THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018 DIANE KRUGER EXPRESSES GRIEF, FURY AND REGRET ‘IN THE FADE,’ A GERMAN MOVIE Design: Ansar Saleem CONTENTS FOCUS COVER STORY DIANE KRUGER 8 MUSIC 4 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FILMS 6 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS FILMS 10 Fikra Campus Library ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD FILMS 12 THE POST FASHION 16 LONDON FASHION WEEK TRAVEL 18 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS MOTORING 30 Meeting room for members at Fikra Campus Fikra Campus cafe FIAT 124 SPIDER Going spaces Muhammad Yusuf writes about a new cultural spot in Sharjah which is innovative in design, contemporary in style and futuristic in concept harjah-based Fikra Design and is open to the public from Fikra, said: “The formation of was remarkably compelling and PLUS Studio has announced the Sunday to Thursday, 8 am -10 this project stems from the legacy an obvious step for the design opening of “Fikra Campus” pm. It is accepting applications of Fikra Design Studio over the studio to take”. ASTROSCAPE (FC), the first space of its for memberships right now. last 11 years of continuously FC’s opening also sees the Skind to include a design studio, a Fikra is a global award-winning pushing the boundaries of design inaugural of its first exhibition HEALTH WATCH, ART, co-working space, a cafe, design multidisciplinary design while incorporating a deeper titled “Making a Space”, which INFOTECH shop, library and an experimental organisation and is a catalyst that understanding of culture in the presents the making of FC — gallery space that altogether encourages an investigative and visual communication sphere. a design project that aims for FOOD, QUIZ, pioneer a year-long cultural and research-based approach to design. “The urge to initiate a creative the development of a physical educational programme. Commenting on the new space that fosters community and intellectual space. Curated YOUNG WORLD & FC is located in the iconic initiative, Sheikh Salem Al- engagement, cross-disciplinary by Al-Qassimi, it displays the TALKING POINT Gibca Building, Al Wahda Street, Qassimi, Principal and Founder, exchange and cultural production process of planning, designing 2 / THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018 and developing the campus from that fits geography. “We will within the finished space and traces learn not in a university, but in its evolution, looking much beyond an informal environment”, he TIME OUT the mere handover of a design. said. He said that the space did Fikra has also announced its not come abstractedly, but through first design-residency programme long deliberation. “It is a coming WEEKLY TABLOID FROM in Sharjah. It is an annual design together of many ideas”, he said. residency calendar aimed at He laid great emphasis on international and regional designers contextually relevant study and who seek to conduct design research practical ideas. It is not only and delve into an experimental design theory that the campus process of creation. will deal with but it will also It is designed to encourage the allow designers “to experience production of new work and engage their profession through the lens in intellectual discourse relating to of design”, he said. PUBLISHED BY contemporary design practice and He said that though there was Taryam Omran and Abdullah Omran visual culture. Completed work will a “members only” area, the focus be displayed in the gallery space. was firmly on the general public. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Founded in 2006 in Sharjah, He felt there was high potential Aysha Taryam Fikra started as a multidisciplinary in the lay public, which could be design studio that specialises in shaped into a support system for ARTS EDITOR bilingual art direction, branding, design. “Our space is where the publication design, web design, larger community can discuss Sarah Taryam exhibition design and curation. design”, he said. Salem Al-Qassimi FC’s modular expanse is There is a meeting room for FEATURES EDITOR multi-purpose: it can hold events, members and also a rooftop space, Nutan Sheriff workshops, panel discussions, film which will be opened for outdoor screening, summer programmes presentations and talks. “We want CHIEF DESIGNER and thematic exhibitions. to help design entrepreneurship”, Ansar Saleem “We will promote design led Al-Qassimi said. “So we also have by research and vice versa”, said provision for start-up labs. We CHIEF SUB-EDITOR / REPORTER Al-Qassimi. “We hope to bring have reduced rents and made Raghib Hassan together critics, mentors, and even them affordable so more people Riaz Ali Khan poets, artists and engineers, and can be involved”. provide a platform to all those who Al-Qassimi is a multidisciplinary SENIOR SUB-EDITOR / REPORTER Nabi Dad Khan architects, down the path of COOL DESIGNS FOR creative experimentation in SPECIAL FEATURES WRITER design. In doing so …. design Muhammad Yusuf HOT CHANGES have embodied a shift away from ‘style’ and more toward EDITORIAL rom cities to small towns to embracing core values aimed Tel: 06-5777999 Fsuburban corridors, innovation to help people flourish under Fax: 06-5777737 spaces are transforming the new economic and demographic E-mail: landscape. Over the past 10 conditions. 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Art and Design. During a media tour, he pointed He studied Multimedia Design INDIA out that the space is placed within at AUS, earning an MFA in Graphic “Muslim,” one of Salem Al-Qassimi’s projects as a student at RISD a community setting. A quick look Design from the Rhode Island The Times of India — Response Department at the library – since the concept School of Design (RISD). After Tel: 0091 22 2630338 of the campus revolves around working in various companies in Fax: 0091 22 2673145 knowledge – showed that FC has the UAE and abroad, he founded BAHRAIN covered almost all bases connected Fikra Design Studio in 2006 – which Arab World — Advertising to design. has won many awards through & Information Centre Books available there include its multidisciplinary efforts. Tel: 00973 277794 titles on exhibitions; design, He has participated in several Fax: 00973 254297 plus interactive design; curation; exhibitions both in the UAE PAKISTAN catalogues; art; theory; research; and abroad, and has published Tel: 0092 21 6634795 data; design education; manuals; numerous articles, reviews and Fax: 0092 21 6634795 guides; animation; photography; essays on Arabic typography, MUSCAT branding and identity; illustration; culture and design. He has graphic novels; print and book also won several international Tel: 789 268 making; architecture; typography; awards, namely, the Type PARIS spatial design and also rare books. Directors Club (TDC), the 4577 0 220 “Design is maturing in the Young Creative Entrepreneur LONDON region”, Al-Qassimi said. “So there Award by the British Council, 3419 284 is work to do! We have to produce protoType at Typecon2016, ShjSeen education tailored for this region: Startup Award, and has been Printed and published by that is the goal of Fikra Campus”. featured in Forbes Middle East Dar Al Khaleej, P.O. Box 30 He called for design that is ranking list “The Leading Young Sharjah, United Arab Emirates culturally relevant and something Entrepreneurs in the UAE”. Bilingual logo created for Tashkeel gallery, Dubai, by Fikra Design Studio THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018 / 3 MUSIC 4 / THE GULF TODAY TIMEOUT / THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018 op superstar Justin Timberlake with all-star pop producer Pharrell Williams. recently announced his first Timberlake, one of the top-selling artists of the album in nearly five years, 21st century both as a solo artist and with boy promising more “personal” band NSYNC, rose to fame with an electronic songwriting inspired by his pop sound before finding a new voice by bringing home and family. in R&B, notably on his 2006 album “FutureSex/ The 36-year-old singer and LoveSounds.” actor said that “Man of the Timberlake has been offering hints of his Woods,” his fifth solo studio upcoming album for years. In a 2016 interview album, will come out on February 2 -- two days with the BBC, Timberlake declined to describe it as before he headlines entertainment during the a country album but acknowledged the influence. PSuper Bowl, generally the most watched television “I really did grow up in a place in America event of the year in the United States. where I was like two hours from the country Timberlake unveiled the album with a short music capital of the world (Nashville), home of video on social media that, true to the album’s the blues, birthplace of American rock ‘n’ roll,” title, shows him walking reflectively in scenes of he said.