Overview

I started my design career in branding agencies in 2003 by working in different animation studios. Lack of good Arabic typefaces when I was studying graphic design made me interested in typeface design. This lead me to design a typeface for my thesis which later was chosen as one of the best typefaces of the last decade in 2011 by Association Typographique Internationale, and finally it was published by Typotheque. I have designed the Arabic companion for some of the most well-known Latin typefaces, including Fedra, Kohinoor, Diodrum and Award winning Harir typeface.

After receiving MA in Type & Media from Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) I established my studio "Bahman Design" in The Hague, The Netherlands. The summary of the projects I've worked on are listed below. By clicking on every project you will be taken to the client's website and there you can discover more about the details of every project. These days I'm mostly involved in designing custom typefaces. If you have an installation that needs coding or you want an animation or custom typeface drop me a line the and we can talk about it. You can find my contact information by clicking at the Contact at the top.

Key skills

Expert in Arabic typography with excellent proficiency in design applications (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop). Specialized in creating dynamic simulations, rendering, shading and subdivision modeling (Maya, Renderman). Proficient in Python, familiar with C++, Xcode, Javascript, HTML and CSS.

Education

Master of Type and Media

Royal Academy of Art (KABK) | The Hague, The Netherlands | 2014 - 2015

Bachelor of Graphic Design

University of Tehran | Tehran, Iran | 2005 - 2010

Awards

Letter.2 | Association Typographique Internationale, United States
Harir - Best typefaces of the decade | 2011

Publications

Typotheque
Harir - Reducing noise in Arabic script | 2013

Projects

Commercial Type
Font developer | Graphik Arabic | 2017
Mastering of the font family by converting the Glyphs app files in Robofont, fixing inconsitencies in Arabic shaping by restructuring the files and writing the OpenType Features from scratch for the Arabic part of the font faimly.

Black Foundry
Type Designer / developer | Read (font family for Groupe Renault) | 2017
The lead designer on Arabic script part of the font family, wrote the OpenType features and built the structure of the font for Arabic script (Arabic, Persian, Urdu).

Indian Type Foundry
Type Designer / developer | Kohinoor Arabic | 2016
Designed an Arabic companion for the Latin typeface, developed the font software for publishing resulting in 5 fonts. In December 2016 Kohinoor Arabic has been displayed in the New Design Museum in (Kensington) London.

Indian Type Foundry
Type Designer / developer | Diodrum Arabic | 2016
Designed an Arabic companion for the Latin typeface, developed the font software for publishing resulting in 6 fonts. Diodrum Arabic was selected among favourite typefaces of 2016 by Typographica.

Tptq-Arabic
Type Designer / developer | Fedra Arabic | 2016
Designed an Arabic companion for the Latin typeface (Fedra Sans, Fedra Serif, Fedra Display), developed the font software for publishing resulting in 13 fonts.

Typotheque
Creative Coder | Greta Mono | 2015
Created the type specimen showcase using Python.

Karel Martens
Creative Coder | Guy's Hospital | 2015
Developed two applications which was uesd to create the new visual identity of the Guy's Hospital in London.

Karel Martens
Lead 3D Artist | Martin Bril Paviljoen | 2015
Created the animation to simulate the monument for the dutch writer which later was placed in Utrecht on the 'Kanalen Eiland'.

Hanuz Publications
Type Designer / developer | Hanuz Typeface | 2014
Designed the custom typeface for the publication house.

Kivso Co.
Graphic Designer | Kivso Co. | 2013
Designed the logotype and pictograms for different sections of the conglomerate.

Typotheque Co.
Creative Director - Lead 3d Artist | Harir Animation | 2013
Created the promotional motion typography from directing to final rendering.

Typotheque Co.
Type Designer | Harir Typeface | 2013
Designed the Arabic Typeface, extended the character set to support common corresponding languages. Wrote the Opentype features from scratch and shipped the binary fonts for distribution.

IRIB broadcasting - TV5
Creative Director - Lead 3D Artist | TV Ident | 2010
Created 4 TV Idents for different programs of TV5.

Raeika Pictures Studio
Lead 3D Artist | Dubai bridges | 2008
Modeled the construction, created shaders and lighting for the TV commercial.

Raeika Pictures Studio
Lead 3D Artist | Lorel & Hardy short animation | 2008
Modeled and textured the characters, supervised animators for the animation.

Raeika Pictures Studio
Lighting Artist - Compositor | Centipede | 2008
Created the shaders and lighting for photo realistic rendering of the character.

IRIB broadcasting - TV4
Lead 3D Artist | TV Ident | 2006
Created the models and animated the graphics according to the storyboard for the TV ident.

Simaye Novin Pictures
Lead 3D Artist | Various Projects | 2000-2006
The lead 3d Artist in the team as Matte Painter, Visual Effects expert, Character Designer and Animator to create CG animations for feature films, TV commercials and TV Idents.

Exhibitions \ Voluntary work

Letter Lords & Caligra Freaks | PIP - Den Haag | 2016
Created the music video using python and typography for the exhibition in collaboration with Jasper Terra.

Gerrit Noordzij Prize | KABK (Royal Academy of Art) | 2015
Developed an application for the video installation in the exhibition and also for the graphics on the walls inside the exhibition.

Jahate Etela Magazine | Iranian Graphic Designers Associations (IGDS) | 2013
Designed the layout for two numbers of the magazine.

Farsi Type Design | Meshki Publishings | 2012-2013
Provided articles and materials and designed the structure of the website.