Workshop

Eurekan's Space

Eureka Tech Academy
Venue
Mobile MakerSpace
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
6 - 14 October 2017
Time
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Young innovators from Eureka Tech Academy are displaying their innovative tech-projects and the process that they went through to reach the final working prototype.
Workshop
Venue
Mobile MakerSpace - Ras El Ain
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
11 October 2017
Time
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Facilitated by the women of the Association of Iraq Al Amir Women, this hands-on workshop teaches students how to create useful and decorative ceramic molds from the casings and shells of various fruits. Kids will also learn how to color the molds using a specific technique. The molds can then be painted and transformed into decorative home accessories or bowls.
Workshop

Origami Workshop

Waragami World
Venue
Mobile MakerSpace
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
11 October 2017
Time
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This workshop teaches the basics of the art of Origami, and how to create different shapes and designs using Origami paper and recycled magazines and newspapers. Through the sessions, participants will learn soft skills like time management, teamwork, problem-solving skills and creativity. ​
Talk

Placemaking: Reimagining Public Space in Amman

The ADW 2017 Urban Park Competition
Venue
Zain Cultural Plaza - Al Hussein Cultural Center
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
11 October 2017
Time
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As part of Amman Design Week's efforts in engaging designers with the urban environment and using our platform to create conversations about derelict or abandoned spaces in the city, Amman Design Week invites leaders in urban design and activism to a panel discussion. Speakers include Ayman Zuaiter, architect of the abandoned Raghadan Tourist Terminal, host to ADW 2016's Crafts District, urban design educator Leen Fakhoury, design activist and founder of the 7hills skatepark Mohammad Zakaria, and Nemeh Qatanani, an urban designer from the Greater Amman Municipality.
Independent Space
Workshop
Venue
Mixed Dimensions
Location
Um Uthaina
Date
8, 11 October 2017
Time
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This workshop is an introduction to the basics of Blender, an open source computer graphics software used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D modeling, video games and much more.
Independent Space
Workshop
Venue
Design Institute Amman
Location
Jabal Amman
Date
9 - 11 October 2017
Time
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This three-day workshop offers advanced training in designing Arabic typefaces, and is open to designers with a strong interest in typography, or with previous experience in Arabic type design wishing to advance their design and technical skills.
Independent Space
Workshop
Venue
Omniplan
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
10 - 12 October 2017
Time
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A short seminar that introduces participants to the newest software from Autodesk – Fusion 360. The four-day workshop will teach participants how to design parts and models with stable and dynamic joints, transferring any idea from imagination to reality.
Independent Space
Workshop
Venue
Design Institute Amman
Location
Jabal Amman
Date
11 - 13 October 2017
Time
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The three-day workshop aims to briefly go through the fashion design process from design to making, to realise one design in three-dimensional form. Through discussions and exercises, students will be shown how to research a theme, develop it into a capsule collection of basic elasticated waist skirts, and how to pattern-cut and construct their final chosen skirt.​
Independent Space
Workshop
Venue
Tumayr
Location
7th Circle
Date
11 - 12 October 2017
Time
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Participants of this workshop will receive an introduction to basic garden design, and will be asked to come up with an abstract drawing that will be transformed into a garden plan. Participants will learn a simplistic method of transforming shapes into garden areas and plans.
Independent Space
Workshop

Puzzle Painting

Love on a Bike
Venue
Love on a Bike
Location
Wadi Saqra
Date
7 - 12, 14 October 2017
Visit ‘Love on a Bike’ to participate in solving a 2000-piece jigsaw puzzle of one of Rima Malallah’s paintings. After a week of communal puzzle solving, a time-lapse video of the group effort will be created and shared online.
Independent Space
Workshop
Venue
Shams El Balad
Location
Jabal Amman
Date
11 October 2017
Time
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During this workshop, a team of designers will guide participants through the basic principles of tablescaping, how to find the correct combination of elements and materials to achieve a look that is just right and most importantly, ways to use the unexpected to create touches that will elevate any design.
Independent Space
Workshop
Venue
Studio Be
Location
Abdoun
Date
11 October 2017
Time
-
Photographer Amer Hammad introduces essential food photography tips and styling techniques. After this workshop participants will be able to take better food pictures and learn how to use props in food styling and photography.