The Art of Making Safeefah: Rooted in the Palm Tree (@IrthiCrafts)
byExploring the traditional Emirati craft of Safeefah making, and how it started and the different techniques behind it, and learning more about what the…
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Irthi Crafts Council(@irthicrafts): Developing New Markets
byTraditional crafts pave way for women and creativity. Last February my attendance to an Emirati traditional crafts event initially incited in me an interest…
The Choreography of Glass
byArticle Brief: A study trip to Rhode Island School of Design in the United States, revealed to the author that working with glass is a…
A Piece in History: The ‘Ugal’
byArticle Brief: Author visits an Ugalor, Arabian male headpiece maker, and explores the contemporary process of making it, as well as its past functions. In…
Design Interactions in @DesignDaysDubai
byArticle in brief: Being a part of Design Days Dubai 2015 as an exhibitor, as opposed to being part of the organizing team or being an…
Success Stories From @DesignDaysDubai
byArticle in brief: The author searched deep into Design Days Dubai to find three inspiring participants of the exhibition with inspiring stories to share. Dubai…
The Function Designers
byArticle in brief: Enrolling in a design workshop in Kuwait City revealed to the author the importance of having collaborative and creative studio environments in…
The Importance of Modern Medicine
byArticle in brief: The author shares how suffering from a fractured arm due to a horse riding accident made her aware of the importance of modern…
The Tailor of The Neighborhood
byArticle in brief: This article visits a small tailoring shop and enters its back-room to reveal the process of the tailor and what he tailors. …
Choosing Fashion Over Tradition
byNobody likes change, whether it is good or bad. We will always question what is foreign to us and rather than explore it, we avoid…
Aljoud Lootah’s “Niftee”, From a College Project to a Business
byHow did the Niftee concept start? I studied graphic design at the Higher Colleges of Technology and was asked to submit a design project…