Sa’ada is a studio that consists of both a design and artistic practice.
They often influence one another.


Sa’ada as a Design Practice

Sa’ada is a multi-disciplinary design practice focused on creating physical spaces and media for communities. The practice ranges from community engagement, urban design, exhibition design and architecture.

Our core value is creating with communities, not just for them. Collective art creation is a form of resistance, allowing communities to advocate for themselves. The practice strikes a balance between process and product — transforming the making itself into a form of civic action.
Sa’ada as an Artistic Practice

Sa’ada is a multi-medium artistic practice rooted in visual experimentation especially with and within marginalized communities. The art practice ranges from printmaking, bookmaking, illustration, and digital drawings.

Check out our zines titled “When I Digress...” Parts 1 and 2, and “Hassan Fathy: An Anti-Modernist Egyptian Architect”.




Active Projects

  • Van Alen X NYC SBS District Design Fellowship
  • Storefront BookBash, Dec. 13, 14



Sarah Saad, the founder and principal of Sa’ada, is the Staff Designer at NYC Planning in the Community Planning and Civic Engagement division. She focuses on creating visual assets to facilitate collaboration and communication between NYC Planning and the communities it serves.

Before joining NYC Planning, she worked at Pure+Applied and Storefront for Art and Architecture, gaining experience in exhibition and graphic design. Works

Exhibitions
  • Cross Bronx Living Legend, Bronx River Arts Center (2025)
  • Under My Feet, Illana Harris, Storefront for Art and Architecture (2023)
  • Direct Action, Francisca Benetiz, Storefront for Art and Architecture (2023)
  • Visitors Center Bayard Cutting Arboretum (2024)
  • Awe of the Arctic, NYPL (2023)

Publications
  • Kozarch, Un-Built Imaginary: New Masqat (2023)
  • When I Digress... “Welcome to the Masqat” (2023)
  • When I Digress... “An Architecture of the Margins” (2023)
  • Hassan Fathy, An Anti-Egyptian Modernist Architect

Guest Critic
  • Cooper Union Architectural Thesis Mid-Review 2024
  • Columbia GSAPP Fugitive Mobilities Mid-Review 2023