Sally Mallat

About

 

Sally Mallat
Creative Technologist

Disciplines
Type Design + Art Direction +
Branding + Creative Technology

Research Area
My research domain falls within co-creative AI discourse, as I study methods of practical integration of Machine Learning within Arabic typography practice.
 
Sally Mallat is a multidisciplinary designer with over 6 years of professional experience in the UAE design scene. She is an award-winning designer whose typographic work has been internationally exhibited and recognized by organizations such as the TDC, Type Director’s Club in NYC, and 100BAP competition.

Sally earned her undergraduate degree in Visual Communication from the American University of Sharjah (AUS). After working as a full time typographer and brand designer at Abjad Design for four years, she decided to pursue her postgraduate studies in London, UK, where she received her Master’s degree in Creative Computation from the University of The Arts London (UAL). Sally taught briefly at UAL in London, UK, as an Associate Lecturer while simultaneously freelancing as a brand / typographic designer. She is currently a Senior Creative Designer at Hill & Knowlton in Dubai, UAE.
Awards

100BAP / Hundred Best Arabic Posters
Cairo, Egypt / 2023

TDC 66 / Certificate of Typographic Excellence
New York, USA / 2020

100BAP / Hundred Best Arabic Posters
Cairo, Egypt / 2020
Features

Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE / 100BAP Exhibition
100BAP / Hundred Best Arabic Posters Round 3

ItsNiceThat / What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders

PAGE Magazine / Die Gewinner des TDC 2020: Bestes Plakatdesign

Type Directors Club / Winners of the TDC66 Communication Design Competition

Eye Magazine / Font Li Beirut – harmony in discord

29 Letters Blog / 29LT AZAL: A Free Geometric Display Font

Exhibitions

Design Dispatch Exhbition, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2024)

100BAP R4 Show / Traveling Exhibition hosted by German University in Cairo (2024)

Perspective Shift, Creative Computing Exhibition / Superfluous Gallery, London, UK (2022)

Hundred Best Arabic Posters R3, Misk Art Week, Saudi Design Week, Saudi Arabia (2022)

66th TDC Exhibition, The World’s Best Typography / Traveling Exhibition hosted by Type Directors Club, NY, USA (2020)

100BAP Show / Traveling Exhibition hosted by German University in Cairo (2020)

Six Degree Exhibition / Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE (2017)