Carved in Stone: Interview with Jafar Tukan

Whether experimenting with the traditional stone facade or building crystal towers, Jafar Tukan has been one of the driving forces in Jordanian architecture. Sandra Hiari ponders the themes of his influential career.

“Love Died” on a Wall in Amman!

Written by Khaled Sedki for WAW Al Balad To be released in WAW’s Issue/8. A wall once told me, as I walked by it, that love died; “Khaled, mat al-hob!” It knew my name, so I guess it was addressing me personally. Walls usually tell us a lot of stuff; to vote for the wrong people, to buy things [...]

Ten Commandments

By hadi alaeddin Originally Posted On aslittledesign … … … Two posters I made and have in front of my desks at home and the office [Click pictures for a better preview] These are the 10 basic principles of design set by Dieter Rams [other links: 1/2]chief of design at Braun – up till 1995 – a creator of so [...]

Interruptions Videos; Rusaila Bazlamit [Techno Me: Me Paint]

[Me Paint] is an experimentation with how can we use the digital signal… to paint. Using the basic old trick of making the camera signal feeds itself back into a projection machine. In this case a laptop screen… the rest is done by chance… This video is part of an art project titled [Techno Me] Done by Rusaila [...]

Nour Bishouty’s Answering Machine!

Nour Bishouty’s gift to Interruptions blog. At the tone, please record your message. When you are finished recording, you may hang up or press pound for more options. Tooooooooooot (take a sip of ’shay akhdar’ and leave a message for Bishouty!)