Wow

July 15, 2007 at 11:41 pm · Filed under Arabisms, Design

…and I thought we had it bad. The new Saudi license plates make me feel like that’s how license plates should have looked in 1910. The line down the middle… the grid… the light blue edge… the funky translation… wow.

new number plates

[via Saudi Jeans]




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  • http://www.black-iris.com Nas

    def. worse than ours

  • http://Abedhamdan.com Abed Hamdan

    It reflects the wisdom and vision of the Saudi decision makers. lol

  • http://faithnMystery.blogspot.com Maher

    shway besh3a!! lol

  • http://mindsonbytes.blogspot.com Isam

    i have been told that these are the plates that existed in 1960s and 70s ,,, maybe you should check it with your father … i remember you said he lived in riyadh …

  • http://www.askadenia.net Amer Khalili

    Ohh my god,, it’s sooooo suck plate.. no need to make the translation between arabic and english words…

    it’s soo funny translation that the ص in arabic is X in english,,ooops

    and the whole desing is sooo bad and ugly…so the jordanian one is much better now after i c this…

    thx

  • Mr.Mystery

    I actually like it, it has an old school flair to it.

  • http://who-sane.com Who-sane

    I really thought you were posting a picture of the ancient times!

  • http://amerabian.wordpress.com Amerabian

    Haha! “My” government’s traffic police are making new plates every other year and charging people for the new ones :D They’re trying to make a new plate for every design that was ever created, just for fun.. and of course PROFIT..