Zeina Boukhaled
My name is Zeina Boukhaled. I am a
Lebanese/Canadian visual designer currently living in London, UK. After
completing my bachelor’s degree in graphic design in Beirut, I worked for five
years as a creative in Montreal, Canada before moving to the UK to continue my
graduate studies at Kingston University. My work spans across print and digital
communication including but not limited to identity design, publication and the
creation of visual experiences. Through the ‘Visual Communication’ MA course at
Kingston University, I have discovered my interest in experimental design,
specifically during the discover stage at the beginning of each new project. I
found my passion in the experimental aspect of design where nothing is a
mistake. Finally, when not designing, I can usually be found at the ceramics
workshop experimenting with clay.
Disappearing Sounds and their Visual
Language
How can design thinking and
making play a role in the preservation and revival of disappearing digital
sounds? This project explores the possibilities of experimentation between
design and sound and expands the visual language of lost sounds. Through a
workshop, participants relived lost digital sounds from their past and
visualised them through a series of exercises, including creating shapes with
different textured clay while blindfolded.
Clay Forms:
The analysis of the archeological socio-cultural resonance of sound contextualised the project and placed it in the modern landscape and soundscape. By creating forced connections between the socio-cultural resonance of sound and the clay shapes created, a new relationship was formed between the tangible and intangible.
Poster:
Finally, a publication based on the workshop recounted stories about disappearing digital sounds, detailed how to recreate the workshop and introduced the reader to the importance of remembering disappearing digital sounds.
Publication:
Clay Forms:







The analysis of the archeological socio-cultural resonance of sound contextualised the project and placed it in the modern landscape and soundscape. By creating forced connections between the socio-cultural resonance of sound and the clay shapes created, a new relationship was formed between the tangible and intangible.
Poster:



Finally, a publication based on the workshop recounted stories about disappearing digital sounds, detailed how to recreate the workshop and introduced the reader to the importance of remembering disappearing digital sounds.
Publication:










Keywords
Socio-cultural resonance of sound /
Experimentation / Design Thinking and Making
Contact
Website: www.zeinaboukhaled.com
Instagram: @zeinaboukhaled.design
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/zeinaboukhaled
Instagram: @zeinaboukhaled.design
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/zeinaboukhaled