In this fourth issue, graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook discusses his work on five of David Bowie’s album covers, including Blackstar; architect Bernard Khoury discusses the dangers of nostalgia in Beirut’s urban development; RuPaul details his origins and inspirations—from his mother to Judge Judy to Donna Summer to Cher to Bowie and back again—in an interview translated into Arabic for the very first time; Maya Moumne documents the day she spent wandering through Milan with artist Maurizio Cattelan in 50 colour-film photographs; Yazan Kopty articulates the pleasures, intricacies and realities of finding early twentieth-century Palestine in the National Geographic Society’s photo archives; and more.
About the Publication
Journal Safar is a Beirut-based bilingual and biannual independent visual and design culture magazine providing a window into cultural production in the Middle East. Born from a need for publications on contemporary design, critical investigation, thinking and experimentation in the region, Journal Safar invites designers, writers, thinkers and other creatives to respond to a set theme.
