Past Workshops

Tashkeel Talk: PlyPalm with Lina Ghalib

Lina Ghalib

Watch the talk online at your leisure from 23 March on our YouTube and IGTV channels, then join Tanween alumni Lina Ghalib for this live Q&A session where you raise the questions on the unique materia...

How to Transform Plastic Waste into Something Precious?

Every year, 2.5 million tons of plastic are consumed in the UAE and only 6% is currently recycled. To put these numbers in context, we could make five replicas of the Burj Khalifa every year with the ...

Tashkeel Talks: Design Practice with Bahar Al Bahar

Bahar Al Bahar

Architect and designer Bahar Al Bahar joins Salim Ahmed and Lisa Ball-Lechgar from Tashkeel to talk about the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration within the realm of design and fabrication....

DDW 2020 Family Workshop: Laser-Cut Cardboard

Azim Al Ghussein

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...

Online Talk: Tanween 2021 – Time to Apply

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...

Youth Hubx: Artist Talk with Khalid Mezaina

Khalid Mezaina

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...

Youth Hub Talk: Design Scene in the UAE

Lewis Adams

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.

Youth x Hub: Construct & Create!

Salim Ahmed

Construct and create! Drop in and build your very own playbox. It’s so simple. Take a flatpack kit, cut-out cardboard and assemble. Then dive into the lucky dip of signs, symbols and emojis. Let your ...

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 ...

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.