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JoAnnEl Hema grand opening a success
Amsterdam – August 24 - 26: Organizers, designers, volunteers and especially spectators agreed the grand opening of the El Hema art exhibition was an astonishing success.
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Khatt Font Project:
HudaThe Typographic Matchmaking 01 project
Building cultural bridges with typeface design
10 Arab and Dutch designers collaborate on designing Arabic companions for Dutch fonts
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Project
FabLab @ Mediamatic
Make your own stuff - do it yourself
Artists, designers, entrepreneurs, anyone can come and explore the Fablab machines to create your own prototype. We have a…
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TheMix Arabic: balancing handwritten and geometrically constructed letterforms.
This project is a collaboration between the renown Dutch type designer, Lucas de Groot, and the renown Arab calligrapher and…
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Press release
El HEMA first days: huge success
pick up line t-shirts, chocolate sprinkles, tea towels and cut-up djellabas sold out immediately
Amsterdam, August 26th 2007 (18:00) - El HEMA was a huge success this weekend. Crowds lined up in front of the store, pushing…
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Paul
Kobe, from Chaos to Connectivity
Kobe, Japan
Our organization is Theory of Clouds and we work to create tours that promote and assist in the development of collaborative…
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Foundland,
Ghalia
Dirk
LaurenPublic Art
In 2001, Claes Oldenburg was inspired by the vast amount of giant plastic ice cream cones, used as advertising along Cologne's…
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El Hema late nite
Final touches before the opening
Amsterdam - August 23, 2007: The shelves were being stocked, poster-size photographs were carefully being hung in the windows,…
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WaëlArabising El Hema
The metamorphosis of the contemporary Hema to an Arabic modern El-Hema
Taking a step further in developing its brand, Hema seems to be smoothly introducing its new simplified logo on the products. The…
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Klaas
Mariekearabische striphelden
inspiratie voor het el hema project
Op een groot manga festival onlangs in Birmingham heeft een student (Asia Alfasi) de hoofdprijs voor nieuw manga talent gewonnen met…
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Mapping for Tourists
MFT resulted in Noord, an exhibition and travel guide
Noord is the result of a project initiated by Nat Muller and Mediamatic: Mapping for Tourists. 22 artists were invited to map…
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For sale
El Hema Vintage T-shirt
This t-shirt was designed for the El Hema exhibition in 2007. It's the Arabic El Hema logo. This t-shirt is made of 100% organic cotton.
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Material and supplies stores
- a list of recommended stores and markets in Amsterdam
Our list of stores that sell different kinds of material and supplies you may need. Updated in August 2010. If there's a shop…
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RayaCut Up Djellaba
Customize the traditional djellaba into your fashionable tunique
This item is a kit, where you get a white arabic djelaba and a pair of scissors. What do you need to do then? Just start cutting,…
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WillemYay! El HEMA nominated for Dutch Design Prizes!
Vote for us if you like El HEMA
We're very proud that we have been nominated for the Dutch Design Prizes. We're also on the shortlist for the Audi(ence) prize. And…
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Het Arabische alfabet
Alif Baa Taa
Het Arabische schrift speelt een belangrijke rol in El HEMA, oorspronkelijk bedacht als begeleiding bij "Typographical…
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HEMA doet ElHEMA!
Warenhuisketen biedt Suikerfeest–seizoensassortiment 2 jaar na opening ElHEMA project van Mediamatic.
Een mooi voorbeeld van hoe de kunst voorloopt op maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen. In 2007 introduceerde Mediamatic ElHEMA , de…
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Stage tentoonstellingen
Praktische productie en organisatie
Wij zoeken mensen die blij worden van een tentoonstelling maken en goed laten lopen. Je doet in korte tijd veel ervaring op bij zeer…
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AlbertoAn interview with KhaJag Apelian
"All the basic things in life are design."
Born in Dubai, raised in Lebanon, and currently based in The Hague: KJ is leading the Noord design team. He tells us about his love…
