fbpx Program | Amman Design Week
Exhibition
Independent Space
Venue
SADDA Studio & Indoor Modern Furniture
Location
Jabal Al Lweibdeh
Date
6 - 14 October 2017
Time
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SADDA design and build invites you to explore our studio during Amman Design Week, exhibiting its design work, furniture pieces, and artwork as well as organizing a variety of programs that integrate design with music. The studio will showcase installations of furniture pieces executed by Indoor Modern Furniture, and special musical performance by Tariq Al Jundi and Nasser Salameh.
Children’s Workshop
Independent Space

Claymation

Eissa Abdelnour
Venue
The Animation Workshop
Location
Jabal Amman
Date
6 - 7, 13 - 14 October 2017
Time
-
This workshop allows children to create characters using clay that they can bring to life with a camera, and will enhance children’s motor skills and introduce them to the mechanics of filmmaking and STEAM learning concepts.
Independent Space
Workshop

Fabric Workshop

Samir & Ghassan
Venue
Samir & Ghassan
Location
8th Circle
Date
6 October 2017
Time
-
When painting on fabric, the options are limitless. From canvas to t-shirts, learn techniques specific to fabric painting that will open up entire new worlds of artistic possibilities.
Independent Space
Talk
Venue
Omniplan
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
7 October 2017
Time
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Omniplan’s first ever V-Ray Day in Jordan will feature sessions on all the latest and expected releases, and a sneak peek at future developments. Participants learn about V-Ray for Revit and the coming V-Ray 3 for Rhino and SketchUp.
Independent Space
Workshop
Venue
Tumayr
Location
7th Circle
Date
11 - 12 October 2017
Time
-
Participants of this workshop will receive an introduction to basic garden design, and will be asked to come up with an abstract drawing that will be transformed into a garden plan. Participants will learn a simplistic method of transforming shapes into garden areas and plans.
Exhibition
Independent Space

Urban Farming

Jadal for Knowledge and Culture
Venue
Jadal for Knowledge and Culture
Location
Jabal Al Lweibdeh
Date
11 October 2017
Time
-
A discussion around the value of urban farming, explaining its techniques and environmental and social impact. The discussion is followed by a visit to the urban farming project done by Greening the Camps, located on the roof of Jadal for Knowledge and Culture.
Independent Space
Workshop
Venue
Al Hussein Cultural Center
Location
Ras El Ain
Date
13 - 14 October 2017
Time
-
As Amman looks to institutionalize resilience planning citywide, Resilience by Design University (RBD_U) is an opportunity for academics, students and practitioners to come together through a two-day event focused on Amman’s challenges of water, waste and transportation.
Culture & Food
Independent Space
Venue
Majnoon Qahwa
Location
Abdoun
Date
14 October 2017
Time
-
Through this interactive session, participants will be introduced to the history and origin of coffee, in addition to learning the design and process of coffee preparation, type of roasts and variant origin or beans.
Exhibition
Independent Space

University of Petra

Student Exhibition
Venue
University of Petra
Location
Airport Road
Date
1, 4 - 8 September 2016
Time
-
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.
Exhibition
Independent Space

Works and Methodologies

Rand El Haj Hasan and Flaÿou
Venue
Rand El Haj Hasan's Studio
Location
Jabal Amman
Date
1 - 9 September 2016
Time
-
This exhibition displays the works and working methodologies of the studio's designer, Rand El Haj Hasan, and her guests from Flaÿou​ the multidisciplinary design studio based in Tunis. Flaÿou, consisting of Hella El Khiari and Thomas Egoumenides, is dedicated to object, graphic and environmental design and is focused on the joyful exploration of non-conformist ideas.
Exhibition
Independent Space

Constellations

Mamdouh Bisharat, Sami Haven, Abeer Seikaly
Venue
Duke's Design Center
Location
Downtown Amman
Date
1 - 9 September 2016
Time
-
When objects align themselves in specific patterns to form constellations, they affect one another in an exchange that releases nuances of meanings and experiences. This exhibition curated by Sahel Al Hiyari transforms the works of Mamdouh Bisharat, Abeer Seikaly, and Sami Haven to engage with the space and the city.
Culture & Food
Venue
Raghadan Tourist Terminal
Location
Downtown Amman
Date
1 - 9 September 2016
Time
-
Food makers cook on site from scratch, bringing people closer to the process and the craft of food preparation, highlighting their cultural identity.