I’m Maria
I believe that good design is honest design, it does not compromise on meaning or usability, it is understandable, powerful yet humble. It is socially responsible and benefits from the technological evolution.
ABOUT
I have been working as a visual communicator for the past 16 years and I still feel the same excitement of a new challenge every time I receive a new brief. I enjoy putting my design skills to find solutions that create experiences, build empathy, facilitate understanding, document stories and make a stand. I am also a design educator, which challenges my design curiosity and allows me to share my design passion and experience.
I enjoy the design outcome as much as the process. I believe that a project driven by a thorough analysis and an adaptable approach leads to a solid solution.
A SMALL SUMMARY
Masters of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Academy of Art, University, San Francisco, SF.
Masters of Art in Graphic Design
London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK
BS in Graphic Design
Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Founder and Creative Director of Kubik Graphic Design Studio
Graphic design studio, Beirut, Lebanon
Associate Chair of the Art and Design Department
LAU – Lebanese American University – Lebanon
School of Architecture and Design
Assistant Professor of Practice
LAU – Lebanese American University – Beirut Campus, Lebanon
School of Architecture and design, Art and Design Department
Adjunct Faculty
LAU – Lebanese American University – Beirut Campus, Lebanon
School of Architecture and design, Art and Design Department
Facilitator on the panel “Connect With Your Future”
LAU – Lebanese American University – Beirut Campus, Lebanon
Writing the city typographic layers/ Workshop
Scientific College of Design, Sultanate of Oman – Muscat
100 Years of Design / Lecture
Scientific College of Design, Sultanate of Oman – Muscat
Tutor in Tasmena workshop: Designing Change
Tasmena / mena labs – Bastakia, Dubai
Panel Speaker: Design as reform
Mena talks – Shelter, Dubai / Moderator: Alia Farid Abdal
A talk on information design
Notre Dame University – Lebanon | Lebanese American University – Lebanon
Thesis Project Work published in “The Graphic Design Process: How to be successful in design school” book by Anitra Nottingham (Author), Jeremy Stout (Author), Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019
Bronze award in the 2015 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards for “Metamorphosis, LAU Graphic Design Alumni Exhibition 2014” in the Design, Multi-page Publication category
Juror for the national graphic design competition “Act for the disappeared awareness campaign”
Poster for the 16th International Poster and Graphic Arts festival of Chaumont under the theme “Everything human is our concern”
Arabic font designed and published as part of “From Calligraphy to Typography” in Novum magazine (Germany) issue 05, 2002, and posted on arabictypography.com