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7 Oct

DE.FASH.STRUCTION @ Design Space on October 7th 2015

by Samira Cooper
Art, English, Fashion
DE.FASH.STRUCTION @ Design Space on October 7th 2015
DE.FASH.STRUCTION @ Design Space on October 7th 2015 DE.FASH.STRUCTION: Telling stories through fashion curated by Khulood Thani Wednesday 7 October, 2015 7:00 p.m. 1971 – Design Space The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates The designers in De.Fash.Struction explore ways of documenting the United Arab Emirates' rich cultural heritage and modern references through the medium of contemporary fashion. They employ the techniques of deconstruction in their newly commissioned projects for this exhibition. The exhibited designs take these cultural and local narratives as source material using the deconstruction technique. Deconstruction in fashion implies an undoing of the structure of a garment, a refusal to 'finish' it. It suggests working with subtractions or displacements and are thinking of the function and meaning of the garment itself,...
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23 Jun

Garden After: Jamal Tayara – Baroudy on Wednesday 24 June

by Samira Cooper
Art, English, Events
1971 Design Gallery launch the exhibition ZERO @ The Flag Island on March 11
Garden After: Jamal Tayara - Baroudy on Wednesday 24 June 1971 – Design Space The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates In the light of the holy month of Ramadan, 1971-Design Space would like to invite you to the opening of Garden After, an exhibition which draws influences from descriptions of the Garden of Paradise in the Quran by Jamal Tayara- Baroudy. Garden After stems from Jamal Tayara-Baroudy's interest in the spiritual symbolism of the Abrahamic religions' notions of Paradise, specifically the descriptions that appear in the Quran. The work is an immersive and atmospheric experience, in the form of a fountain, wallpaper and floor patterns, alongside blue prints for prayer rugs. The installation radiates out from a central point, the river, pivotal...
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7 Jun

3Doodler Workshop – Design Space The Flag Island Sharjah

by Samira Cooper
Art, English, Events
3Doodler Workshop - Design Space The Flag Island Sharjah
3Doodler Workshop - Design Space The Flag Island Sharjah 7 and 8 June, 2015 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 1971 – Design Space The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 1971 - Design Space will host a workshop with the Italian artist Sara Berti to explore the techniques and potential of 3D drawing using the 3Doodler pen – the world's first 3D printing pen. This tool allows its users to quickly and effectively construct self-supporting structures in plastic, offering a wide range of tones. It combines the traditional technique of drawing with the sculptural possibilities of plastic. The workshop would be of interest to designers as well as artists who want to explore the capabilities of this new tool. The focus will be on...
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10 Mar

1971 Design Gallery launch the exhibition ZERO @ The Flag Island on March 11

by Samira Cooper
Art, English, Events
1971 Design Gallery launch the exhibition ZERO @ The Flag Island on March 11
1971 Design Gallery launch the exhibition ZERO @ The Flag Island on March 11 Maraya Art Centre, the innovative contemporary visual arts hub in Sharjah, has announced the launch of 1971, a new design gallery, in The Flag Island. 1971 is a multi-functional design space dedicated to exhibition, display and discussion on all forms of contemporary design ranging from graphic, furniture to interior as well as interactive design and new technologies. Through a mixture of curated exhibitions and public programmes 1971 aims to become a regional and international design hub in the UAE working in close proximity with local designers, architects, schools and universities. 1971's launch was marked by a press conference on the 9th of March and introduced also the exhibition ZERO,...
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