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Omar Mohammad

عمر محمد Omar Mohammad founded CAMEL in 2024. He teaches design at the California College of the Arts and has designed independently, at cultural institutions such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and at large corporations in the Bay Area. He has exhibited, lectured, and presented work around the world, recently at school in Vienna, whatreallymatters in Seoul, and the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn. His work and writings have been published by itsnicethat, are.na, and UC Davis. He is currently a graduate student pursuing a Master of Design at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design where he is an Arcus Fellow and an American Cultures Engaged Scholar. He received his BA in Design from UC Davis.

CAMEL

A design and research practice that embeds buildings, drawings, objects, and software with culture: c-a-m-e-l.org

Networks

omarmhmmd@berkeley.edu
instagram.com/omarmhmmd1
are.na/omar-mhmmd

Education

[2025]
Master of Design (MDes)
UC Berkeley

[2018]
BA Design
UC Davis

Exhibitions

[Nov 2024] [info]
Between Worlds: Technology, Spirit & The Digital South
Vienna, Austria

[May 2023] [info]
Unrealized Archive 7: Text to Image at WRM
Seoul, South Korea

[Nov 2018] [info]
Washer / Dryer Projects
100 Sketches of 100 Buildings
Salt Lake City, Utah

Publications

[Dec 2020][read]
Tools for Cultural Production: Archiving Voice, Culture, and Community
Are.na

[Jun 2018][read]
The American Mosque: What, How, and Where to Build
UC Davis

Features

[Apr 2023][read]
Omar Mohammad revives Afghan culture through design and typography
Itsnicethat

Awards

[Jan 2025][info]
American Cultures Engaged Scholarship
UC Berkeley American Cultures Center & Public Service Center

[Dec 2024][info]
Graduate Certificate in New Media
UC Berkeley Center for New Media

[Aug 2024][info]
Arcus Social Justice Corps Fellowship
UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design

Public

[Sep 2025]
Guest Lecture
College Writing R4B: Water and Anarchism: Tapping Possibilities
Invited by Professor John Fielding
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

[Apr 2025]
Guest Lecture
ART 315 Digital Media Design
Invited by Professor Brian Bartz
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

[Mar 2025]
Guest Lecture
Invited by Professor Chris Hamamoto
Seoul National University Seoul, South Korea

[Jan 2025]
Keynote Lecture
UC Davis Global Game Jam
Invited by Professor Patrick LeMieux
Davis, CA

[Sep 2024][watch]
Panelist at Day of Translation
Typography and Translation
Center for Fiction and Center for the Art of Translation
Brooklyn, New York

[Feb 2022]
Guest Lecture
DES 40C Design Aesthetics & Experience
Invited by Dr. James Housefield
UC Davis Davis, CA

[Dec 2020]
How to Design an Exhibition
Curatorial Research Bureau
Invited by Chris Hamamoto
California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA

Teaching

[Spring 2025]
Graduate Student Instructor
ASAMST 132AC Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness
UC Berkeley

[Fall 2024]
Graduate Student Instructor
ASAMST 128AC Muslims in America
UC Berkeley

[Spring 2024][output]
Adjunct Professor I
DESGN 6940-3 Thesis Exhibition: Digital Space
California College of the Arts

[Spring 2024][output]
Adjunct Professor I
DESGN 6132-1 Interactive Media
California College of the Arts

[Fall 2023][output]
Adjunct Professor I
DESGN 6630-4 Topic Studio: Web to Print
California College of the Arts

[Spring 2023][output]
Adjunct Professor I
DESGN 6940-3 Thesis Exhibition: Digital Space
California College of the Arts

[Fall 2022][output]
Adjunct Professor I
DESGN 6630-4 Topic Studio: Web to Print
California College of the Arts

[Spring 2021]
Guest Critic
DES 115 Letterforms and Typography
Invited by Brett Snyder
UC Davis