New System of patterns ⁠ / A New Direction: writing Arabic vertically

As part of the international teaching week, we would like to start a dialog with the Islamic world and focus on the two image cultures and image theories. Marcus Kaiser has invited Prof. Dr. Professor Mohammed Yagan to give us a first insight into the visual culture of the Islamic world.The lecture is intended to be the starting point for an intensive visual dialog that we would like to conduct with the GJU in the coming years.

Prof. Mohmmad Ali Yaghan’s education comes from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. He got his Batchelor degree from Jordan University, his master’s from Strathclyde University, UK, and his Ph. D. from University of Tsukuba, Japan.
He is specialized in digital visualization of Islamic art (including geometrical patterns, Mugarnas, and Calligraphy) and in design education. He invented a new type of Islamic patterns, new mugarnas forms, the system of writing Arabic vertically, and introduced new visions into Arabic calligraphy research and understanding.

He was a dean the college of architecture and arts at Petra University and the school of architecture and Built Environment at the German Jordanian University for over 8 years.

Currently he is a full professor at the School of Architecture and Built Environment in German Jordanian University, and a cofounder of the design office „Muqarnas for Design.“