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Towards the end of 2007, Riyad Rayess Publishers, one of the most prominent publishers in the Arab world, set out to find a design house that would handle the cover design of their books after the sudden loss of their lifetime design partner and found Almohtaraf in the process. With a very low budget allocated for cover design, and an unshakable decision from Rayess to use the Arabic font Manal Black on all covers, Al Mohtaraf’s challenge was to build a recognisable visual style and flexible design approach for the books. Using full bleed images that were indirectly related to the subject of the matter, or had expressed a lateral point of view, or a strong cropping of mood images, Al Mohtaraf developed around 30 covers thus far. Al Mohtaraf also designed a fixed template for the spines that automatically made the books identifiable when sitting on the shelf.

Special Series ‘Mosbah Al Horiyya’ on Libertarian writers who influenced Modern thought.

A selection of book covers using a wide range of photographic and illustrative styles. The source of images is either Al Mohtaraf’s photo archive or Riyad El Rayyes’ collection of photographs.

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  Al Shayba book, a marvel in the desert

  08. 06. 2008

  Saudi Aramco commissioned Al Mohtaraf to design an ultimate book on and around the site of Shayba...

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  Ayman Yusri, an artist’s perspective

  31. 01. 2012

  'I am Anything, I am Everything', a book designed by AlMohtaraf for an Ayman Yusri exhibition...

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  Designing Research and Heritage

  15. 11. 2011

  After the success of last year's book, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities commissions...

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