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Exhibition

The Crafts District

Curated by Dina Haddadin
Venue
Raghadan Tourist Terminal
Location
Downtown Amman
Date
1 - 9 September 2016
Time
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The Raghadan Tourist Terminal transforms into a social space exploring the importance of craft in issues of empowerment, self-expression and storytelling. Curated by architect Dina Haddadin, this exhibition offers a holistic link between culture, heritage and contemporary craft through a series of pop-up shops, demonstration booths, design installations and a local food component.
Children’s Workshop
Independent Space

Car Makers

Drop-In Workshops
Venue
The Children's Museum
Location
King Hussein Park
Date
1 - 5, 7 - 9 September 2016
Time
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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.
Culture & Food

MADAFA

Curated by Arini
Venue
The Walk
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
1 - 9 September 2016
Time
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MADAFA stems from the belief that design should be experienced through all five senses. Set within the winding pathway between Al Hussein Cultural Center and Greater Amman Municipality, MADAFA is a social space and pavilion curated by Arini and designed by architects Rasem Kamaland and Saja Nashashibi. The pavilion is a modern reinterpretation of the traditional space for the reception of visitors.
Independent Space
Independent Space

Voi Artis

Creative Space
Venue
Voi Artis
Location
Jabal Amman
Date
1, 3 - 8 September 2016
Time
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Voi Artis is a furniture design house and manufacturer that offers clients a bespoke experience, turning creation into a conversation. Instead of a mere design or a cold manufacturing process, at Voi Artis, it is all about the client. Because the client is at the center of the design process, their dreams, aspirations and lifestyle are key considerations in the enhancement of their home. Voi Artis strives for perfection, aiming to not only design furniture that looks great, but to create pieces and spaces that are loved and enjoyed for a lifetime.
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.
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.
Workshop
Independent Space

Furniture Design

Workshop by Filippo Protasoni, facilitated by Design Institute Amman
Venue
Design Institute Amman
Location
Jabal Amman
Date
4 - 6 September 2016
Time
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About the Workshop

This furniture design workshop focuses on understanding the different design genres, that are essential in relating the product to the proper context.

Talk

Design vs. Business Binary

eyen and Lilian Abou Zeki
Venue
Jordan Museum
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
4 September 2016
Time
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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.
Culture & Food
Venue
The Walk
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
4 September 2016
Time
-

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

Talk

Circle of Innovation

Paul Hughes - Founder, Ten Meters of Thinking
Venue
Jordan Museum
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
6 September 2016
Time
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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.
Workshop
Independent Space

Motion Design

Mahmoud Al Azzab
Venue
SAE Institute-Amman
Location
Airport Road
Date
7 September 2016
Time
-
Motion graphics is a digital technique that combines pictures, words, sound and video. It addresses the languages of film, animation and graphic design.
Exhibition
Independent Space

Recreate The Past

OCD | Collective
Venue
Obsessive Compulsive Design
Location
Jabal Al Lweibdeh
Date
9 September 2016
Time
-
As we revisit the past, we redo the now and rebrand the future. The collective exhibition is a manifesto of moving on, in art, design and writing. This exhibition will engage the audience with the meaning of living with a past and an insecurity, and the rhapsody of overcoming them.