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Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares

Huda's last name might be hard to pronounce, but the design guru - she's got degrees from Yale and the Rhode Island School of Design - is doing a lot to bridge the gap between Arabic and Western languages, through the Khatt Foundation, which she created a few years ago. Credited with reviving the art of typography in the Middle East, and making it relevant to today's world, Huda is quite literally creating new fonts for the Arabic language. The stuff you see everywhere everyday, but seldom ever notice. Now you will.

Vitra show at Traffic

Date: 
10/09/2008
Location: 
Traffic Gallery, Dubai

Traffic gallery  is organizing a month long exhibition of Vitra furniture.They will show pieces from the 50s to today, displayed in a "raw warehouse style setup."

Opening is October 9th, at 7.30pm.

For more on how to get there: + 971 4 341 8494

 

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One very cool competition

Culture »
carole July 28th 2008

Sometimes, I wish I was a graphic designer - especially in times like this, when I receive news about the Khatt Foundation and Mosaic's "Mulsaq" competition - a wall sticker competition aimed at promoting  graphic designers from the Arab world as well as helping to develop an original visual language specific to the region, whether it be with new Arabic typos or images.

The Best of Middle East Design

Thanks to Rami Farook’ energetic endeavours, through Traffic, his Dubai gallery, the Middle East now has its very own design competition. Started this year, the aim was to uncover talent in the region, aided by a world class jury. The contest was open to anyone with a link to the region. In total, 110 entries from across the globe, including Cairo, Beirut, and Tehran and of course Dubai, ran for a chance to win in one of three categories: decorative object, lounge chair and interior design for a concept store. Two weeks ago, after a lot of suspense, the winners were finally disclosed: 

Decorative object; Rita Nader, Beirut: ‘Flash beam’
Rita, a Beirut based student wowed the judges with her exciting and forward-thinking design for this lighting system. ‘Flashbeam’ is a light fixture glowing through layers of polycarbonate; a light pillar that creates reflection of light from ice crystal plates with horizontal parallel surfaces. The shape is a typical oriental pattern; the object of an archetypal mousharabieh.

Lounge chair; Fadi Sarieddine, Dubai: ‘Dubai Syndrome’

Awards Ceremony @ Traffic

Date: 
06/28/2008
Location: 
Traffic - Saratgoga Bld near Mall of the Emirates

Traffic unveils its design awards. More than 100 candiates from 17 cities applied for this year's first of its kind contest.

For more info : www.viatraffic.org 

Six minutes and forty seconds to save the world

Two days to go before Pecha Kucha resumes its third edition at Dubai's hip Third Line Gallery.

If you sat down and calculated how many minutes worth of talking you produced a day, it would add up to a whole lot. But when it comes to addressing a crowd (think stage fright, sweaty palms and the prospect of a sudden 'loss for words' episode) six minutes and forty seconds can drag on and seem like an awful lot of time.

If you've got the chops (or at least, a creative idea), then Pecha Kucha is the place for you.

In a Box?

Date: 
06/12/2008
Location: 
Traffic, Dubai
Cliche, in association with Traffic, presents

IN A BOX?
a showcase of boxes, prints, posters & a zine
featuring 31 designers / artists

Thursday June 12th, 7pm - 11pm / continues through June 19th, 2008
at Traffic + 971 4 341 8494 or www.viatraffic.org
map on attached invite

Last Day - Traffic's sale

Date: 
05/17/2008
Location: 
Traffic Gallery

Traffic's 1st bi-annual sale is full of good buys for those who like design. Today is the last day! Fore more info: www.viatraffic.org

UAE Goes Green

Date: 
04/29/2008
Location: 
The Third Line Gallery, Al Quoz 3 District

The environement cirsis is a design crisis...come and hear about new ways to build green. In light of Abu Dhabi's Cityscape Fair (May 16-18), the aaUAE along with Emirates Buidling Green Council is holding this though provoking lecture, well worth attending for anyone interested in design, architecture and environemental issues. Lecture starts at 6.30pm. 

Brownbook's Urban Guides Launch

Date: 
02/21/2008
Location: 
Traffic Gallery, Tamweel Bld (next to Mall of Emirates)

Brownbook shares with Dia one big idea: that the Middle East is cool!  If you' re in Dubai, don't miss the launch for their urban guides, covering Cairo, Manama, Doha, Beirut and other cities

An all together brilliant idea! We can't wait to get our hands on those guides!

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