Ali Sedaif علي

Design must speak the language of its people, with a voice that challenges the status quo.

I'm a graphic designer from Bahrain. I build with Swiss discipline and look with an Eastern eye.

The Bauhaus, "less is more" and the Swiss grid shaped how I build. But I don't believe design should be a cold import. It has to be adapted to the place it lives in, and sometimes it has to be loud about it.

Every project starts with research and a story before it becomes a visual. My graduation project, a visual identity for Manama Souq, began with months of reading into the city's history as a trading port. When I travel, I skip the landmarks and walk the streets, looking for how people actually live. That habit is all over my work.

Cultural authenticity

Design should mirror the culture it serves, and still push its boundaries.

Functional radicalism

It has to work perfectly. And it has to carry a spark that makes people think.

Structural soul

The grid is the foundation. Inside it there's room for the human and the Eastern to breathe.

Off the record

خارج النص
Ali in a white thobe and ghutra at a ceremony
Official mode.
Ballpoint pen portrait of a woman, drawn by Ali
Ballpoint, on paper. I draw faces.
Ali laughing on a night out
Off duty.
Ali wearing a leafy camouflage suit in a shop
Camouflage test. Results: inconclusive.
Ali looking up at the camera
Looking up.
A figure rendered in glowing blue characters
Me, rendered in code.

Ali Sedaif presents, live in every project

THE BAUHAUS

Saul BassIkko TanakaPaula ScherDieter Rams

مع روح الشرق

Plus Swiss grids, 70s, 80s and 90s print, and the street signs of Manama.

CV

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Experience

Marketing, Design and Operations Lead

Summer 2026

Alsadiq Transport Group, Bahrain

  • Led branding, marketing and digital systems across Alsadiq Transport, Go Easy and Jawlah, reporting to the Chairman.
  • Designed and built Bahrain City Bus, a monthly booking platform for worker transport, and moved it to Cloudflare D1.
  • Built the Khaleeji 27 coach booking system with live seat locking, and its Instagram campaign.
  • Wrote the brand and launch strategy for Jawlah, and designed a dispatch prototype for a new fleet system.

Education

BA Graphic Design

Expected February 2027

Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

Graduation project: Visual Identity for Manama Souq

Leadership

Founder, Bahrain Alkhair Volunteer Association

Under the patronage of the Bahraini Embassy and Cultural Attaché in Jordan

Founded and ran a volunteer association for Bahraini students in Jordan, with programmes for orphanages, elderly care centres and cultural trips.

Representative of Bahraini Students

Yarmouk University

Liaison between the Bahraini student community, the university and the Cultural Attaché. Letter of Appreciation from the University President.

Skills

Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects

Digital systems: Cloudflare Workers and D1, Google Apps Script, HTML and CSS

Languages: Arabic (native), English (fluent)