Jewelry design at the Hangar Exhibition this year highlights the diversity of local designers' creations. Ranging from contemporary pieces to more traditional, the works celebrate Jordanian talent in accessory design.​

These designers shed light on one of the most pressing challenges facing current and future Jordanian generations – drawing attention to the Kingdom’s critical issue of water scarcity in the hopes of initiating a dialogue and advocating for responsible water consumption.

Originally a tool for communication, calligraphy began to be used in architecture, ornamentation and currency design. Now due to the rise of technology and print, the art of calligraphy has almost become obsolete. These local designers are celebrating the art of calligraphy through their varied initiatives and projects.

The Hangar Exhibition at Amman Design Week 2017 features designers from the region who have worked in product design in many forms. While some tackle issues of problem solving for the disabled and elderly, others have worked in products for the household, lighting design, textiles, and kitchenware.

Packaging design plays a crucial role in building a brand's identity – it is the visual language that speaks to audiences and creates a sense of personality. Clean, useful and attractive packaging design can revolutionize our experience with products. These designers each approach packaging design in their own way, creating a diverse set of efficient, conscious and aesthetically pleasing designs.

At the Hangar Exhibition this year, Hanaa Jubeh and Sahar Madanat both designed projects that tackle movement and accessibility related obstacles by creating a more efficient experience for the elderly, children or individuals with disabilities.

Functionally and aesthetically, designing for children is much different than designing for adults. Children are constantly on the move; they're learning, exploring and growing every day, and the design that is around them can have a significant impact on their development. These designers have each designed projects for children and their unique needs.

Rawan Kakish and Hamad Sultan's 'A Path of Synergy' integrates computational processes and digital techniques for data collection of human movements, which are reflected through the change of light and motion intensities of butterfly-like components.

In a world threatened by dwindling resources, climate change and other irreversible environmental ramifications, design can be a powerful tool to reflect the growing global yearning for a more sustainable future. ADW featured designers and experts hail from different backgrounds and possess different talents and skills, but they share a passion for sustainability and have chosen to leverage on their love for design to send a resounding message.

Our featured furniture designers have made a wide array of contributions to the global design landscape, adapting disciplines from different schools of design to showcase the sheer power furniture has on our perception of our surroundings.

Design delivers immense impact on a book’s appeal, shaping and defining the user's experience with the information and content. On display at the Hangar Exhibition, these designers created book and magazine designs that reveal a variety of topics, information and design styles.

Typography design at Amman Design Week explores the connection between old and new and the intersection of Arabic, French and Berber Amazigh.