The Memory Matrix is a monument that explores the possibilities for future heritage creation, employing new fabrication techniques and transcultural workshops. This talk is by Azra Akšamija, an artist and designer from Sarajevo based in Boston, where she is Associate Professor at the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology.

Local designer Sahar Madanat introduces audiences to her work and talks about what it means to design for people and tailor products to their specific needs. This talk is by Sahar Madanat, whose work focuses on innovation in product design, ranging from medical design to new concept furniture.

The faculty, which is open to the local community, holds art exhibitions for its students and academic members, reflecting their diverse schools of art, and presenting a clear picture of the faculty’s artistic richness. The current exhibition showcases the works and projects of students from the Architecture, Interior Design and Graphic Design departments during the 2015-2016 academic year.

The installation is a window display of a mechanically driven geometrical sculpture that can be reconfigured and designed by members of the audience’s hand movements. It is a playful installation, simply empowering the audience with the power of design through seamless technology.

This intensive Digital Illustration workshop aims to give graphic designers/ illustrators/ artists the fundamentals of using Adobe Illustrator for creating illustrations digitally and from scratch as well as enhancing hand-drawn sketches.​

About The Workshop

Learn the basic techniques of working with metal, cutting shapes, piercing, soldering, polishing, bending and pulling wire to make simple jewelry pieces in a 1 day inte

About the Workshop

This furniture design workshop focuses on understanding the different design genres, that are essential in relating the product to the proper context.

The seminar will adopt an engaging rapport with the students, presenting them with a model of a green home in addition to relevant illustrations and devices. The seminar will expose children in Jordan to concepts of design and the function of architecture through the craftsmanship embodied in the model.

Without an association to represent designers and offer them tools and resources to grow, designers continue to be an unheard voice. This workshop seeks to establish the groundwork for an association of designers in Jordan – one that helps advance design as a profession, provides tools and resources to designers country-wide, and establishes design as a key force in society.

This workshop introduces participants to different tools and wire techniques and will result in the creation of wearable pieces. As part of inamullumani’s objective of supporting the empowerment of women, training workshops related to capacity building and technical skill development have been offered.

The workshop will present a pilot project for public schools developed by The Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE) and teach basic participatory design applications for working with youth. Participatory design secures user buy-in, generates creative solutions that are tailored to the needs of communities, and is a significant contributor to relevant placemaking.

Oasis500 and Finnegan, an international intellectual property law firm, are hosting a session on IP to raise awareness among designers on what is patentable, the different types of patents and how designers can protect their work.