DaduIdentity, Type Design
The visual identity for a museum encouraging learning through play.
Hammer and HopeIdentity, Type Design, Editorial, Digital, Art Direction
A visual identity and a custom typeface for a magazine on politics and culture in the Black radical tradition.
Black FuturesEditorial
The Black Futures project combines original artwork, essays, round table discussions, one-on-one interviews, poetry, and other forms of expression championed by Black creatives.
ArabesqueIdentity, Exhibition
An exhibition that imagines a speculative meeting between an American architect and a French historian.
Hear, See, Play: Designing with SoundExhibition, Digital
A hands-on exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum that invites the visitor to become a sound designer for Trash Bot, a street-cleaning machine.
Winslow Homer CrosscurrentsEditorial
The accompanying catalogue to Winslow Homer's exhibition at The Met museum, showcasing monumental seascapes and dramatic scenes of rescue and hunting.
Studio Museum in Harlem, 50 Years AnniversaryIdentity
A funraising campaign event for the Studio Museum
M7Identity
A visual identity for Qatar's epicenter for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Freedom, The Story of the Black Panther PartyEditorial
Bold and accessible, the design of this publication is inspired by the incessant yearning for freedom.
Media Revolutions in the Middle EastExhibition, Identity, Digital
This exhibition organized by Northwestern University in Qatar explores the transformative power and potential of creative media across the Arab world.
MiznaIdentity
A dynamic visual identity for Mizna, the first Arab American literature and art journal in the USA.
The Tenth Volume 5: The RomanticsEditorial
The fifth edition of the Tenth, a culture magazine surveying the ideas, history and aesthetics of the Black LGBTQ community.
Lyon ArabicType Design
A super family of typefaces designed for versatile editorial use.
Anthem AwardsIdentity
Presented by The Webby Awards, The Anthem Awards is the most comprehensive award honoring purpose & mission-driven work from people, companies and organizations worldwide.
Nike FC DubaiArt Direction, Digital
News
Wael Morcos to participate in Aiga Conference Panel
As a judge of the “365: AIGA Year in Design” Wael Morcos will be joining the panel “Critiquing the Critique” for a conversation focusing on the critical process engaged in by the jurors aiming to establish an analytical model for evaluating design excellence.
Morcos Key work added to the DNS Museum design collection
Four of our projects have been added to the design collection at the Die Neue Sammlung Museum in Munich: the Graphik Arabic specimen booklet, the Lyon Arabic specimen poster, the "I Want Sky" newsprint and the "Confused immigrant" poster. Thank you DNS! We are thrilled to be part of your collection!
Wael Morcos in Cairo
Wael will be speaking in Cairo, at the Falaki theater American University of Cairo Cultural Center.
Black Visionaries Impact Award
Our studio Morcos Key has been selected as recipient of the Impact Grant Recipient of the Black Design Visionaries award. We're very proud of Jon and his unwavering commitment to creating work that comes from the heart.
In June of this year Instagram and the Brooklyn Museum launched this program to empower, community builders and visionary designers who are creating innovative expressions of Black culture. The Impact Award is given to a Black lead design studio and comes with a $75,000 grant.
A big thank you to everyone who believed in us and supported us through work, mentorship and advice.
MTV VMA Campaign Taking Over the Subway
We were part of a group of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists that took over the NYC subway station at Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue terminal at Barclays Center for the MTV VMA campaign. The collage pieces are abstract deconstructed portraits and the typography were in Arabic and conveyed a message of hope and resilience.
Morcos Key wins 5 awards + Best in Dicipline at the TDC Competition
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization and part of The One Club for Creativity, announced their winners for TDC69 Competition and Morcos Key is proud to bring home 5 awards, including the best in Discipline in Typography for the project I Want Sky.
Jon Key's solo show "Second Goodbyes"
Steve Turner is pleased to present Second Goodbyes, a solo exhibition by Jon Key that features new paintings, textiles and a silk screened wallpaper installation. Key continues to expand his world of contorted figures in violet plaid and polka dot against contrasting fields of black, red and green to explore issues relating to family, home, identity and friendship.
100 Best Arabic Posters
Four of the posters designed by Wael Morcos were selected for inclusion in the annual 100 Best Arabic Posters design competition.
Saudi Super Graphics
Together with ModelCraft Group, we created bespoke super graphics celebrating Saudi Arabia's 90th national day. Six chapters share Saudi culture, history, language and customs adorn the four towers in Digital City in Riyadh. This project is a collaboration with ModelCraft Group, ArtVue Worldwide and Saber.
Wael Morcos Judging the AIGA competition
Wael will be judging the AIGA “365 A YEAR IN DESIGN” competition along side 4 other amazing designers and educators. The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) recognizes excellence and representing innovation across all categories of communication design, from print to web to service to spaces-both physical and virtual.
Morcos Key turns 6!
6 years ago today we had our launch party in NYC! Very excited with what’s ahead for this year and looking forward to sharing updates with you all!
Morcos Key Key at How Design Live in Boston
Jon Key and Wael Morcos were invited to speak at the Home Design Live in Boston and to share their studio practice as a model for how a contemporary design work can give visibility to underrepresented narratives.
Center for Book Arts Master Faculty Fellow
The exhibition Morcos Key Makes Reads takes viewers through a selection of print materials: branding stories, type treatments, collaborations, commissions, and personal projects. These books are displayed alongside selections from our personal library, demonstrating the conceptual and aesthetic influence on our process and creative practice.
Wael Morcos to participate in Aiga Conference Panel
As a judge of the “365: AIGA Year in Design” Wael Morcos will be joining the panel “Critiquing the Critique” for a conversation focusing on the critical process engaged in by the jurors aiming to establish an analytical model for evaluating design excellence.
Wael Morcos Judging the AIGA competition
Wael will be judging the AIGA “365 A YEAR IN DESIGN” competition along side 4 other amazing designers and educators. The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) recognizes excellence and representing innovation across all categories of communication design, from print to web to service to spaces-both physical and virtual.
Jon Key's solo show "Second Goodbyes"
Steve Turner is pleased to present Second Goodbyes, a solo exhibition by Jon Key that features new paintings, textiles and a silk screened wallpaper installation. Key continues to expand his world of contorted figures in violet plaid and polka dot against contrasting fields of black, red and green to explore issues relating to family, home, identity and friendship.
Wael Morcos in Cairo
Wael will be speaking in Cairo, at the Falaki theater American University of Cairo Cultural Center.
Morcos Key Key at How Design Live in Boston
Jon Key and Wael Morcos were invited to speak at the Home Design Live in Boston and to share their studio practice as a model for how a contemporary design work can give visibility to underrepresented narratives.
Saudi Super Graphics
Together with ModelCraft Group, we created bespoke super graphics celebrating Saudi Arabia's 90th national day. Six chapters share Saudi culture, history, language and customs adorn the four towers in Digital City in Riyadh. This project is a collaboration with ModelCraft Group, ArtVue Worldwide and Saber.
MTV VMA Campaign Taking Over the Subway
We were part of a group of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists that took over the NYC subway station at Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue terminal at Barclays Center for the MTV VMA campaign. The collage pieces are abstract deconstructed portraits and the typography were in Arabic and conveyed a message of hope and resilience.
Morcos Key wins 5 awards + Best in Dicipline at the TDC Competition
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization and part of The One Club for Creativity, announced their winners for TDC69 Competition and Morcos Key is proud to bring home 5 awards, including the best in Discipline in Typography for the project I Want Sky.
Morcos Key work added to the DNS Museum design collection
Four of our projects have been added to the design collection at the Die Neue Sammlung Museum in Munich: the Graphik Arabic specimen booklet, the Lyon Arabic specimen poster, the "I Want Sky" newsprint and the "Confused immigrant" poster. Thank you DNS! We are thrilled to be part of your collection!
Morcos Key turns 6!
6 years ago today we had our launch party in NYC! Very excited with what’s ahead for this year and looking forward to sharing updates with you all!
100 Best Arabic Posters
Four of the posters designed by Wael Morcos were selected for inclusion in the annual 100 Best Arabic Posters design competition.
Black Visionaries Impact Award
Our studio Morcos Key has been selected as recipient of the Impact Grant Recipient of the Black Design Visionaries award. We're very proud of Jon and his unwavering commitment to creating work that comes from the heart.
In June of this year Instagram and the Brooklyn Museum launched this program to empower, community builders and visionary designers who are creating innovative expressions of Black culture. The Impact Award is given to a Black lead design studio and comes with a $75,000 grant.
A big thank you to everyone who believed in us and supported us through work, mentorship and advice.
Center for Book Arts Master Faculty Fellow
The exhibition Morcos Key Makes Reads takes viewers through a selection of print materials: branding stories, type treatments, collaborations, commissions, and personal projects. These books are displayed alongside selections from our personal library, demonstrating the conceptual and aesthetic influence on our process and creative practice.