Culture & Food

Amman Eats: The Urban Feast

Curated by Namliyeh
Venue
Jordan Museum
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
1 - 9 September 2016
Time
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This pop-up eatery encompasses a contemporary kitchen where chefs prepare an interesting array of locally inspired dishes.
Culture & Food
Venue
Raghadan Tourist Terminal
Location
Downtown Amman
Date
1 - 9 September 2016
Time
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Food makers cook on site from scratch, bringing people closer to the process and the craft of food preparation, highlighting their cultural identity.
Culture & Food

Amman Eats: The Cart

Curated by Namliyeh
Venue
Ras El Ain Gallery / Hangar
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
1 - 9 September 2016
Time
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​Combining design exhibitions and dining experiences, The Cart celebrates emerging artisanal food businesses and small scale producers to cater for those who enjoy the finer things in life.
Culture & Food

Fire Show

Ali Ramahi
Venue
The Walk
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
3 September 2016
Time
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A self-made innovator in a number of different entertainment disciplines, Ali Ramahi focuses on momentum and the ways it can be harnessed in the human body: through art, acrobatics, and fire juggling, and within human-powered machines such as unicycles.
Exhibition
Independent Space
Venue
La Locanda Boutique Hotel
Location
Jabal Al Lweibdeh
Date
2 - 9 September 2016
Time
-
Hundred Best Arabic Posters is a creative organization that aims to create a dynamic space celebrating the diversity of visual cultures by collecting and choosing the best posters from across the Arab world.
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.
Talk
Independent Space

Design Forum

An open discussion on design education and practice
Venue
Applied Science University
Location
Shafa Badran
Date
3 September 2016
Time
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IMEDEA and ASU will assemble leaders from academia and practice at the Applied Science University Conference Center for the purpose of exploring the future of design education.
Workshop
Venue
Jordan Museum - MakerSpace
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
2 - 3, 9 September 2016
Time
-
Facilitated by Faisal Nemri, who currently works as the Mixed Dimensions Marketing researcher for both its products MakePrintable and GamePrint, this workshop introduces the concepts and basics of 3D design for 3D printing, and takes a hands-on approach enabling participants to design their first 3D printable object.
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
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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.
Independent Space
Independent Space

Education UK Design Mini-Fair​ 2016

Education UK of the British Council
Venue
Ras El Ain Gallery
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
3 September 2016
Time
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Attend the Education UK Design Mini-Fair will be a chance to meet a network of elite UK-accredited universities. The universities’ representatives will be able to answer all your questions about studying design in the UK.
Workshop
Independent Space
Venue
Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress
Location
Um Uthaina
Date
3, 5, 7, 9 September 2016
Time
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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.