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I'm Mahmud. I teach education and research at Khulna University, Khulna.

My research interests are in the fields of visual literacy, textbook design, early learning, bioinspiration, among others.


About

My continual learning about design and its expansivity tie me up in knots. I look for ways to somewhat sift through them — every so often amalgamating the inklings with educational research.

My research interests are visual literacy, teaching-learning materials in pre-primary and primary education, textbook design for early-learners, visual incentives for early-learners, alphabet book, textbook illustration, illustration as a pedagogic element, illustration’s relationship with contextual setting, bioinspiration and biomimicry in early childhood education, conducting educational research with children, among others.

I have also worked as a graphic designer, illustrator, front-end web developer, photographer, and design consultant for more than eleven years. I have been commissioned by a number of national and international agencies to design for amazing projects that involved communicating to mass as well as esoteric audience. Ranging from identity designs, logos, stationery, posters, invitations, brochures, books, t-shirts, to websites, photography assignments, subtitling, and filming — I’ve designed and directed communication materials that are comprehensive, true and humane.

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As a researcher, I've designed, conducted and published quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research.

In 2015, as a graphic designer and calligrapher, I designed the Bangla wordmark 'মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জাদুঘর' (Muktijuddho Jadughor) that appear on the façade of the new Liberation War Museum at Agargaon, Dhaka.

  • Visual Literacy

    Areas and topics like alphabet book, textbook illustration, illustration as a pedagogic element, illustration’s relationship with contextual setting excite my curiosity.

  • Bioinspiration

    Employing bioinspiration and biomimicry in early childhood education, particularly to ameliorate its many predicaments, is something I've been pondering over for so long.

  • Graphic Design

    I've been commissioned as the lead identity designer for a number of international projects by French embassy, German embassy, Swiss embassy, High Commission of Canada, British High Commission, Brazilian embassy, among others.

  • Book Design

    Since 2010 I've designed 44 issues of ‘Le Fleuve’, a trimonthly cultural publication based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I've also designed exhibition catalogs for a number of international and national artists.

  • Volunteering

    On weekends I volunteer at Shishu Neer Bangladesh, a school for underprivileged children. I also volunteer at Ayre Nachi, a dance school run by my wife.

Repertoire

A selection of images depicting my works.

Identity Design

Le Bangladesh à Paris

I was the identity designer for the international project titled "Le Bangladesh à Paris" that was held in Paris, France.
Year: 2011
Photo/Saliha Lefevre

Identity Design

Dance in Resonance — Hip-Hop Workshow

I was the identity designer for the Franco-German project titled "Dance in Resonance — Hip-Hop Workshow".
Year: 2012
Photo/Rezwan Rahman

Project Design

War and Colonies 1914–1918

I was the project designer for "War and Colonies 1914–1918", an international project to commemorate the centenary of WWI.
Year: 2014
Photo/Md. Reaz Uddin

Wordmark Design

Liberation War Museum

I designed the Bangla wordmark 'মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জাদুঘর' (Muktijuddho Jadughor) that appear on the façade of the new Liberation War Museum at Agargaon, Dhaka.
Year: 2015
Photo/Md. Mahmud Hussain

Identity Design

L'Été des poètes

I was the identity designer for L'Été des poètes, a two-day poetry festival that featured Prof. Kaiser Haq as the festival-poet, as well as (alphabetically) Prof. Anisuzzaman, Asad Chowdhury, Mofidul Hoque, Mohammad Nurul Huda, Moinuddin Khaled, Prof. Salimullah Khan, Suman Sajjad, and Syed Shamsul Haque.
Year: 2015
Photo/Md. Reaz Uddin

Identity Design

Illuminating Puran Dhaka — Heritage in Limelight

I was the identity designer for the Franco-German project titled "Illuminating Puran Dhaka — Heritage in Limelight" that was held in Old Dhaka.
Year: 2015
Photo/Md. Reaz Uddin