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College / Department

College of Architecture, Art and Design

Department of Art and Design

Teaching areas

Visual Communication

Research areas

Typography, Design Education and Pedagogy, Curation and Exhibition Design, Critical and Cultural Heritage Knowledge Production

Education

MA, Iconic Research, Basel School of Design, Switzerland, 2013

MFA, Graphic Design, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States, 2013

BS, Multimedia Design, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2009

Professional experience

Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2017 - Present

Co-founder And Designer, Mobius Desgin Studio, United Arab Emirates, 2010 - Present

Visiting Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - 2016

Adjunct, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - 2014

Junior Designer, Green Media Advertising, Alexandria, Egypt, 2010 - 2010

Memberships

Member, Graphis, United Stated of America, 1 April 2017

Educator, AIGA, New York City, USA, January 2017

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2840

Ms. Riem Ibrahim

Assistant Professor

MFA, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States

Riem Ibrahim co-founded Dubai-based Mobius Design Studio, where she works on commissioned design projects as well as self-initiated research. Her research is focused on challenging static identities of typography and extends to include participation in and creation of a critical discourse around the processes and role of design as a practice in the region. Most recently, she received the Type Directors Club Award for her work 'Behaving/Kinetic Typography."

Publications

Riem Ibrahim And Hala Rabeea. Forecasting Futures:Navigating a Dormant Design Pedagogy, Bayn Journal

Conference Presentations

Ripple Effect, 100 Best Arabic Posters, 23 March 2021

On Design collaborations with Studio Mobius, Auc Design Talks, 28 February 2021

Ripple Effect, 29 October 2020

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Expo Mural: Lettering Large, U.S. Consulate in Dubai, - 30 October 2021

Grant, The Looming Council, Pro Helvetia Cairo, - 30 March 2021

Awards and Honors

Award of Teaching Excellence, American University of Sharjah, Student voted award for teaching excellence., June 2018

Certificate of Typpgraphic Excellence, Type Directors Club, Kinetic Typography Project selected among best international typographic work for the year 2017., July 2017