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Decolonising the Institution, a roundtable discussion

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On Monday 15 January at the Royal College of Art, I will be part of a roundtable discussion on Decolonising the Institution alongside Tanv...

International Design Organisations: Histories, Legacies, Values

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I am happy to announce that I will be taking part in a plenary discussion alongside Jonathan Woodham and Nina Serulus at the  Internatio...

From the Drake, to the Broadview, to Filmores

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Eventually, I want to write more about this but this short post will have to suffice for now. Toronto's next gentrification culprit:...

Studio X Amman at Milan Design Week

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Happy to announce that I will be speaking at Studio X Amman's event at Milan Design Week (Salone del Mobile) on Saturday 8 April at t...

Trying a new medium...medium

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Joining new social networks is tedious, however, I like the engagement this site provides – particularly that people can comment on particu...

Sundays with my PhD

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Sunday mornings in the studio, analysing what feels like a never ending amount of data! The process here consists of several steps. After...

Workshops: Amman Design Week + PhD

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In September, I will be heading to Amman to conduct a workshop for the first ever Amman Design Week. The workshop is called 'Designe...

words I'm growing tired of hearing

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In different – if not all – contexts... Archiving Mapping Mindfulness Innovation  Start-up Entrepreneur Appropriation Happiness C...

Umberto Eco on personalising books

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In his recently translated How to Write a Thesis, Umberto Eco – who passed away this past February – wrote this about personalising boo...

Towards a Locally-Centric Design Education Curricula

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Last month, I presented my ongoing PhD research at the Lab at Darat Al Funun in Amman. Over 35 designers and non-designers turned out to t...

Transform

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A view of Amman and the Roman theatre from the citadel The last time I was in Amman, I landed on the 11th of February 2011. After spen...

Accumulation

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Three years in London, three years since I began my PhD. Time flies. Since then, I've finished over 20 notebooks/agendas cover to cover...

31 minutes on Bond Street

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11.58 – I get off the Central Line at Bond Street. I almost suffocated on the train. Everyone's smelling like a Fish & Chips shop t...

A Manifesto of Change or Design Imperialism? A Look at the Purpose of the Social Design Practice

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In June 2014, I had the opportunity to present my paper "A Manifesto of Change or Design Imperialism? A Look at the Purpose of the Soc...

Link round-up - 10 March 2015

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This edition of round up has been sitting in my draft for over two weeks now! Some great finds from the inter webs: London, I love you b...