Get a taste for design construction in this live 90-minute free workshop to assemble a vase using pre-cut cardboard components made on the Tashkeel Laser Cutter. Customise your creation using a select...
DDW 2020 Adult Workshop: Making with Laser-Cut Wood
Salim Ahmed
Join this 90-minute free workshop led by Salim Ahmed from Tashkeel to assemble a lamp using pre-cut wooden components made on the Tashkeel Laser Cutter and a simple lighting element. Customise your cr...
DDW 2020 MasterClass: Introduction to the Tanween Design Programme 2021
Lisa Ball-Lechgar, Salim Ahmed
Since its launch in 2013, the Tanween design programme at Tashkeel has contributed to the growth of the UAE design sector by investing in 26 UAE-based emerging designers from 11 countries to design an...
Tanween is the professional development programme by Tashkeel, open to emerging designers, makers and artisans living and working in the UAE. Each year, practitioners are selected to embark on a journ...
Khalid Mezaina’s explores illustration and surface-based design and art through personal interests that include daily findings from around the city he calls home. He will talk about the subcultures of...
Sign up for a series of creative workshops this winter at the Tashkeel Winter Camp. Sessions are focused on making activities that foster creative and critical thinking. The workshops engage participa...
Sign up for a series of creative workshops this winter at the Tashkeel Winter Camp. Sessions are focused on making activities that foster creative and critical thinking. The workshops engage participa...
(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...
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...
Tashkeel Design Manager Lewis Adams discusses the local product design scene; covering topics such as historical contexts, local trends, sustainability and production in the UAE.
Be inspired by Khalid Mezaina’s textile works 'Capes Make the Man' in the current exhibition ‘The Alumni Return’ and learn the basics of printed textile patterns and fashion pattern-making. Participan...