Zaid Sbeitan is an interdisciplinary practitioner based in Germany, working across architecture, typography, and printmaking. His practice explores Arabic visual culture, everyday urban aesthetics, and type as a spatial and cultural medium, combining research, observation, and material-based experimentation.

He studied Visual Communication with a focus on typography at HfG Offenbach and holds a Master of Arts in Architecture from Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. With a strong connection to Amman and the Arab world, his work engages deeply with Arabic calligraphy and contemporary typographic culture through drawing, archiving, and critical observation. By documenting graphic traces in urban environments, he investigates the relationship between visual heritage and contemporary forms.

Working primarily through analog processes, his practice is rooted in collecting, archiving, and reactivating visual material from Arabic design heritage. His archive—built through research, travel, and observation—serves as both a source and a framework for his work, informing typographic explorations, printed matter, and spatial thinking.

Central to his practice is Arab Press Studio, an experimental studio dedicated to reviving Arabic letterpress through hands-on production, education, and archiving. The studio operates as both a workspace and a research environment, reactivating analog printing techniques as a means of cultural preservation and reinterpretation.

In parallel, he develops Arab Philately, an independent platform and archive focused on documenting and researching postage stamps from the Arab world. The project reflects his interest in small-format graphics as carriers of history, identity, and visual memory, contributing to a broader effort to preserve and reinterpret Arab visual culture.

His work has been exhibited internationally, including in Germany, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Belgium, and Egypt, and is held in private collections, including in Morocco.

Across his projects, Manu positions design as a tool for documentation, cultural inquiry, and the revival of overlooked visual traditions.