Chantal Jahchan (New York)En Route: Reconsidering the Typographic and Linguistic Vernaculars of Mode

Chantal Jahchan (New York)En Route: Reconsidering the Typographic and Linguistic Vernaculars of Modern Lebanon, 2018“Although she originally set out to challenge the West to see – or not see – Lebanon in a certain way, through her design and research process Chantal realised En Route was about something else: how Lebanon sees itself. Instead of drawing conclusions on this subject, the publication poses questions. “Because digital type technology has only recently caught up with the complexity of the Arabic script, there are many unanswered questions about how we should move forward,” Chantal adds. En Route presents modernity as a subject that means something different to everyone depending on personal experiences, religious beliefs and historical knowledge. In terms of typography, Chantal explains ‘modernity was similarly hard to pin down—for some, it meant being informed about the roots of the Arabic script before moving forward, and for others, it meant pushing the envelope through experimentation and collaboration.’” —Ruby Boddington for It’s Nice That -- source link

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