
The Black and White Report
Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Typesetting, Art Direction, Creative Direction
Awards / Features
Behance Features: 1 × The Best of Behance, 1 × Graphic Design
Project Details
The Black and White Report is an independent benchmark for creative excellence across the MENA region — launched in 2018 to spotlight the people turning creativity into commercial success, and to grow the ecosystem around them. The report itself had to prove the point: authoritative, clear, and unmistakably the work of people who understand creativity.
The design argues its case on every page. Clean grid-based layouts and a stark black-and-white palette stand for the objectivity and rigour of the rankings inside. Repetition in the typography echoes the data behind the analysis; deliberate moments of distortion signal an industry in flux. The result reads as both a rigorous document and a creative statement — a report that earns its authority by demonstrating it.
Credits
Creative Direction: Ryan Atkinson
Editorial Design: Ryan Atkinson
Portrait Photography: Ibrahim Barakat, Ryan Atkinson
Client & CCO: Fadi Yaish











The Black and White
Editorial Design, Art Direction
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The Black and White Report is an independent benchmark for creative excellence across the MENA region — launched in 2018 to spotlight the people turning creativity into commercial success, and to grow the ecosystem around them. The report itself had to prove the point: authoritative, clear, and unmistakably the work of people who understand creativity.
The design argues its case on every page. Clean grid-based layouts and a stark black-and-white palette stand for the objectivity and rigour of the rankings inside. Repetition in the typography echoes the data behind the analysis; deliberate moments of distortion signal an industry in flux. The result reads as both a rigorous document and a creative statement — a report that earns its authority by demonstrating it.
Creative Direction
Ryan Atkinson
Editorial Design
Ryan Atkinson
Art Direction
Ryan Atkinson, Fadi Yaish
Portrait Photography
Ibrahim Barakat, Ryan Atkinson
Client & Chief Creative Officer
Fadi Yaish
Awards/Accolades
Behance Features: 1 × Best Of Behance, 1 × Graphic Design Curated Gallery
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©RA 2009 — 2024
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