Nour Tabet | The concept of leaving home in Nour Tabet’s project BYEROUTH-the sketchbook is presented in a tender and clever form. The sentimental graphite photographs, the house-key prints from the new homes abroad and Gebran Khalil Gebran poem “You have your Lebanon and I have my Lebanon” result in a wise and touching story. Nour Tabet is a graphic designer originally from Lebanon, currently based in Baltimore, Maryland. Nour holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and is currently studying for a post-baccalaureate certificate in graphic design at Maryland Institute College of Art. Her client list includes Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East, Le Gray Hotel Beirut, European Union in Lebanon and UNICEF Headquarter.
Beyrouth is French for Beirut. BYEROUTH is the misspelled version of the word inducing leave-taking. I stenciled this word of mine on a few crumbling walls in the city, during my last hours before moving to the USA. Few months later, BYEROUTH developed into a sketchbook that is currently traveling across the five continents, passing by 15 of my Lebanese friends residing in the diaspora. Each person prints his house key’s pattern and pastes the stamps he/she received from the preceding country on a spread. The text in the sketchbook is by the Lebanese poet Gebran Khalil Gebran entitled ‘You have your Lebanon and I have my Lebanon’ through which he redefines Lebanon as seen from afar. You can follow BYEROUTH’s journey here.
Have a look at more of Nour’s work here
