title: Tony Arefin
text: # Tony Arefin
  
  Abed "Tony" Arefin (April 23, 1962 – May 1, 2000), was an influential graphic designer who designed many fine-art catalogues in the 1990s. He was the chief art director of Frieze, the contemporary art magazine.
  
  ## Early life in Pakistan and Bangladesh
  
  Arefin was born in Karachi, Pakistan in 1962. Later moving to Dhaka, Bangladesh before immigrating with his parents to London.
  
  ## Career
  
  Arefin moved to New York to work for Bomb magazine.
  
  