Pascal Zoghbi (Lebanon) graduated in July 2006 with a Master of Design from the Type & Media course at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. In 2002 he received his Bachelor Degree of Arts from Notre Dame University in Lebanon. Prior to his postgraduate studies, he worked in Beirut for several years as a graphic designer in print and web design. He is an independent type and graphic designer since August 2006 and he is currently a part-time instructor teaching graphic design and typography courses at NDU (Notre Dame University) and LAU (Lebanese American University).

WORK EXPERIENCE

February 2008
Arabic type design consultant. Consulting a corporate Arabic typeface for "FedEx" in USA. I am working on the font in collaboration with "AscenderCorp" in Chicago and "Landor" in California..

February 2008
Arabic type design. Creating a corporate Display Arabic typeface named "Bukra" for "Ibn Battuta Mall" in Dubai. The font is the companion of "Futura Extra Bold" .

January 2008
Latin/Arabic type design. Creating a corporate Drop Initial typeface for "Alef magazine" with the collaboration or Huda AbiFares, Dubai.

November 2007
Arabic type design. Creating an Arabic Headlines typeface for "Al Rouiah" newspaper, Kuwait.

October 2007
AXt arabic font mastering for "Typotheque" (Peter Bilack) for Fedra Arabic, The Netherlands.

August 2007
Art Director & Arabic Typographic work for the “El-Hema” exhibition and the “Khatt Kufi & Kaffiya” Symposium. Khatt Foundation & MediaMatic, Amsterdam.

May 2007
Arabic type design. Creating an Arabic Headlines typeface for "Emarat Al Youm" newspaper in Dubai in collaboration with "InnovAtion",London.

April 2007
Arabic font mastering for "LucasFonts" (Lucas de Groot) for TheMix Arabic, Berlin.

February 2007 – Present
Type design projects with BrandCentral (Shatchi & Shatchi), Beirut.

September 2006 – Present
Type design projects with Ascender corporation, Chicago.

July-August 2006
Arabic type designer. Collaborated with Martin Majoor (renown Dutch type designer) on an Arabic type that will be the companion for FFSeria. The font is part of the "Typographic Matchmaking 01" project of the Khatt Foundation organized by Huda AbiFares. Amsterdam & Dubai.

November 2003 – September 2005
Graphic designer (Typographer) at "Alarm, design & publishing", Sabbag Bldg., Patriarch Howayeck Street, Beirut. Designed publishing projects, events, corporate identities & others. Well-known clients Microsoft EastMed & USJ.

April 2003-April 2004
Military Service, Lebanese Army.

October 2002 – March 2003
Web designer at "Netways s.a.r.l." ,9th floor, Mathaf Center, Ashrafieh, Beirut. Designed more than 40 static & animated web sites.



TEACHING EXPERIENCE

October 2006 – Present
Part time instructor at the Notre Dame University (NDU) in the Faculty of Architecture, Art and Design teaching design and typography courses.

February 2008 – Present
Part time instructor at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in the Faculty of Design teaching typography courses.

February 2007 – January 2008
Part time instructor at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in the Faculty of Design teaching typography courses.


EDUCATON

October 2006 – July 2006
Master of Design in Type and Media. The Royal Academy of Arts [KABK],
Type and media postgraduate course,
The Hague, The Netherlands.


July 2002
Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, Typography (highest distinction).
Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon.



LANGUAGES

Fluent: Arabic & English
Reasonable: French



AFFILIATIONS

Member in "The Khatt Foundation".
Member in ATypI "Association Typographique Internationale".
Member in ISTD "International Society of Typographic Design", London.
Member in the Red Cross First Aid Rescue Teams, Cornet Chehwan, 203 Center.
Member in the Saint Joseph Scouts, Cornet Chehwan, Metn, Lebanon.



AWARDS

The Visual Identity Dutch Design Prize 2007 for "EL HEMA" project.



HOBBIES

Reading, cycling, camping, running (marathon runner) & traveling.