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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 resulteerde in Noord, een tentoonstelling en reisgids

    Noord komt voort uit een idee van Nat Muller en Mediamatic: Mapping For Tourists. 22 kunstenaars werden gevraagd Amsterdam-Noord in kaart te brengen. De kunstenaars woonden en werkten gedurende de...

  • Bedankt

    Iedereen die heeft geholpen Noord op de kaart te zetten

    Ons projectteam, de kunstenaars en ontwerpers, sponsoren, vrienden, Noorderlingen en andere bronnen.

  • 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."

  • 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 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.
  • Reisgids

    Noord

    Subjectieve reisgids van Nederland

    Dit is de eerste Arabische reisgids over Nederland. Hij gaat over Amsterdam-Noord. We hebben hem gemaakt in de zomer van 2010 met een groep redacteuren en een team van 22 kunstenaars uit Egypte, het...

  • Noord is uitzonderlijk normaal

    Een inleiding in Noord

    Dit is de eerste Arabische reisgids over Nederland. Hij gaat over Amsterdam-Noord. We hebben hem gemaakt in de zomer van 2010 met een groep redacteuren en een team van 22 kunstenaars uit Egypte, het...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

    Pars pro toto voor Nederland

    22 kunstenaars maakten in de zomer van 2010 werk in en over Amsterdam-Noord. Dit resulteerde in een tentoonstelling, en in de eerste Arabische reisgids van Nederland.

  • 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.

  • Mahmoud Hamdy

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Amsterdam Noord as a test lab. The more Mahmoud analyzes and explores Noord, the more he realizes that it are the conceptions and opinions people from the city center have about Noord that shape the...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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