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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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Symposium Program
Khatt Kufi Kaffiya | Symposium on Arabic Visual Culture
We'll have the whole day to ourselves in the theatre of the brand new public library of Amsterdam (OBA) Admission and…
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WillemVaat–i–Maatjes publiekslieveling
Hollands en Arabisch op z'n huiselijkst
Tijdens de Museumnacht konden de bezoekers van El HEMA stemmen op de inzendingen van de Ontwerpwedstijd die Mediamatic organiseerde.…
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Persbericht 3 november 2007
Schotelsticker wint El HEMA ontwerpwedstrijd 2007
Rene Repko van Hema reikt 1e prijs uit tijdens Museumnacht
Amsterdam 3 november 2007 - De eerste prijs van de El HEMA ontwerpwedstrijd is vanavond uitgereikt aan Studio The White Room voor de…
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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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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…
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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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Review:
Kufi made easy
28 August 2007
Amsterdam – August 28 and 29: First names, last names, names of friends, single words and phrases were all converted into…
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Yay! 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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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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El HEMA
Imagine an Arabic HEMA store. From the 25th of August 2007 to 6 January 2008 Mediamatic presented a design contest, an exhibition,…
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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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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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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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Thank you, come again.
El HEMA koopavonden are making good progress
Spectators arrive at El Hema exhibit a month before its grand opening and are invited to see the planning of the exhibit.
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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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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.
