NADIM MATTA WAS BORN IN BEIRUT. HE STUDIED GRAPHIC DESIGN AT NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY-LEBANON.
ON GRADUATING IN 1996, HE JOINED MULTIPLE DESIGN AGENCIES IN BEIRUT BEFORE TRAVELLING TO LONDON, IN 1999, TO FINISH HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN TYPOGRAPHIC STUDIES, AT THE LONDON COLLEGE OF PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES (CURRENT LCC). IN 2000 HE RETURNED TO BEIRUT TO TEACH GRAPHIC DESIGN AT NOTRE DAME UNIVERISTY-LEBANON WHERE HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFTER CHAIRING THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT FOR THREE YEARS STARTING 2008. BESIDES TEACHING, ORGANIZING STUDY TRIPS, WORKSHOPS AND SITTING AS A JURY MEMBER AT THE ISTD AS WELL AS ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN CONFERENCES, NADIM HAS BEEN RUNNING HIS OWN DESIGN PRACTICE AND CONSULTANCY. CLIENTS INCLUDE: UBI FRANCE, ALLC, CHALDEAN CHURCH, SADR FOUNDATION, IBRAHIM ABD EL AAL FOUNDATION, SCAMANGA ARTIST, THE EMBASSY OF MEXICO IN LEBANON, NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY, LEBANESE ORDER OF ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS, BOUBOUFFE RESTAURANT, DWC, AND MANY MORE.. "BOUTROS AHLAM ILLUMINATED" TYPE DESIGN WON NADIM AN INTERNATIONAL TYPE DESIGN AWARD FROM BOUTROS FONTS. BESIDE TRAVELING TO NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, LONDON, BELFAST, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, DUBAI, DOHA, RIYADH, ATHENS, SANTORINI, BALI AND MANY OTHER DESTINATIONS, NADIM IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SERIES OF GICLEE AND SILKSCREEN PRINTS AS WELL AS SERVING HIS CLIENTS ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS. IN SEPTEMBER 2015 NADIM JOINED THE RESEARCH DEGREE PROGRAMME FOR HIS PHD STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, FACULTY OF ART, DESIGN AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. NADIM CAN BE REACHED BY MAIL OR YOU CAN CALL HIM ON 00961 70 21 69 15 TO DISCUSS DESIGN VENTURES |