Umar Shahzad is a senior graphic designer at Fusion Design Group in Markham, Ontario. He comes from a family of artists, and he’s always been keen on the subject on giving an artistic flair to the most mundane of things in our life.
For his sister’s marriage this summer, he decided that there was no way he could let her go with a traditionally (and boringly) designed nikahnama. He immediately set out to make this document special for her.
Mr. Shahzad first contacted the relevant religious authority first – his mosque’s Imam – for necessary information. After making sure he had gotten everything down, he asked his sister, a calligrapher, to design in Arabic the names of herself and her husband in a circular medallion.
The rest of the design was not revealed to her until her big day — and it’s the most beautiful thing.
Here’s how it looks:
And that name medallion is to die for:
For his sister’s marriage this summer, he decided that there was no way he could let her go with a traditionally (and boringly) designed nikahnama. He immediately set out to make this document special for her.
Mr. Shahzad first contacted the relevant religious authority first – his mosque’s Imam – for necessary information. After making sure he had gotten everything down, he asked his sister, a calligrapher, to design in Arabic the names of herself and her husband in a circular medallion.
The rest of the design was not revealed to her until her big day — and it’s the most beautiful thing.
Here’s how it looks:
And that name medallion is to die for:
