Become a future maker in a world full of inventions and making at the Children’s Museum Jordan’s Tinker Lab, where curiosity is encouraged, creative thinking is most welcomed. The Tinker Lab provides the space and tools for creativity, innovation, and problem solving through trial and error, where giving up is not an option.

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.

How then do we innovate? How can design drive innovation? Every organization needs to create a culture of innovation, for it is only the habit of innovation that leads to success. In this speech Paul Hughes will draw live as he speaks along ten meters of paper. He calls this unique form of storytelling Ten Meters of Thinking.

Ali Maher was a key artist, architect, teacher, and cultural icon in Amman. He was a bridge between all incoming students and visitors, highlighting the interesting sights within Amman as well as across the Kingdom. In memory of the third anniversary of his passing, this exhibition is a reflection of Maher’s generosity, presenting a series of drawings and sketches which he gave away on the spot to whomever was around him.

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.

Curators of the MADAFA pavilion; Arini founders will discuss their approach to architecture and urbanism as well as their transdisciplinary projects. They are joined in conversation by the designers Rasem Kamal and Saja Nashashibi to present the vision behind the pavilion, its design, form, and content.

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.

Learn the basics of papermaking using natural, local materials and the traditional techniques of the craftswomen of Iraq al Amir. Participants will experiment with fallen palm leaves, grass, flowers, sumac, red henna, saffron, rose leaves, paprika, tea and local coffee.

A little journey through Filippo Protasoni’s works, seen through the design process and stories from offstage that make a project valuable for market and clients. Filippo Protasoni studied in Italy and Norway, graduating from Politecnico di Milano. He has designed for important Italian brands, such as Lago, Prandina, Miniforms, Sintesi and Mirabello.

An exhibition of the first prototypes of Sahel Al Hiyari's product design and Laith Demashqieh's drawings. It represents ‘work in progress’ and the potential of looking at product design not as a finished form.

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

Heritage reflects both good and bad events, and the varying experiences of a wide range of individuals and social groups, creating an authentic society. During this talk Roy Letterlé will talk about the role of industrial heritage in the work of Studio Mieke Meijer and the different steps in the design process.