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  • 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.
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  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Second Plenary Meeting

    July 27, Noord hq.

    Egyptian artists, Lebanese designers, and local experts and editors talk about their work. The perfect way to stay updated on the making of the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • 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.

  • 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 Ayman Ramadan

    "Everything that is forbidden back home, is allowed here."

    July 2010. Ayman, one of the Noord participants, chats with us about the power of rain, and explains what it is he likes about Amsterdam-Noord so much.

  • 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 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 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 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.

  • 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...

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  • An interview with Kareem Lotfy

    Cairo, the tale of love and hate.

    Over a big plate of sushi, some green tea and lots of wasabi, we discussed Kareem's experience of Amsterdam, living in Cairo and feeling like a tourist.

  • An interview with Ganzeer

    About Amsterdam-Noord and the perception of time

    Ganzeer is an Egyptian artist and one of the Mapping for Tourists (now Noord) participants, working on the creation of an exhibition and the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bint el Dunya has been renamed

    Bint el Dunya is now Noord.

    The Bint el Dunya project has been renamed to Noord.

  • First names Map Fest confirmed

    Joining us on July 6 are Annelys de Vet, Malkit Shoshan and Wietske Maas.

  • Foundland

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Foundland find themselves inspired by the many fairytale aspects of Noord. Wandering around, they were surprised by the number of garden gnomes, fake frogs, and Indiana Jones style twists and turns...

  • Houses in Amsterdam Noord completed

    The Noord participants are settling into their temporary homes.

    It took a while, but we found the perfect Noord homes for our guests. Some were in better shape than others, but they all now sport comfy beds, a stocked kitchen, and plenty of working space.

  • 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.

  • Melle Smets

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    "A shortcut to Holland". The suburbs you find throughout The Netherlands all look exactly the same. Melle will create a tour in Noord through the suburbs of The Netherlands.

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