Taghmees Social Kitchen is a homegrown recipe, a medium for learning that brings people, stories and food together to reclaim life and create meaning outside of dominant narratives.

In this workshop, Amal presents her personal experience dealing with waste and speaks about the challenges and benefits of recycling and finding creative ways to reuse waste. Participants will learn creative ways to repurpose waste, and should bring recyclable items, like water bottles, juice containers and food cans.

Design thinking is the process in which an idea becomes a reality. The talk by the founder of Jobedu, Tamer AlMasri, will discuss the design process adopted by Jobedu, and the different variables taken into consideration while developing design direction.

This workshop introduces participants to the art of pottery-making, with a focus on utilizing clay and grit to create ornaments or functional pieces for daily-use purposes. Participants will learn about the stages of oven glazing and how to shape clay manually using the clay wheel, and will make one piece for each technique they learn.

Architect and choreographer Shireen Talhouni will be choreographing a site-specific performance that explores the relationship between the individual, the collective, and the city.

For design to become a real industry in Jordan, it has to prove its economic, social and environmental relevance. Is this a neo-Bauhausian statement misplaced in 21st century Jordan? Should designers stay content with a role of ornamentation and embellishment of form, producing so called "art pieces", or will they be a force in the new manufacturing and digital revolutions? This talk joins Ahmad Humeid, curator of the 2017 Hangar Exhibition with Dina Haddadin, the exhibition designer and curator of the 2016 Crafts District in a discussion on the status of design in Jordan.

The ‘A Chair Tale’ exhibition uses a common household item – the chair – as a lens from which to tell a story about identity and material culture. The exhibition features myriad chairs of diverse upholstery, shapes and styles, each with their own story to tell. In this exhibition, the chairs represent these shared experiences and stories.

Seeking out the handmade, this interactive exhibition reveals the human touch. The objects on display are the result of a 10-week collaborative effort which brought artisans and designers residing in Jordan together to explore the roots of the design process and the drive behind creating objects with meaning.

This two day workshop begins with a talk by Huda Abifares that then evolves into a more detailed discussion with a select group of designers. Participants will work to build a knowledge base for future type-research projects tailored for Jordanian culture and market.

Facilitated by the women of the Association of Iraq Al Amir Women, this hands-on workshop teaches students how to create useful and decorative ceramic molds from the casings and shells of various fruits. Kids will also learn how to color the molds using a specific technique. The molds can then be painted and transformed into decorative home accessories or bowls.

Stop by for an afternoon tea party at Namliyeh's kitchen and tasting room in Jabal Al Lweibdeh to sample jams from their seasonal collections along with handcrafted bread, fresh butter and tea. Learn more about lesser known traditional farming methods, the available fruit varieties in Jordan, and Namliyeh’s wild herbal infusions.

Fun Engineering is a 90-minute workshop addressed to children from 8-12 years old. In this workshop, children will create their own design models and will learn the basics of design and engineering.