Journal Safar #8

Journal Safar is a design and visual culture magazine published biannually. The magazine’s primary goal is to recognize graphic design as an active player in cultural production and to shift the conversation on design and visual culture away from its fixation on the global north.

Made up of eight different muscles, Tongues are the focus of Safar’s forthcoming eighth issue. From speaking in tongues to translating them to tasting with them, the tongue is central to human connection, be it through language and communication, food and sustenance, or sex and intimacy. This eighth issue of Safar seeks to explore the tongue-in-cheek moments that get lost (and sometimes found) through translation; to map tastes and taste buds on the tip of the tongue; to chew over when and where to hold one’s tongue, and when not to; to consider slips of the tongue and tongue twisters; to visualize and engage with a lost mother tongue; and more.

Beirut, Lebanon; 170mm x 240mm; 208 pages; Softcover; 2024; Bilingual in English and Arabic