The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading organization dedicated to typography, has announced the winners of its TDC70 Competition. Morcos Key is proud to be recognized with a Typography Award for the Met Arabic logo—an honor further elevated by its selection as a Judge’s Choice among the winning entries.

On view now! Steve Turner is pleased to present Elsewhere, a solo exhibition featuring new paintings by Jon Key. For Elsewhere, Key loosened up his previous rules for painting in an effort to convey more heartfelt, introspective moments from his own experience.

Join us for the reception on March 1, 2024, 5–7pm.

Morcos Key worked with the Buell Center at Columbia University to develop the campaign graphics for three consecutive seasons of the lecture series “Conversations on Architecture and Land in and out of the Americas.”

This publication, complementing the New Orleans Museum of Art (NoMA) exhibition with the same title, illustrates the artistic virtuosity, social significance, and political impact of Black photographers working in commercial portrait studios during photography’s first century in the United States.
The book features more than one hundred extraordinary vintage photographs, many of them unique objects and some, published here for the first time. Highlighting Black subjects on both sides of the camera, Called to the Camera presents a broader and more inclusive history of photography.

In their efforts of spearheading Arabic content creation online, MorcosKey worked closely with Thmanyah’s team to craft a new logotype and provide a robust typographic palette for the new visual identity, ushering the release of their new digital products.

We're very excited to share that Wael has received the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Design. The grant celebrates his approach to typographic and graphic design that incorporates cultural and political histories to create socially relevant visual identities and campaigns.

This catalogue accompanies an exhibition at The Frick Collection that juxtaposes the portraiture of the visionary Black American painter Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) with European art from the Renaissance to the modern era.

Kotn collaborated with Morcos Key to create an exclusive limited edition capsule collection. Inspired by the phrase "العلم نور" (Knowledge is Light), the "Literacy is Power" collectionshowcases bespoke Arabic lettering symbolizing the unity of threads within a community. All proceeds from this collection will directly support the construction of schools in Egypt, strengthening Kotn's commitment to its farming communities in the region.

Jon Key has released his debut book, Black, Queer, & Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, & Trailblazers. This powerful collection of essays draws from interviews, archival research, lectures, and conversations—unearthing the often-overlooked histories of Black queer individuals. Featuring over 350 images, the book brings visibility to the voices, stories, and objects that help canonize generations of Black queer artists and trailblazers.

On February 1, the Google homepage honored the late James Baldwin, American writer and civil rights activist, through an inspiring Google Doodle created by guest artist Jon Key. Baldwin’s writing and legacy continues to inspire us and so many writers, artists and activists advocating for change.

Miss Major Middle (MMM) is a proposed, tuition-free public charter school serving students in grades 5-9 in Brooklyn, NY. MMM empowers all students to learn and achieve individual success within an academically rich, joyful, inclusive and genderful environment. Morcos Key worked closely with the founders of this new public charter school to create a visual identity system and brand architecture to clearly communicate the project's mission and set it up for future growth.