ismail is an Art Director 360° based in Paris, with several years of experience in Digital Design & Print, Scenography & Spatial Design, Communication & Strategy.

His design methodology "Digital Emotions" is founded on closely looking at the interconnection between design & technology, human behavior & emotions, history & culture to create collaborative design systems and memorable design experiences.

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▪ COLLABORATIONS & EXPERIENCES 

Design & Communication
Serpentine Pavilion 2023: à table!
Lina Ghotmeh Architecture
Paris, France

Design & Communication
Actes Précis - Ateliers Hermès
Lina Ghotmeh Architecture
Paris, France

Art Direction
SPRiNG & Beaudy
Clean Collective
Paris, France

Research & Visualization
Beirut Built Environment Database
The Beirut Urban Lab
Beirut, Lebanon

Urban Research & Architecture
Rebuilding Beirut Social Housing
MIT Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism & the Beirut Urban Lab
Beirut, Lebanon

Interaction Design & Visualization
Beirut Shifting Grounds
Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia & the American Unviersity of Beirut
Venice, Italy


Architecture
Industrial Campus
Nabil Gholam Architects
Beirut, Lebanon


Art Direction
Memory in Folded Paper
Nabil Gholam Architects & Built by Associate Data
Beirut, Lebanon


Light Designer
Heatherwick Residence
PSLab
Beirut, Lebanon


Workshop Designer & Animator

Popping Spaces Urban Intervention
Sursock Museum
Beirut, Lebanon

Lab Coordinator
Architecture & Design Technology Lab
The American University of Beirut
Beirut, lebanon


Set Designer
After 100 Springs
Artist Cornelia Krafft
Beirut, Lebanon
▪ EDUCATION 

Masters degree in Art Direction and Digital Communication
Léonard de Vinci Higher Education, IIM Digital School
Paris, France

Masters in Product Design & Sustainability, Erasmus+ Exchange Program
Università UIAV di Venezia
Venice, Italy

Bachelor of Architecture
The American University of Beirut (AUB)
Beirut, Lebanon




▪ INTERNSHIPS 


Architect
United Nation (UN), ESCWA
Beirut, Lebanon

Product Manager
BLOM Bank, product & services development department
Beirut, Lebanon

Architect in Research & Sustainability
Institut for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)
Barcelona, Spain

Architect
Hatch Architecture & Planning
Beirut, Lebanon

Architect
Raed Abillama Architects
Beirut, Lebanon
▪ AWARDS & HONORS 

AlUla Design Award 2024: Winner
Design of a sustainable camel cover "Skinlal" 
From the Royal Commision of AlUla

Adobe Creatif Jam: Second prize
Design of Immersive experience "Essence of Perfume" 
From Adobe Cloud and Léonard de Vinci Higher Education, IIM Digital School

Lebanese Architect Awards for students: Finalist
Sustainable architecture project proposal for the surface of the planet of Mars "Syste.M"
From the Order of Engineers & Architects of Beirut (OEA)

Areen Awards for Excellence in Architecture: Finalist
Sustainable Urban design project "Fabbrica, a living typology for transit"
From the American Univesity of Beirut

Eco-Entrepreneurship Award: Finalist
Innovative public transportation start-up business plan for Beirut city "Bosta"
From the American Univeristy of Beirut Conservation Center

Light Design Competition: Second Prize
Eco-friendly light scupture commemorating cinema culture of Saida city "Flashes from the Past"
From the American University of Beirut & Debbas Group

Toolbox product design competition: First prize
Innovative bench design proposal "Point"
From GAIA-heritage, ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme 
▪ COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS 

La Biennale di Venezia 2021
Research & Visualization for Beirut Shifting Grounds
Venice, Italy

Beirut Design Week 2019
Art direction for Memory in Folded Paper
Beirut, Lebanon ​​​​​​

Beirut Design Week 2017
Exhibited project: Adaptive Land-forms
Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanese Architect Awards
Exhibited project: Syste.M design proposal
Beirut, Lebanon
▪ PUBLICATIONS 

Serpentine Catalogue 2023:  ÀTable ! [Contributed to the content strategy and design of the catalogue] Published by the Serpentine with Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König

Research Paper:  Mapping Covid-19 Governance in Lebanon: Territories of Sectarianism and Solidarity [Contributed with data analysis and visualization] Published by the Beirut Urban Lab

ArD Anthology Catalogue: Syste.Mars, Sustainable Space Exploration [Featured project in the catalogue] Published by the American University of Beirut, page 9

Research Paper: New Territories, Digital Materiality from Natural systems to Environmental Impact [Research and project contribution] written by Carla Aramouny for the Sustainable Design of the Built Environment SBDE 2028, page 292 to 303

Research Paper: Apparatuses & Constructed Narratives, The Imaginary Life Of Cappadocia [Research and project contribution] written by Carla Aramouny and Sandra Rishani for Cross-Americas: probing Discglobal Networks, page 129 to 134

Research Paper: Adaptive Land-forms [Urban Research and architectural project] written by Ismail Hutet & Mariam Maria Yassin for 15th FEA student & alumni conference book by the American University of Beirut, pages 72 to 77

Book: Mute Movement: a collective performance art journey through Beirut, 2009-2014 [featured project] a book by Cornelia Krafft, page 246 to 275

Research Paper: Aeolian Tafoni Morphologies [Urban Research and generative design project] written by Joe Cook, Bassem Saad, & Ismail Hutet for the AA Jordan 2014 logbook page 43

Photographic Serie: Embrace by Ismail Hutet published in Rusted Radishes #3, Beirut Art Journal, page 45
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