Selected Guest Talks & Workshops
11.2022—On the Contradictions of Sustainability (Keynote) • Futuress (Online) (Watch)
11.2022—A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know • Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisbon, Portugal
10.2022—On the Contradictions of Sustainability (Keynote) • Relating Systems Thinking and Design 11, Brighton, UK
02.2022—Countless Palestinian Futures with Sarona Abuaker • SOAS Middle East Centre
12.2021—Future of Education with Haytham Nawar • afikra x Tasmeem Doha 2022 (Online) (Watch)
11.2021—Designerly ways of knowing: a working inventory of things a designer should know (Keynote) • Attending to Futures Conference, Cologne, Germany (Watch)
10.2020—Against Performative Positivity: Designerly Ennui (Keynote), Graphic Days Torino, Turin, Italy
09.2019—Decoloniality & Pedagogy: Research and Learning Within the Westernised University (Workshop), Papanek Symposium Real World: Design, Politics, Future, Porto Design Biennale, Porto, Portugal
09.2019—Against Performative Positivity: Designerly Ennui (Keynote), Graphic Design Opening Lectures, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
05.2019—Disciplinary Disobedience: a border-thinking approach to design (Keynote), Dilemma! Dilemma!, Hochschule der Künste Bern, Switzerland
11.2022—A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know • Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisbon, Portugal
10.2022—On the Contradictions of Sustainability (Keynote) • Relating Systems Thinking and Design 11, Brighton, UK
02.2022—Countless Palestinian Futures with Sarona Abuaker • SOAS Middle East Centre
12.2021—Future of Education with Haytham Nawar • afikra x Tasmeem Doha 2022 (Online) (Watch)
11.2021—Designerly ways of knowing: a working inventory of things a designer should know (Keynote) • Attending to Futures Conference, Cologne, Germany (Watch)
10.2020—Against Performative Positivity: Designerly Ennui (Keynote), Graphic Days Torino, Turin, Italy
09.2019—Decoloniality & Pedagogy: Research and Learning Within the Westernised University (Workshop), Papanek Symposium Real World: Design, Politics, Future, Porto Design Biennale, Porto, Portugal
09.2019—Against Performative Positivity: Designerly Ennui (Keynote), Graphic Design Opening Lectures, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
05.2019—Disciplinary Disobedience: a border-thinking approach to design (Keynote), Dilemma! Dilemma!, Hochschule der Künste Bern, Switzerland
04.2019—A Designerly Ennui (Keynote), The Politics of Design, Triennale, Milan, Italy
01.2019—A Woman’s Work (Panelist), Against Invisibility – Designers at the Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, 1898 to 1938, Japanisches Palais, Dresden, Germany
12.2018—Imagining Otherwise (Talk), De-Colonizing, Nacionalinė dailės galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania
09.2018—Decolonising Design: Imagining Otherwise, Design Domain, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
09.2018—The ‘Myth’ of Global Design (Keynote), Reconsidering Canon in a Diverse World, Design Museum, London, UK
06.2018—Interview with Marwa El Mubark and Josh Fenton (Live Interview), NAW Live: The Time for Failure is Now!, The Workshop, London, UK
05.2018—Interactions (Exhibition Tour with Rose Lejeune), Arabécédaire Hamed Abdallah, The Mosaic Rooms, London, UK
03.2018-06.2018—Black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love: coffeehouse debates on decolonising design (Workshop), University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
09.2016—Designers Represent! Developing a Design Association in Amman, Jordan (Workshop), Amman Design Week, Amman, Jordan
01.2019—A Woman’s Work (Panelist), Against Invisibility – Designers at the Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, 1898 to 1938, Japanisches Palais, Dresden, Germany
12.2018—Imagining Otherwise (Talk), De-Colonizing, Nacionalinė dailės galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania
09.2018—Decolonising Design: Imagining Otherwise, Design Domain, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
09.2018—The ‘Myth’ of Global Design (Keynote), Reconsidering Canon in a Diverse World, Design Museum, London, UK
06.2018—Interview with Marwa El Mubark and Josh Fenton (Live Interview), NAW Live: The Time for Failure is Now!, The Workshop, London, UK
05.2018—Interactions (Exhibition Tour with Rose Lejeune), Arabécédaire Hamed Abdallah, The Mosaic Rooms, London, UK
03.2018-06.2018—Black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love: coffeehouse debates on decolonising design (Workshop), University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
09.2016—Designers Represent! Developing a Design Association in Amman, Jordan (Workshop), Amman Design Week, Amman, Jordan
Panels
09.2022—Design per la formazione (Panelist) • How to [...] On Design Education (XVI Premio Nazionale delle Arti), Urbino, Italy
09.2021—A Rose-Tinted Future? Tiipoi Talks x Clove Press at the India Club (Panelist) • London Design Week, London, UK
07.2021—Critical Views on Re-Thinking Design Thinking (Panelist) • Back to the Future Conference, Loughborough University (online), UK
03.2021—In conversation with Maya Mahgoub-Desai (Discussant), Design TO In Conversation Series, Toronto (online)
01.2018—Panel discussion with Cecilia Wu, Hannah Catherine Jones, Lola Olufemi and Tanveer Ahmed (Discussant), Decolonising the Institution, RCASU Round Table Discussion, RCASU, Royal College of Art, London, UK
11.2018—Decolonisation in Praxis (Moderator), Decolonising Knowledge around gender and sexuality, Birkbeck University, London, UK
11.2018—Pedagogy and the Future of Design (Moderator), Fikra Biennial conference, Fikra Biennial, Sharjah, UAE
11.2016—Intersectional Perspectives on Design, Politics and Power (Session Moderator), Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
09.2021—A Rose-Tinted Future? Tiipoi Talks x Clove Press at the India Club (Panelist) • London Design Week, London, UK
07.2021—Critical Views on Re-Thinking Design Thinking (Panelist) • Back to the Future Conference, Loughborough University (online), UK
03.2021—In conversation with Maya Mahgoub-Desai (Discussant), Design TO In Conversation Series, Toronto (online)
01.2018—Panel discussion with Cecilia Wu, Hannah Catherine Jones, Lola Olufemi and Tanveer Ahmed (Discussant), Decolonising the Institution, RCASU Round Table Discussion, RCASU, Royal College of Art, London, UK
11.2018—Decolonisation in Praxis (Moderator), Decolonising Knowledge around gender and sexuality, Birkbeck University, London, UK
11.2018—Pedagogy and the Future of Design (Moderator), Fikra Biennial conference, Fikra Biennial, Sharjah, UAE
11.2016—Intersectional Perspectives on Design, Politics and Power (Session Moderator), Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
11.2015—Creative Education (Moderator). Copy Paste Syndrome, Nuqat Conference, Kuwait City, Kuwait: http://nuqat.me/en/lectures/kuwait-Conference-2015#day3
06.2015—Roundtable Discussion: The value of design in tech and social impact (Discussant), Beirut Design Week: International Conference 2015, Beirut, Lebanon: http://issuu.com/mena-design-research/docs/bdw2015_report/1
03.2015—Little Women, Big Stories (Wadjda screening) (Discussant), Bechdel Test Film Festival, Stratford Picture House, London, UK
03.2015—Experiences and challenges of Arab women artists, curators and producers in the UK (Discussant), Arab Women Artists Now, Rich Mix, London, UK
03.2013—The Challenges of the Non-Profit Cultural Space (Moderator), Kalimat Talks, P21 Gallery, London, UK
04.2012—Media Freedom in the Middle East (Discussant), Washington, DC
03.2012—Cultural Kaleidoscope (Discussant), WOW Baltimore, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore
06.2015—Roundtable Discussion: The value of design in tech and social impact (Discussant), Beirut Design Week: International Conference 2015, Beirut, Lebanon: http://issuu.com/mena-design-research/docs/bdw2015_report/1
03.2015—Little Women, Big Stories (Wadjda screening) (Discussant), Bechdel Test Film Festival, Stratford Picture House, London, UK
03.2015—Experiences and challenges of Arab women artists, curators and producers in the UK (Discussant), Arab Women Artists Now, Rich Mix, London, UK
03.2013—The Challenges of the Non-Profit Cultural Space (Moderator), Kalimat Talks, P21 Gallery, London, UK
04.2012—Media Freedom in the Middle East (Discussant), Washington, DC
03.2012—Cultural Kaleidoscope (Discussant), WOW Baltimore, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore
Exhibitions
2019—Add to the Cake: Transforming the roles of female practitioners, Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden, Germany
2016—Design Research (Group exhibition), London Design Festival at London College of Communication, London: www.londondesignfestival.com/events/ldf-london-college-communication
2014—Choose your own Adventure (Curator), The Bluecoat, Liverpool: www.kalimatmagazine.com/choose
2014—Amman Design Pop-Up Shop (Curator), Katara Art Center, Doha: www.kalimatmagazine.com/ammanpopup
2016—Design Research (Group exhibition), London Design Festival at London College of Communication, London: www.londondesignfestival.com/events/ldf-london-college-communication
2014—Choose your own Adventure (Curator), The Bluecoat, Liverpool: www.kalimatmagazine.com/choose
2014—Amman Design Pop-Up Shop (Curator), Katara Art Center, Doha: www.kalimatmagazine.com/ammanpopup
2013—The Censored (Curator), Hardy Tree Gallery, London: www.kalimatmagazine.com/thecensored
2013—In The City (Curator & Participant), P21 Gallery, London: www.kalimatmagazine.com/inthecity
2012—“Programme: Respond. Clap Your Hands. Say Aiwa”, Sound piece (with Karim Sultan for Kalimat), Victoria & Albert Museum, Friday Late, London: www.kalimatmagazine.com/programme-friday-late
2011—Temporary Permanent Collection, (Group exhibition), D-Center Baltimore
2013—In The City (Curator & Participant), P21 Gallery, London: www.kalimatmagazine.com/inthecity
2012—“Programme: Respond. Clap Your Hands. Say Aiwa”, Sound piece (with Karim Sultan for Kalimat), Victoria & Albert Museum, Friday Late, London: www.kalimatmagazine.com/programme-friday-late
2011—Temporary Permanent Collection, (Group exhibition), D-Center Baltimore