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  • An interview with Lynn Amhaz

    Homesick for Noord

    We met with Lynn Amhaz, who is part of the Mapping for Tourists travel guide design team.

  • 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 Amsterdam-Noord, pars pro toto for The Netherlands. The artists lived and...

  • Thank you

    Everyone who helped put Noord on the map

    Our project team, the artists and designers, sponsors, friends, Noorderlingen and other informers.

  • An interview with Tunc Topcuoglu

    Connecting high and low culture through kebab.

    Tunc Topcuoglu on the importance of roots, and being an outsider. "No longer trapped in a specific identity, you are forced to reconstruct yourself."

  • An interview with Sarah van Sonsbeeck

    "Noord's potential for new developments has only risen."

    A look at how space and power are intrinsically connected to Amsterdam Noord's massive development.

  • Travel Guides

    Noord design update 1: preparations.

    Travel guides according to Wikipedia, and our first impressions of existing travel guides. An ongoing research.

  • The design work kicks off!

    June 2010. Mapping for Tourists design update 2

    Following an initial research and brainstorm session that attempted to answer the question: “what is a conventional travel guide and how is it formatted?” the design team gave a presentation on June...

  • An interview with Kaweh Modiri

    My Burglar and Me

    As a Rietveld student Kaweh's apartment was burglarized and his most valuable possessions were stolen. After finding out who did it, Kaweh's anger quickly turned into inspiration. He decided to make...

  • An interview with Wietske Maas

    Smoking peacocks, urbanibalism and snails

    Over the years Wietske Maas has experimented and worked within several different cultural disciplines. Before working with Matteo Pasquinelli on the urbanibalism project, she studied taxidermy, wines...

  • Project proposals

    Participating artists and the design team

    Mapping for Tourists resulted in Noord. These pages are snapshots of the artists' progress, as documented in July of 2010. Visit the Noord web space for the final results.

  • Noord is exceptionally normal

    Introduction to Noord

    This is the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands. It is about Amsterdam-Noord. We made this guide during the summer of 2010 with a group of editors and a team of 22 artists from Egypt, the...

  • An interview with Ahmed Kamel

    "I think the center has become more settled, and Noord is changing faster than ever before."

    August 2010. Ahmed tells us about the tranquility of Noord, and why it is special to him.

  • An Interview with Lara Balaa

    "Noord is a construction site, a space in transition."

    July 2010. Lara is part of the Mapping for Tourists (now Noord) design team, working on the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • Ganzeer

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Noordelijke Character(istics): A neighborhood is defined by its inhabitants. Ganzeer puts a face to the 'hood.

  • An interview with Engy Aly

    "There are much, much more Arabs and Muslims than I have ever seen in my life outside of an Arabic country."

    July 2010. Engy has been living and working in Amsterdam-Noord for a few weeks. She was kind enough to share her first impressions, and tell us a little bit about her background.

  • Lynn Amhaz's Religious Experience

    A tale from Noord.

    Religion certainly means two different things in Lebanon and The Netherlands. Lynn Amhaz was given a taste of the latter on her first day in Amsterdam.

  • An 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 for the performing arts, and the power of design.

  • Noord

    Pars pro toto for The Netherlands

    During the summer of 2010, 22 artists made work in and about Amsterdam-Noord. This resulted in an exhibition, and in the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.
  • Travel guide

    Noord

    A subjective travel guide to The Netherlands

    This is the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands. It is about Amsterdam-Noord. We made this guide during the summer of 2010 with a group of editors and a team of 22 artists from Egypt, the...

  • Ayman Ramadan

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Mirrors and 40 Days : An exploration of a geographical territory as well as of the people which he finds himself living alongside.

  • Mapping for Change will start early!

    Map Fest evening 1, July 9. Food at 17.30 — Presentations at 18:15 — Football at 20:30

    Due to a great performance by eleven sweaty Dutch men, we will start the evening a bit earlier than planned. This way you get the best of both worlds: engaging speakers presenting great mapping...

  • Golfstromen

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Joop and Jeroen are looking into Noord's subcultures by examining posters, flyers and stickers in the public space. Their research into wrestling fanatics and hiphop crews continues online.

  • Ahmed Kamel

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Family portraits: Family members in the context and privacy of their own homes. They choose their own way to gather in their living room, and present themselves to the outside world.

  • Kareem Lotfy

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Kareem is going to tell stories about his stay in Noord.

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