Past Workshops

Dubai Design Week 2019: Make a Bookend

Using concrete to make a pair of bookends, learn about design, materials and aesthetics. Open to a parent with a child (6 years+) as well as adults.

Drop-in Design Surgery (16 November)

Discuss your career and get feedback on your portfolio in a one-to-one session with design industry professionals working in the UAE and internationally.Please note that the workshop is for individual...

Dubai Design Week 2019: Make a Candleholder

Make a candleholder, considering design and aesthetics and reflecting on human anatomy to guide the process. Open to a parent with a child (6 years+) as well as adults.

Drop-in Design Surgery (15 November)

Discuss your career and get feedback on your portfolio in a one-to-one session with design industry professionals working in the UAE and internationally.Please note that the workshop is for individual...

Khatt Foundation: Arabic Lettering

Khatt Foundation, Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

(2 sessions) Discover the expressive possibilities of lettering using the Arabic script with Huda Smitshuijzen-AbiFarès. Create a word, exploring letterforms that can later be extended to a typeface d...

Dubai Design Week 2019: Make a Concrete Planter

Learn about design, materials and aesthetics as you make your own concrete planter. Open to a parent with a child (6 years+) as well as adults.

Dubai Design Week 2019: Make a Table Lamp

Learn to create, design and make a table lamp from scratch using concrete. Open to a parent with a child (6 years+) as well as adults.

Drop-in Design Surgery (13 November)

Discuss your career and get feedback on your portfolio in a one-to-one session with design industry professionals working in the UAE and internationally.

Drop-in Design Surgery (12 November)

Discuss your career and get feedback on your portfolio in a one-to-one session with design industry professionals working in the UAE and internationally.Please note that the workshop is for individual...

Youth Hub Talk: Photography in the Arab World - The Story of Tribe

Mubarik Jafery

Co-founder of Tribe Magazine Mubarik Jafery discusses the magazine, its place and purpose in the region in an informative and reflective session. Tribe Magazine focuses on photography and new media in...

Pop in and Paint

Zahra Jewanjee

Explore painting with Zahra Jewenjee MFA and fellow participants. Advance your composition and colour techniques and engage in discussions on self-critique. All materials are included.

Khatt Foundation: Advanced Arabic Typeface Design

Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès, Khajag Apelian, Khatt Foundation

Suitable for experienced designers wanting to learn new type design authoring tools. Join Huda Smitshuijzen- AbiFarès, Naïma Ben Ayed, Khajag Apelian and Georg Seifert to expand character sets and fin...