The much anticipated second season of Abwab, an exhibition dedicated to exploring the design narrative of countries within the MENASA region, returns. Explore a sensorial design showcase under this year's theme, 'The Human Senses'.
The much anticipated second season of Abwab, an exhibition dedicated to exploring the design narrative of countries within the MENASA region, returns. Explore a sensorial design showcase under this year's theme, 'The Human Senses'.
Visitors can test out percussion skills in time to a subtle soundtrack at the Algeria pavilion where curator Hellal Algeria has installed a set of colourful, contemporary Algerian design-drums in a visual and reflective space defined by large graphic posters and mirrored floors.
At the India pavilion, multimedia artists Thukral & Tagra invite visitors to create a personal hand-made, hexagonal floor tile inspired by a memory or emotion. Visitors can then choose to archive the memory by submitting it to the ‘Memoir Bar’ or exchange it for another.
Bahrain has chosen to champion traditional local pottery in an exhibition where interdisciplinary designer Othman Khunji in collaboration with architect Maitham AlMubarak has created an accessible interface and video installation to teach visitors the value and heritage of this largely forgotten craft.
Representing Palestine, architects Elias Anastas and Yousef Anastas have also opted for a different take on a threatened native craft, exhibiting a structure that celebrates the dying art of the olive wood master carver.
The installation from Iraq is an abstract, sculptural interpretation of the country’s ancient architecture, calligraphy and poetry, courtesy of architect/designer/cultural researcher Rand Abdul Jabbar and designer Hozan Zangana.
Multidisciplinary designerSalemAl-Qassimi has taken a playful approach to the ubiquitous cafeterias that have become an integral element of Emirati culture in the United Arab Emirates pavilion. The UAE Pavilion draws inspiration from the cafeteria in an attempt to highlight the many layers of this cultural phenomenon.