Arabic calligraphy: Ancient craft, modern art

• Prize
  Best of Best in Animations / TV / Film / Animation
• Company
  Arab News
• Lead
  Simon Khalil
• Team
  Simon Khalil, Michael Driver, Edward Emsley, Daniel Symons
• Video
  Link to video

For the Saudi Year of Arabic Calligraphy, Arab News created an in-depth guide to the ancient craft and its evolution over time.The showpiece was an animated video with illustrations by Michael Driver and animated by Wild Studio which tells the story of Arabic Calligraphy across the ages.Illustrations were animated and used as chapter headers in the immersive deep dive story as well.