We have been telling a while ago about the marvellous project that is going on in Egypt.

And now we can invite you to the final exhibition!!!

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Contemporary designs by Egyptian students in a European-Egyptian exhibition in Cairo

 An exhibition featuring innovative jewellery pieces will open from 9 to 12 May in Cairo. This exhibition is the first of a series of exhibitions between Cairo and Aswan to showcase the designs of 45 Egyptian students who took place in an initiative by Azza Fahmy Jewellery co-funded by the European Union (EU).

Nubre, which means design in the Nubian language, is the first private sector initiative to support students with passion for design. It was launched initially with the core purpose of enforcing a “design culture” in Egypt and creating a bridge between local and European students.

The most significant outcome of this project is that the students would get the opportunity to showcase their talents by exhibiting their work to the public. Moreover, the Azza Fahmy Foundation will also offer the best students the opportunity to work on Azza Fahmy future design projects, in addition to multiple financial prizes and recognition.

Prior to the exhibition, four workshops were held in Aswan under the theme “Linking Heritage to Contemporary Design” with designers coming from some of the best Jewellery design schools in Europe: Doris Maninger from Alchimia, Ramon Puig from Massana and Christoph Zellweger from HEAD Geneva, and  Jean Power from the UK . The main focus of was finding inspiration, recognising it, understanding it and then knowing what to do with it. During the workshops, the students worked on their design concepts using materials from the environment, and then finished their pieces with the help of Azza Fahmy and corresponding with their instructors  after the workshops.

The first stop of the exhibition will be British Council in Agouza – Cairo from 9 till 12 May 2012. The exhibition will then move to other locations in Cairo in addition to Aswan.

This project is one of the projects funded by the Delegation of the European Union to Egypt in the framework of the annual EU Calls for Proposals for Cultural Activities.

For more information on NUBRE, please visit www.nubre.com

Many amazing pieces are the results of these workshops, traditional tiara’s but done with carrubs, brooches out of Nubian plates, the colours and the forms of the Nubian tradition reelaborated with surprising materials in necklaces and bracelets.

but for sure most of the pieces conserve the deep sense for ornament inherent in the Egyptian culture

design schools, will unveil a new Master program in the field of Furniture Design beginning in

September 2012. Designed to develop students’ knowledge and skills related to all aspects of

furniture, the new one-year course will instruct students from the design and development, to the

production of prototypes, with a general overview of furniture history.

-A new master of furniture design to be offered at The Florence Institute in Italy-

The Furniture Design Master program builds upon to the Institute’s already successful Master of

Interior Design program, and is ideal for graduate students with a strong interest in Italian furniture

design, interior design and industrial design. According to Director Arch. Marc DiDomenico, “The

field of industrial design is quite vast, and this master will allow design students to focus on a single

area.” The Institute builds upon this rich history of art, culture and design, while providing students

with a unique international learning experience in which methodology and curriculum are designed

for the broad and diverse set of students, and focused on the personalization of studies.

The Furniture Design Master program will be a mixture of design assignments and lectures on

conceptual furniture design. There will also be in-depth classes on the history of modern Italian

Design which explains the innovations and concepts which established Florence and Italy as

leaders in this sector. In addition to the design courses, there will be computer modeling with

advanced industrial software, and also an art history course to provide a more general background

into Italy’s creative past.

The instructing professors are highly respected architects, all with different experiences and styles.

“Our professors’ design theories range from ‘functionalist to radicals”, says DiDomenico. “Some

professors are working professionals who design for the ‘mass market’, meaning home or contract

projects. On the opposite side of sphere, the city of Florence, in the 1960′s and 70′s was at the

very center of a post-modern movement that changed furniture design throughout the world. Today

Florence’s ‘radical past” still has a real presence in Florence and also at our school. There is an

important Italian Radical who teaches furniture design to one of master studios. Just last semester

we had a guest lecture by one of the founders of Superstudio. This year will be sponsoring an

exposition and also organizing a design workshop on this theme.”

The Florence Institute of International Design is an international school of arts and design in

Florence, Italy. The Institute is located in the historic center of Florence, Italy within a historic

Baroque palazzo. It offers courses in Architecture, Interior Design, Graphic Design, and Furniture

Design. The school fuses modern and traditional Florentine concepts in art, and assumes the

Italian artistic culture along with many other influences to promote a progressive and contemporary

understanding of the creative process behind design. For more information about the Florence

Institute of Design International, please visit www.florence-institute.com.

Contact:

arch. Marc DiDomenico

Florence Institute of Design International

Florence, Italy

+39. 055.23.02.481

registrar@florence-institute.com

http://www.florence-institute.com

9 to 12 May 2012
‪ Former Prison Murate
Florence

4 days of interactive workshops
meetings conferences and exhibitions
open to ideas and projects in the head who has a better future

On days 9 to 12 May 2012, IED Florence invites students, high school graduates and young creative design enthusiasts, advertising, communication and creativity in all its forms to a series of workshops and exhibitions organized in the event LIQUID . lab music, visual arts, graphics, multimedia.

PROGRAM:

WORKSHOP – May 9, 2012
“Green Fiorenza_come design the perfect green city”
edited by James Salizzoni in collaboration with IED Florence

Wednesday, May 9th – 15:30 to 18:30
c / o The Walled – the Walled Square, Florence

Workshop participants are invited to imagine a very particular vision of the city of Florence, which will be represented through the use of different plants and natural elements arranged as buildings: flowers and herbs will be the terrain of the city itself and together with small characters and a view of Brunelleschi’s dome, reinforcing the symbolic call for the design of the garden city ideal. The photographs will be taken to freeze the finished work this vision, a little ‘utopian’ Green Florence. ”

Book your place!

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WORKSHOP – May 10, 2012
“Black_l’eleganza of rubber”
by Cecilia Chiarantini and Nancy Kaczmarek in collaboration with IED Florence
Thursday, May 10 – 15:30 to 18:30
c / o The Walled – the Walled Square, Florence

The workshop has as its purpose the reuse of old inner tubes to create stylish pot cover. Each participant will have a container and through the sole use of the tire will take up on volume, shape, size and decor, transforming the vessel and the inner tube into a new object from the new life. During the workshop you will acquire the basic techniques to edit, cut and fit the tube material so atypical, but by the very creative potential.

Book your place!

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WORKSHOP – May 11, 2012
“Air / Air – The inflatable structures”
by Troy Robert Nachtigall in collaboration with IED Florence
Friday, May 11 – 15:30 to 18:30
c / o The Walled – the Walled Square, Florence

The workshop participants will be introduced in the privacy of inflatable modular environments. Using the simple plastic and the air as a parent, will design and realize inflatable structures and furnishings.
The idea is to create ‘the city in the clouds’, a place where dreams are easy to make and everything is possible. The project uses new production techniques to inspire innovation and positive changes everyday.

Book your place!

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EXHIBITIONS:

- 9 to 12 May 2012, hours: 12.00 – 24.00
CHIC and TYPES – is a question of love
(Free admission)

- 9 to 12 May 2012, hours: 12.00 – 24.00
SOAP OPERA – Performance: every night at 19:00 @ Hall of Columns 1 st Floor

(Free admission)

*The prize covers exclusively the cost of the course. Accommodation and travelling are not included.
+ The winners may select a course between 11 June 2012 and 28 September 2012