's 2019 autobiography.^[4]

In 2019 Kaabour founded the online initiative Takweer and in 2020, he opened his owned design studio.

Via Saqi Books, Kaabour edited and published his debut non-fiction book The Queer Arab Glossary in summer 2024. The book features illustrations from Palestinian artist Haitham (Charles) Haddad.

Bibliography

The Queer Arab Glossary (2024)

References

^ Keens, Oliver (24 May 2024). "Marwan Kaabour chats about his book, The Queer Arab Glossary". The Bookseller. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ Gosling, Emily (4 June 2014). "Disobedient Objects". Design Week. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
^ Gosling, Emily (16 June 2016). "Barnbrook Studios creates identity for Kubrick exhibition at Somerset House". It's Nice That. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
^ Long, Molly (18 October 2019). "Barnbrook designs Rihanna's new autobiography". Design Week. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

Category:Alumni of the London College of Communication Category:Artists from Beirut Category:Book designers Category:Digital artists Category:Lebanese graphic designers Category:Lebanese expatriates in England Category:Lebanese LGBTQ people Category:Poster artists Category:Typographers and type designers

[1] Keens, Oliver (24 May 2024). "Marwan Kaabour chats about his book, The Queer Arab Glossary". The Bookseller. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[2] Gosling, Emily (4 June 2014). "Disobedient Objects". Design Week. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

[3] Gosling, Emily (16 June 2016). "Barnbrook Studios creates identity for Kubrick exhibition at Somerset House". It's Nice That. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

[4] Long, Molly (18 October 2019). "Barnbrook designs Rihanna's new autobiography". Design Week. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

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