The four female graphic designers showcased in a group exhibition at Beirut Design Week are hoping their event will help bring change in an industry where "women aren't really taken seriously".
The Critical Mass: Women in Graphic Design brings together four designers with diverse styles. Photograph by Rima Sabina Aouf/Dezeen
The exhibition, titled Critical Mass: Women in Graphic Design, brought together the work of graphic designers Samar Haddad, Rana Zaher, Yasmine Darwiche and Stephy Ibrahim.
The four women all have diverse styles and practices ? from Haddad's pop-culture homages to Zaher's mythology-rich illustrations. This was part of the attraction for the organisers of Beirut Design Week, who wanted to showcase the breadth of these designers' interests. The exhibition was held at venue KED during Beirut Design Week in May. Photograph by Rima Sabina Aouf/Dezeen
"The majority of students in university who study graphic design are women, and most of them end up working in companies who do purely commercial work," Beirut Design Week creative director Doreen Toutikian told Dezeen.
"I felt like there wasn't a platform or a space where their artistic talents as graphic designers were appreciated, so we decided to bring these four women together for an exhibition. We picked these four specifically because they are quite new, very talented and have totally different styles."
Among the exhibiting designers was Stephy Ibrahim, whose work focuses ...