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About
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
I am a designer working with Afghan & Islamic architecture, visual/material cultures, and technology. This work manifests itself through practice and theory; outputs such as archives, graphics, exhibitions, publications, objects, and software build relationships to define historical pasts and speculative futures. I teach design at the California College of the Arts, designed at cultural institutions such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and studied design at UC Davis. I am currently a graduate student pursuing a Master of Design at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.
Teams
Projects
Awqāt (ow-kawt). The most beautiful Islamic prayer time app on the app store. Awqāt displays Islamic prayer times based on the positions of the sun and the moon.
This essay explores the identity of the mosque in America, its struggle to develop cultural and regional roots, and the societal and political issues that stand in its way. It’s written and formatted in Notion, using the Notion API to power this website.
Bamyan is a design project exploring the possibilities of a cultural typeface designed specifically for a region of Afghanistan. It makes reference to the Bamyan Valley of Afghanistan, its Buddhas, and the caves that inhabit it.
A website that places Afghanistan's flags in political, cultural, and design contexts; building visual and historical relationships that aim to archive the past while informing the future.
An online center that acts as an index of unknown and newly discovered cultural research, history, ideas, and information pertaining to Afghanistan.
A website that places the user on an abstracted prayer rug, in a panoramic landscape, facing the physical direction of Qiblah.
Work Experience
Teaching MFA Design students how to program and design in the browser.
Designed and programmed identities, websites, and products for startups, cultural organizations, and tech companies.
Exhibitions
A project by @unrealizedarchivepress (@jsueda + @hamamoto) exploring speculative and “unrealized” design through systematic conceptual approaches held @wrmatters.