Past Workshops

Tashkeel Lecture: Critical Design

Jana Traboulsi

Exploring the tension between form, content and context within her practice, Jana will focus on the dichotomy between the graphic designer’s role as a service provider and the designer’s role as an au...

Tashkeel Talk: Beyond Sustainability

Jonathan Ashmore

Join this Tashkeel Talk with Jonathan Ashmore, the Founder and Principal Architect of award-winning RIBA Chartered Practice ANARCHITECT, on his unique approach to design and architecture that embodies...

Tashkeel Lecture: How can invasive species be used to create luxurious materials while improving our local biodiversity?

Irene Roca Moracia

Join this Tashkeel Lecture with Irene Roca Moracia, an architect and design researcher who has worked for firms like Dominique Perrault and LVMH. Irene will be discussing her Maison/0 graduate project...

Laser Cutting

Ali Mohammed Zulfikar Tinwala

Learn about the precise and versatile machines known as laser cutters, used for cutting or engraving materials including plastics, glass, metal, wood, leather or even food. Laser cutting is a process ...

Tashkeel Talk: Working Collaboratively

bahraini –– danish

This Tashkeel Talk with Bahrain-based architecture and design studio bahraini –– danish is suitable for emerging and aspiring designers and architects in the GCC and the wider MENA region who are inte...

Afterschool Arts Club: Zip Line Challenge

Diego Mendoza

Attention! Last Design Challenge! The young designers will sketch, prototype and build a zipline that has to transport a ping pong ball from one point to the other in 4 seconds or less.

Afterschool Arts Club: Moving Popcorn (Sustainability Week edition)

Diego Mendoza

The year 2021 was declared as the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development by the United Nations. To reflect our long-term commitment to sustainability, Tashkeel is dedicatin...

Afterschool Arts Club: Paper Maché Wonders (Sustainability Week edition)

Diego Mendoza

As part of our Sustainability Week, this Afterschool Arts Club workshop will introduce our young artists to a planet-friendly art technique called paper maché. By using organic glue and recycled paper...

Afterschool Arts Club: Moving Marshmallows (Sustainability Week edition)

Diego Mendoza

Attention! Design challenge! Tashkeel is seeking young creative minds to solve a design challenge of utmost importance.

Precious Plastics

Hernán Torres

The workshop will explore how specialised machines can be utilised to create useful products out of waste. Through live demonstrations and hands-on exercises, participants will learn about how this pr...

Summer Camp 2021 (8 - 11 years): Shop Designer

Azim Al Ghussein

Build your own miniature shop with Azim Al Ghussein! This workshop is designed to help children explore their spatial design skills using cardboard and other materials to construct a simple shop space...

INDEX 2021: Inspired by History; Formed by Nature

A moderated design discussion featuring UAE-based designers Lina Ghalib and Hamza Omari around the challenges and opportunities of utilising natural materials indigenous to the UAE in contemporary pro...