The encounter between Grotesque and Maghrebi letterforms with a few detours along the way, the story of the recently published typeface La Grotesque, co-written and designed with Francesca Bolognini, the other half of La Bureau. The typeface and article are available at TPTQ Arabic.

LaGrotesque typeface Naima BenAyed Francesca Bolognini La Bureau tptq arabic

أحْرُف وكَلِمَاتْ وقِصَصْ | Letters, words and stories is a fictional multi-scripts type design program set in North Africa.
Rooted in experiences, aspirations, and dialogue, it challenges the discipline's status quo and proposes a series of modules the readers can engage with. Published and supported by Futuress.

Naima BenAyed Futuress Letters Words and Stories Multi script type design program

Blended Type Family Stories is a collaborative research project on multi-script typography with Loraine Furter, Garine Gokceyan, Lisa Huang, Émilie Aurat and myself. Using decolonial and feminist approaches, it weaves diasporic experiences, personal and professional stories, and family anecdotes to rethink contemporary multi-script design. Read our article on Forum+.

Multi Scripts – Blended Type Family Stories LISA HUANG 黄丽莎, GARINE GOKCEYAN, LORAINE FURTER, NAÏMA BEN AYED, ÉMILIE AURAT

L.i.P (Liberation in Print) is a collective research project by Futuress exploring feminist periodicals. I contributed by studying Leïla, the first Tunisian periodical focused on women's emancipation. Read my article here and the full series here.

Leïla Tunisian periodical More than Just A Typo Naïma Ben Ayed Bureau Futuress L.i.P Collective

In 2018, along side Riccardo De Franceschi, 
I led a type design workshop at the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies in Yerevan, Armenia—a unique, free educational program for teenagers. The workshop was deeply collaborative and engaging, inspiring us to document the experience in an article published on Typographica

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