An Investigation of ?Possibilities? at Amman Design Week 2019
Amman recently blossomed into the 3rd edition of Amman Design Week, a multi-disciplinary event hosting 200 exhibiting regional designers.
For nine days the Jordanian capital of Amman blossomed into the third edition of Amman Design Week, a multi-disciplinary, biannual event hosting over 200 exhibiting regional designers representing established and burgeoning talent alike. Sponsored by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah and orchestrated by creative director Rana Beiruti, this year’s theme of “Possibilities” directs an investigation of design as an exploratory tool in service of resilient optimism and as a vehicle for change in times of uncertainty.
Curated this year by Noura Al Sayeh-Holtrop, the Hangar exhibition in Ras El Ain occupies the empty remnants of an electrical plant. For Amman Design Week, the structure stands as a symbolic edifice and operational heart of the event, hosting over fifty designers from the Middle East and North Africa during the event. \ Photo: Gregory Han
Hosted across an urban landscape where it’s not always evident whether a project is in a state of construction or deconstruction, resource scarcity has long operated as an inextricable force, shaping every facet of Amman’s industries, arts, and infrastructure. In comparison to surrounding oil-rich nations, Jordan’s most profitable resource for export is phosphate, an agricultural mineral. Clean water increasingly looms as a public concern, with the ...
For nine days the Jordanian capital of Amman blossomed into the third edition of Amman Design Week, a multi-disciplinary, biannual event hosting over 200 exhibiting regional designers representing established and burgeoning talent alike. Sponsored by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah and orchestrated by creative director Rana Beiruti, this year’s theme of “Possibilities” directs an investigation of design as an exploratory tool in service of resilient optimism and as a vehicle for change in times of uncertainty.
Curated this year by Noura Al Sayeh-Holtrop, the Hangar exhibition in Ras El Ain occupies the empty remnants of an electrical plant. For Amman Design Week, the structure stands as a symbolic edifice and operational heart of the event, hosting over fifty designers from the Middle East and North Africa during the event. \ Photo: Gregory Han
Hosted across an urban landscape where it’s not always evident whether a project is in a state of construction or deconstruction, resource scarcity has long operated as an inextricable force, shaping every facet of Amman’s industries, arts, and infrastructure. In comparison to surrounding oil-rich nations, Jordan’s most profitable resource for export is phosphate, an agricultural mineral. Clean water increasingly looms as a public concern, with the ...
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