Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès will be holding a public talk where she will be speaking about the many forms that curating design can take today, ‬from a research investigation that expands into the creation of commissioned works‭, ‬to publications‭, ‬to a physical or virtual exhibition‭. ‬Drawing on her professional experience with Khatt Foundation, AbiFarès highlights the role of the curator as a facilitator and a catalyzer of various‭ ‬ideas and professional practices in the service of communicating a particular idea or theme‭. ‬Issues that will be addressed will include ‬combining a unique local perspective to a wider regional and/or universal design concerns‭, ‬and connecting heritage and local crafts to contemporary design techniques‭, ‬production/distribution methods‭.

This talk is part of the public program running alongside the ‘Intro to curating contemporary design course’, sponsored by the British Council and with the support of Careem.