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Workshops
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The Tasmeem Conference features 14 different workshops for local and international university students, teachers, faculty, designers, business professionals, and the general public.
Note: More spaces for workshops will be available on the day
A waitlist for all workshops will open up on Monday March 21 at the walk-in registration desk. Please let the registration staff know which workshop you are interested in, and you will be given priority if any spaces open up.
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Synapse workshops--
Synapse workshops--
An exploration of design thinking & creative problem solving
Synapse project 1 - Stratified Societies
Workshop Leader: Line Ulrika Christiansen, Director of Design Foundation Program
3 different sessions - Up to 15 participants per session
- Monday, March 21 from 12:30 - 16:45 or
- Tuesday, March 22 from 9:15 - 12:30 or
- Wednesday, March 23 from 9:15 - 12:30
Synapse project 2 - Health & Well-being
Workshop Leader: Anab Jain
3 different sessions - Up to 15 participants per session
- Monday, March 21 from 12:30 - 16:45 or
- Tuesday, March 22 from 9:15 - 12:30 or
- Wednesday, March 23 from 9:15 - 12:30
Synapse project 3 - Managing life in a construction zone
Workshop Leaders: Ibrahim Al Jaidah (Wed), Pornprapha Phatanateacha (Mon, Tue)
Workshop Facilitator: Leland Hill, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
3 different sessions - 15 participants per session
- Monday, March 21 from 12:30 - 16:45 or
- Tuesday, March 22 from 9:15 - 12:30 or
- Wednesday, March 23 from 9:15 - 12:30
1-day workshops--
1-day workshops--
Rules of Patterns: The link between rules and outcome; technology and visual poetry, reason and uncertainty
Workshop Leader: Camden Whitehead, Professor of Interior Design
1 session - Up to 15 participants
- Tuesday, March 22 from 9:15 - 12:30
Feast Tasmeem: a Culinary Design Exploration
Workshop Leaders: Johan Granberg, Assistant Professor, Interior Design; Carmen Innocenti, PhD, Health and Wellness Counselor; Rana Rwaished, Senior Student, Interior Design;
2 session - 15 participants per session
- Tuesday, March 22 from 9:15 - 12:30
- Wednesday, March 23 from 9:15 – 12:30
Can I Know: Avatar Construction for Social Media
Workshop Leader: Peter S Martin, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
1 session - Up to 15 participants
- Wednesday, March 23 from 9:15 - 12:30
Codependency v.s. Co-Creation in Design Practice: A workshop about defining, crafting and testing tools with and for communities
Workshop Leader: Brooke Chornyak
1 session - Up to 15 participants
- Wednesday, March 23 from 9:15 - 12:30
Visualizing Tasmeem: Data Visualization, Social Networking, Crowd Sourcing
Workshop Leaders: Roy McKelvey and Mary McLaughlin, Associate Professor, Graphic Design, VCU Richmond;
2 sessions - 15 participants per session
- Tuesday, March 22 from 9:15 - 12:30 or
- Wednesday, March 23 from 9:15 - 12:30
2-day workshops--
2-day workshops--
Exploration of Viral Media
Workshop Leaders: Patty Gibbons and Lauren Maas, Assistant Professor, English
2 day workshop - Up to 15 participants
- Monday, March 21 from 12:30 - 16:45 and
- Wednesday, March 23 from 9:15 - 12:30
Exquisite Corpse Laser-Cut Totem
Workshop Leader: Thomas Modeen, Assistant Professor, MFA Program
2 day workshop - Up to 15 participants
- Monday, March 21 from 12:30 - 16:45 and
- Tuesday, March 22 from 9:15 - 12:30
3 workshops--
For: Entrepreneurs, Business, Designers & Students
Design Thinking through Business Model Innovation
Workshop Leaders: Alexander Osterwalder and Anders Sundelin
1 session - Up to 150 Attendees
- Monday, March 21 from 12:30 - 16:45
Winsoft Tasmeem 5: Advanced Arabic Typography with InDesign
Facilitators: Winsoft
2 different sessions - Up to 30 attendees per session
- Monday, March 21 from 13:00 - 15:00 or
- Monday, March 21 from 15:00 - 17:00
Adobe Design Workshop
Facilitators: Adobe staff
2 different sessions - Up to 30 attendees per session
- Tuesday, March 22 from 9:15 - 12:30 or
- Wednesday, March 23 from 9:15 - 12:30
1 workshop--
For:
Design Educators & Designers
Middle East Design Educators Association: Education Network Forum
Location: Room 255
Presenters: Richard Grefé (Executive Director of AIGA), Jimmy Ghazal (M & C SAATCHI)
Facilitators: Meike Kaan (Executive Director of Communications, VCUQatar) and Diane Mikhael (Assistant Professor, Graphic Design)
1 session - Up to 50 Attendees
- Tuesday, March 22 from 9:15 - 12:30
Live Workshop--
For:
Everyone
PINK TANK: TasmeemLab - Making Through Linking
A project by Pink Tank, TasmeemLab - Making Through Linking is a performance of Arab design creation and collaboration. TasmeemLab invites four designers from the Arab world to create live demonstrations of their designs. Visitors of Tasmeem 2011 are offered a view into four workshop spaces to understand the process that goes into the creation of a design.
Location: Second Floor, Open Studio
Facilitators: Pink Tank, Dubai
Live demonstration - All are welcome
- Monday, March 21 from 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Tuesday, March 22 from 9:15am - 12:30pm
- Wednesday, March 22 from 9:15am - 12:30pm
- Final presentation Thursday 11.55am - 12:50pm
4 workshops--
For: High School Students
SYNAPSE Inspirational High School Workshops: What is design, design thinking and applied design?
- Monday, March 21 from 12:30 - 16:45
Exploring Design in a 3D World: Conceptual Thinking for Young Interior Architects
Room 266
Workshop Leader: Carolyn L Freeman
What is it that Designers do?
Room 281
Workshop Leader: Peter Martin
Thinking through Drawing
Room 241
Workshop Leader: Donald Early
Fantastic Fashion Creative Workshop
Room 235
Workshop Leader: Melanie McClintock
