NAVAID symbolizes the journey that graphic design students go through during their years in college: First driven by thoughts and visions and then turning them into reality. A pile of luggage was chosen as the centerpiece and complimented the theme of the exhibition.

Abdulaziz Al-Khudairi, deputy governor of Makkah region, was one of the attendees at the event where each designer notified him about their graphic projects and their personal background. Some of the projects were graphic, while others were social, interior and illustrative.

“Graphic design is not only a commercial field but it’s also a field for social responsibility where you can actually convey your ideas and messages to society and help people speak out about issues whether it’s through a short film, posters, insulation or any other graphic design form,” said designer Jawaher Abbar.

Her project consisted of introducing a new idea to society: Putting conditions to polygamy in Saudi Arabia. “When a man wants to get married to a second wife, he would have to get legal permission, which automatically issues a form clearly stating the financial rights for the first and the second wife. That way, if any of the women’s rights are neglected by the man, she can fight for them. That would also guarantee that the man is capable of starting a second family without compromising any of his first family’s basic needs such as food, water, shelter, clothing, education, health care and so on,” added Abbar.

Hawazen Jazzar’s project, “Walk Talk,” was about wallpaper where she mixed graphic and interior design together. “People view wallpaper as a color that covers their walls and it almost becomes invisible. For that reason, I designed wallpaper that speaks out for itself. I even designed wallpaper stickers in different shapes that people can stick on their walls as individual pieces of art to decorate their room,” said the designer whose logo is based on her concept.

Photography editing was also one of the projects at the exhibition. “My future plan is to open a photography studio with my sister who is a photographer. I would be the photo editor as I learned how to edit pictures using Photoshop from recent courses I took,” said Deema Abdoon.

“I exhibited the tools used in Photoshop like the brushes, sponge and some pictures that were already taken and edited. I also shared photos taken before being edited to show the difference between before and after,” she added.

Rana Tunsi reflected herself by combining her two passions: cupcakes and painting. “I created an art piece from actual cupcakes and I used the cake icing as paint to create my drawing piece. I did everything from baking to painting from scratch to show people that they can do beautiful items by themselves,” she said.

“Cupcakes are known to be put on the table, but what I did was just hung them up to make them more visible. Furthermore, my pieces are edible, so when eaten, it changes the look of my painting,” she added.