Kristyan Sarkis is a 27-year-old graphic and type designer from Lebanon, currently based in the Netherlands. He holds a BA in Graphic Design from Notre Dame University, Beirut and an MA of Design in Type and Media from the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague.
His primary motivation is his fascination with the endless forms of Arabic calligraphy.
First Prize for Arabic Text Typefaces
Granshan 2012
Winning project: Colvert Arabic
Certificate of Excellence in Type Design
TDC2 2012, Type Directors Club
Winning project: Greta Arabic
Certificate of Excellence in Type Design
TDC2 2011, Type Directors Club
Winning project: Thuraya
Letter.2 Competition, 2011, ATypI
Association Typographique Internationale
Selected project: Thuraya
Exhibitions
2012
RIGHT — TO — LEFT, Berlin.
TDC exhibitions. U.S., Canada, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, Spain and Vietnam.
Letter.2 winners exhibition, ATypI conference, Hong Kong.
Granshan winners exhibition, ATypI conference, Hong Kong.
2011
TDC exhibitions. U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Russia and Japan.
Publications & Articles
Colvert, Achieving Harmony Through Diversity
Intverview by Yves Peters with Jonathan Perez, Natalia Chuvatin, Irene Vlacou & Kristyan Sarkis
www.fontfeed.com, 2013
The Influences of Greta Arabic
www.typotheque.com, 2012.
Introducing: Visual Identities for Small Businesses
Gestalten, Berlin. 2012.
*In collaboration with Rocío Martinavarro
Type Directors Club TDC, New York. 2011.
Arabesque 2: Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia.
Gestalten Books, Germany, 2011.
Thuraya: an imperial font's new face
Interview by Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares.
www.khtt.net, 2011.
Arabic Calligraphy and Type Design
www.typotheque.com, 2011.
Kyoorious Magazine, Issue #8, Mumbai, India, 2011.
158 Answers
Typotheque, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2011.
Type&Media, the Hague Type Design School, by Irina Smirnova
Projector Magazine, Issue #14, Saint Petersburg, Russia 2011.
Arabic Font Specimen Book
Uitgeverij De Buitenkant, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2009.
ISTD ME: 72 dpi ride, by Diane Mikhael.
ISTD Condensed, Issue #02, International Society of Typographic Design, London, England, 2007.
Clients
Mediamatic
Mohtaraf Beirut Graphics
Rocío Martinavarro
Typographies.fr
Typotheque