DISARMING DESIGN Disarming Design Create Shop 2016 was organized with FROM PALESTINE and made possible with the generous support of Dutch Creative Industries Fund and Lutfia Rabbani Foundation The ORGANISATION CREATE-SHOP INPUT, FEEDBACK AND CRITS BY Disarming Design from Palestine Disarming Design team is: Create-shop 2016 was organized on — Ghadeer Dajani (Product is registered as a Palestinian non- — Annelys de Vet (Co-foudner & the invitation of and incollaboration manager) profit company in Ramallah, and Artistic Director) with the Ramallah Municipality. — Mohammad Saleh (Executive as a foundation in the Netherlands. — Mohammad Saleh (Executive It was held in Hosh Qandah from Director) They have worked in collaboration Director) 28th of August to 8th of September. — Annelys de Vet (Co-foudner with the International Academy of — Ghadeer Dajani (Product & Artistic Director) Art Palestine, Sandberg Instituut manager) PARTICIPANTS and Amsterdam, Al Ma’Mal foundation — Sami Khaldi (Financial manager) — Hadeel Qutna — Khaled Hourani (artist, PS) Jerusalem, Alhoush, Ramallah — Mohamed Abusal (Coordinator — Tuqa AlSaraj — Reem Shilleh (filmmaker/ Municipality, Bethlehem Fair Gaza) — Ibrahim Al Hindi curator, PS) Trade Artisans, Eltiqa group Gaza — Wisam Horani (Sales & — Ala’a Wahdan — Mohammad Anati and WIELS in Brussels. The items warehouse coordinator, — Amani Jacob (handyman, PS) are sold on the local market, Belgium) — Bushra Hasonah — Foaad Maadi (Ramallah and the Dutch based Disarming — Francis Tams (Accountant) — Maram Sublaban tourguide, PS) Design Foundation with a — May Marei — Juliette Lizotte (designer, FR) warehouse in Belgium takes care — Raed Hamouri of the international distribution. and Producers are paid according — Floris van Driel (NL) to fair trade standards and — Andrea Karch (DE) Palestinian artists and designers — Joao Roxo (MZ) receive royalties for the sales of — Biyi Zhu (CN) their products. YEAR REPORT 2016 2 EVENTS july 2016 – feburary 2017 DISARMING DESIGN FROM PALESTINE Lectures, workshops, exhibitions, pop-up shops introduction 28/aug—8/sep 31/aug 7/sep—31/okt 8/sep Create Shop Disarming Practices›, poetic forms Garbage Environment Design Presentation final outcome Hosh Qandah, Ramallah, Palestine of resistance French-German Cultural Center, Hosh Qandah, Ramallah, Palestine Create-shop with 14 participants Hosh Qandah, Ramallah, Palestine Palestine Presentation of final outcome create In the last five years we have developed the roots and conditions for the inclusive design label Pulbic lectures during createshop Particiaption in exhbition about shop recycling and design in Palestine ‘Disarming Design from Palestine’. We have structured and re-structured ourselves, registered a non-profit company in Palestine and a foundation in the Netherlands, we have conducted four create-shops and have build up a thought provoking collection of products (and prototypes, that still need to be developed to products). In 2016 we were invited for a series of exhibitions in Palestine and Europe. The exhibitions that took place in Palestine were combined with create-shops and presentations*. Autumn 2016 we were finally able to launch our new webshop, and we started with sending regular newsletters. It gained a much larger audience and new invitations for events and press. * On the invitation of Ramallah Municipality we had organized a design- 5/okt 8/okt—30/okt 8/okt—7/nov 16/nov In short 2016 has been an important folding De Gaza à Bruxelles Welcome Home Gaza in Rotterdam Strategies of poetic resistance create-shop in their new community center ‘Hosh Qandah’ from 28th of Versaille, Brussels (B), Belgium Disarming Design Studio, Ramallah, Nachtsmid gallery, Rotterdam Free University Bolzano year, from a thorough period of research August to the 8th of September. During this course Project presentation and pop-up Palestine Netherlands Italy & development, to a serious professional 9 Palestinian artists and designers collaborated with 5 international shop during evening about Gaza Exhbition and shop in our own Show and pop-up shop in Rotterdam Lecture by Annelys de Vet, about designers and over 16 artisans. Together they researched contemporary studio gallery comtted design and Disarming organisation, with a promising collection of Palestinian identity and how to express that through useful locally Design products, a studio in Ramallah and in Belgium made products. Over the course of 2 weeks all participants discussed and improved their ideas with each other and in conversation with and a higly qualified and motivated team. This visiting critics. At the end of the create-shop 18 proposals for new report gives an overview of the event, sales and designs were presented. press that took place in this important year. On the occasion of Qalandiya International III — the biggest art biennial in Palestine, which carried the theme ‘The Right of Return’ — we organized an exhibition called ‘Welcome Home’ in our studio in Ramallah. In a former apartment the products developed in the past We are grateful to the Creative Industries Fund, five years, along with the recent prototypes, were displayed in their the Ramallah Municipality and the Lutfia Rabbani intended settings. Together they presented sets of stories about current Palestinian distorted identity, while examining the potential of creative Foundation for their generous support in making practices as forms of resistance. The show imagined welcoming the 2/dec—4/dec 9/dec 10/dec—11/dec 9/dec—11/dec these meaninful events possible. And we want Palestinian people in Palestine and the diaspora, to a long awaited Ramallah Municipality Christmas Gift Art Fair All you want for Christmas Christmas Market home. They could find our beautifully made local Palestinian products Market Al Ma’mal, Jerusalem Mudam (Museum of Contemporary Beit Sahour , Palestine to thank all the participants for their poetic and telling their stories and make them feel truly welcomed back. Movenpick Hotel, Ramallah Palestine Art), Luxembourg Participation Christmas Market Palestine Pop-up shop in christmas market Luxembourg dedicated engergy and ideas, and the external crticis Pop-up shop in christmas market Pop-up shop in christmas market and guides for their inspirational and constructive input. We are looking forward in bringing these narratives further and further. Ghadeer Dajani, Wisam Horani, Sami Khaldi, Mohammad Saleh and Annelys de Vet january 2017 17/dec 20/dec 19/jan 19/jan – 31/maart Gift Art Fair Disarming Design henry van de velde award henry van de velde awardS EXPO Disarming Design Office, Sint Pieters The Palestinian Art Court, Jerusalem Bozar, Brussels Bozar, Brussels Leeuw (B) Palestine Winning communication award Exhbition Belgium Opening event for the permanent Design Price Gift art fair in our Belgium office shop-installation we have 3 create-shop ACTIVITIES @hosh qandaH, ramallah 28 AUGUST—8 SEPTEMBER 2016 The Project PEOPLE Activities that took place as part of the create-shop varied — October: Disarming Design from Palestine is an inclusive design label The create-shop course was guided and organized by: between guest lectures, screenings, visits to a variety (selection of) prototypes will be exhibited during that presents useful products from Palestine. The goods — Disarming Design (Annelys de Vet (Designer, director of Palestinian artisans and workshops in and around Qalandia International at the Disarming Design studio are designed by Palestinian and international designers and DDFP, NL/B), Mohammad Saleh (Executive Director DDFP, Ramallah, a guided tour through the old and new City, made in Palestine by local producers and artisans. During PS) and Ghadeer Dajani (Production Manager DDFP, PS) a collective hike, collective lunches and other relevant Workshop task for participants yearly ‘create-shops’, new useful products are developed out activities. These activities and visits were inspirational, Develop a prototype for a new useful product, of existing production processes. The collection is presented and included presentations and critics by: empowering and significant on a number of levels. It made in Palestine that reflects upon contemporary and items are sold locally and internationally through — Khaled Hourani (artist, PS) helped to bring the group closer to each other, releasing Palestinian life. exhibitions, presentations, mobile shops and a webshop. — Reem Shilleh (filmmaker/curator, PS) and giving a lot of energy as well as bringing a deeper — Mohammad Anati (handyman, PS) understanding of Palestinian political reality, Palestinian The product should be useful; unveil something about VISION & mission — Foaad Maadi (Ramallah tourguide, PS) artisanship, culture, design and society. It also puts the Palestinian contemporary life i.e. food, love, culture, Our vision is to spread alternative narratives about — Juliette Lizotte (designer, FR) participants in direct contact with artisans, directly habits, occupation, transport, daily life, household etc.; contemporary Palestine and reflect upon the function of interact with them, design, develop, and implement made in Palestine or by Palestinian producers; should creative practices in situations of conflict. Our mission is to preferably consist of mostly Palestinian resources i.e. develop, present and sell useful contemporary design pieces altogether. from Palestine, designed by contemporary designers, artists textile, stones, olive wood, ceramics, recycled material, Overview of Process and students in collaboration with local producers