Independent Space
Independent Space

Voi Artis

Creative Space
Venue
Voi Artis
Location
Jabal Amman
Date
1, 3 - 8 September 2016
Time
-
Voi Artis is a furniture design house and manufacturer that offers clients a bespoke experience, turning creation into a conversation. Instead of a mere design or a cold manufacturing process, at Voi Artis, it is all about the client. Because the client is at the center of the design process, their dreams, aspirations and lifestyle are key considerations in the enhancement of their home. Voi Artis strives for perfection, aiming to not only design furniture that looks great, but to create pieces and spaces that are loved and enjoyed for a lifetime.
Installation
Independent Space
Venue
books@café
Location
Jabal Amman
Date
3 - 7 September 2016
Time
-
Georgia will apply her bold and graphic design style with a detailed mixture of textures and type. Georgia plays with composition and a sense of depth, heaviness, mood and tone. She will develop a feeling without using explicitly obvious forms.
Children’s Workshop

Little Eurekers Space

Farah Shaddad - Eureka Tech Academy
Venue
Jordan Museum - Children’s Space
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
3, 7 September 2016
Time
-
This workshop will include hands on activities for kids from 6–10 years old, where they will learn and implement systems in robotics, mechanical engineering, pneumatics and renewable technologies. Farah Shaddad is the senior trainer at Eureka Tech Academy with two years experience in teaching STEM for kids from 6–10 years old.
Workshop
Independent Space
Venue
Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress
Location
Um Uthaina
Date
3, 5, 7, 9 September 2016
Time
-
TIRAZ presents an outdoor embroidery workshop for beginners, led by an expert embroiderer and TIRAZ staff. In this workshop, participants are presented with more than just the opportunity to learn how to embroider; they will also be able to link patterns with dresses from The Widad Kawar Collection at TIRAZ, and differentiate between the various techniques known across Jordan and Palestine.
Workshop
Venue
Raghadan Tourist Terminal
Location
Downtown Amman
Date
3, 7 September 2016
Time
-
Using the traditional techniques of textile-dyeing used by the women of Ghor Al Safi, this workshop introduces participants to the use of local, natural dyes in creating beautiful patterns on cloth. On the shores of the Dead Sea, the Ghor El Safi Women Association for Social experiments with innovative arts and crafts.
Exhibition
Independent Space

JO Grad Show

Organized by the Applied Science University
Venue
Zara Center
Location
Wadi Saqra
Date
5 - 8 September 2016
Time
-
Celebrating the remarkable work of this year’s graduating class, the first JO Grad Show is a local exhibition of students graduating with degrees in Graphic Design and Interior Design from Jordanian universities.
Culture & Food
Independent Space

Namliyeh: Tea Party

Creative Space
Venue
Namliyeh
Location
Jabal Al Lweibdeh
Date
6 - 7 September 2016
Time
-
Stop by for an afternoon tea party at Namliyeh's kitchen and tasting room in Jabal al Weibdeh to sample jams from their seasonal collections along with scones, cream and tea. Learn more about the different fruit varieties in Jordan, as well as Namliyeh’s wild herbal infusions and the less known traditional farming methods.
Workshop
Venue
Jordan Museum - MakerSpace
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
7 September 2016
Time
-
Strategies are dead. Strategies should be alive. Everything in our world is fluid. Our strategies therefore should be designed to closer reflect the world. This workshop will answer: How can we operate in a world that keeps changing? How can we move forward without knowing for such what is going to happen?
Workshop

Design For Impact: Amman's Local Markets

T+LOCAL: Dennis Meulenbroeks
Venue
Jordan Museum - MakerSpace
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
7 September 2016
Time
-
​This workshop on social design invites participants to design opportunities for the communities in the local markets in downtown Amman. Dennis Meulenbroeks is the founder and director of T+LOCAL. As a social entrepreneur with an Industrial Design background, he researches and develops new approaches and strategies for design in the social field.
Workshop
Venue
Jordan Museum
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
7 September 2016
Time
-
Coaching & Mentorship are essential for personal growth, new insights, and overcoming business challenges. Join this unique opportunity to sit with Paul Hughes in a Mastermind Circle where you can join a select group of people to discuss any professional challenge and ‘ask coach Paul anything’.
Workshop
Independent Space
Venue
Zara Center
Location
Wadi Saqra
Date
7 September 2016
Time
-
This workshop is an introduction to the theory and practice of how to write for animated short films. The participants will learn how to turn their ideas into cinematic scripts by using different techniques and approaches.
Workshop
Independent Space

Motion Design

Mahmoud Al Azzab
Venue
SAE Institute-Amman
Location
Airport Road
Date
7 September 2016
Time
-
Motion graphics is a digital technique that combines pictures, words, sound and video. It addresses the languages of film, animation and graphic design.