AUK Students Participate in Nuqat Design Conference at GUST

Seven AUK graphic design majors took part in the two-day 'Nuqat Design Conference' held at Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) on October 24-25, 2010. Mr. Tarek Atrissi, an internationally known graphic designer, lectured and facilitated the two-day session.

The conference and the workshop theme was "Visual Pollution in the Arab World," and explored the notion of social activism and how design can reinforce awareness in our communities.

At the workshop, students conceptualized and created a prototype highlighting the contributing factor in visual pollution such as: signage, shop logos, packaging, supermarket layout, environmental issues, etc. By the end of the second day, students ended up with creative ideas related to the theme "visual pollution." Their solutions tapped the notion of awareness.

One of the AUK students, Sepideh Behebehiai, said of the experience: "In the two-day workshop Tarek taught the students the most important thing any artist or designer could teach and that is how to sustain creativity during the creative process, and that to be able to have a dialogue about the process can help students express their ideas and guide them accordingly. This was a really great experience for me to attend this workshop and meet him."

Another AUK student, Dalal Marafie, said: "The Nuqat experience was very fascinating for me because it made me think of things from another perspective. By another perspective I mean looking at things from a detailed way rather than an overview or a general way. Additionally, I'd never heard of something called visual pollution; however, this term made me think twice of my work. It was very challenging to turn all the bad typography, billboards, ads, signs and much more into something that is unique. Importantly, seeing other students' work made me understand that people sometimes see things I barely notice which was a great turning point to the things I view. Overall, I am very glad I participated I this event."

AUK participants included: Fatima Al-Sughayer, Dalal Marafie, Sepideh Behbehani, Lamia Al-Salahi, Farideh Moradi, Reem Al-Huwaidi and Maha Ali.

Auk students participate in nuqat design conference at gust

Fatima Al-Sughayer - Ezaaj - Visual Pollution

Auk students participate in nuqat design conference at gust