Co-Founders and Designers of Wajha, Hussein Alazaat and Ali AlMasri will talk about Wajha’s upcoming plans, and how its development affected the design scene in the Arab world. Wajha is an independent social initiative that uses design and branding knowledge to help the community by offering design services free of charge.

Mohammad Rahahleh talks about how the development and structure of the city of Amman and its urban design have affected the human experience of the city. His talk focuses on the participatory nature of design as he shares his vision and future plans for creating sustainable transport and urban design at a local government level.

What happens when designers embrace their capacity as creative problem solvers and integrate into the remaining phases of creation which can include business, strategy, and other functions? This discussion, featuring guest speaker Lilian Abou Zeki and eyen founders, addresses the binary that exists between design and business.

About The National Music Conservatory:

The National Music Conservatory was Established by the Noor Al Hussein Foundation in 1986, the National Music Conservatory (NMC) is Jordan's premie

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

​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.

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’.