Past Workshops

Arabic Lettering

Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

The workshop will involve hands-on drawing and experimentation with various styles and writing techniques. It will introduce the participants to the expressive possibilities of lettering using the Ara...

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

Salman Khan Ghauri

This 2-day workshop covers the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator that provides participants with all the necessary knowledge and skills needed to start using Adobe Illustrator CC. In this workshop, yo...

Riso for Photographers

Sarah Alfarhan

In this 2 day workshop participants will learn the basics of bitmapping their photographs using Adobe Photoshop - participants will experiment in 4 colour separation to print on the Risograph. Photo ...

Drop in and Draw

Sarah Alfarhan

Drop in and Draw is an on-going monthly session for artists, designers, and creatives wanting to share their sketchbook pages with each other and to create a supportive community committed to drawing ...

Winter Camp 2017: 3D Woodwork

Salim Ahmed

Join us in a special workshop designed for young people to explore working with wood. From design all the way through to making their own piece using practical skills in a fun, friendly and safe envir...

Winter Camp 2017

Fay McCaul, Ibrahim Zaki, Natalia Lasso, Salim Ahmed, Sarah Alfarhan

Tashkeel is happy to announce that we will be running our first edition of Winter camp starting in December 2017 Throughout the 2 weeks we will be having workshops for young people, covering a differ...

Winter Camp 2017: Week 1

Tashkeel is happy to announce that we will be running our first edition of Winter camp starting in December 2017

Arabic Type Design for Beginners 2017

Khajag Apelian, Georg Seifert, Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

The workshop will consist of historical presentations and practical exercises on Arabic lettering and typeface design. It will introduce the participants to the basics of the Glyphs font authoring sof...

Advanced Arabic Type Design 2017

Khajag Apelian, Georg Seifert, Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

This workshop concentrates on advanced instruction for designers and is designed for those who have already taken previous Khatt Foundation Type Design workshops at Tashkeel, or designers that have ex...

Rediscovering Manuscripts - Weltformat DXB

Engy Aly

This workshop aims at investigating the visual elements in medieval manuscripts that historically produced emotions of wonder and awe.

Stop! Collaborate - Weltformat DXB

Mayar El Hayawan

The goal is to embed collaboration, verbal and visual exchange as sketching methods among young graphic designers, allowing them to further their communication and pitching skills as well as experimen...

Type Bazaar - Weltformat DXB

Erich Brechbühl and Noël Leu

Through teaching the fundamentals and basics of typography and lettering the group will design the lettering of a fictional shopfront by hand.