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Contrast Designs partner Mazin A. Karim was invited for a guest lecture at the International University of Sarajevo. The lecture titled 'Contested Situations / Opposed Realities' briefly exposed realities about contemporary architecture and urban design in Egypt, and Cairo in specific. This was followed by related student work from the Arab Academy of Science and Technology (AAST), and from Contrast Studio.
Contrast Designs partner Mazin A.Karim was invited as guest critic for midterm reviews at the International University of Sarajevo, in Bosnia. The reviews included undergraduate 2nd year students design studio projects.
Contrast Studio partner and co-founder Mazin A.Karim was invited as a jury member for the 'school of the future' competition for Magaz magazine. The jury met over 2 days discussing and selecting 3 winning projects.
The jury also included Johannes Kister (Germany), Daniel Dendra (Germany), Farouk Al-Gohary (Cairo), Ayman Wanas (Cairo), Aly Gabr (Cairo), Tarek Naga (LA & Cairo), Ahmed Mito (Cairo).
A group of 30 students from the HTW Chur in Switzerland visited Contrast Studio last week with their professors Daniel Walser and Placido Perez. They were given a quick brief of our studio space and previous projects by studio partner Kareem Nabil. Then discussions went on between the swiss students and our own team.
Many thanks to the HTW Chur studio and to our own studio team (Marwa, Nermeen, Meral & Karim) for organizing this event.
Earlier this year Contrast teamed up with EGI for the competition to design the new Nasser Museum in Cairo.
The ministry of culture announced the winners recently...
http://gem.gov.eg/gamal_abd-nasser/index2.htmUnfortunately our scheme was not selected as one of the winners, but was selected as one of the finalists. Finalists projects including our proposal are on show till the 15th of October at the GEM site.
Here are some images of our scheme.
Here is a sneak preview of our Screen Table prototype.
During a long product design workshop, cOntrast teamed up with japanese designer Shinishiro Ogata http://www.simplicity.co.jp/index10_e.html to design a number of furniture pieces for the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milano 2009. The work was exhibited in the egyptian booth under the theme Kyme. Unfortunately our Screen Table was never finished on time for the salone.The Screen Table is a response to our contemporary dynamic and fast lifestyle. A table, seat, lap tray, lighting unit... its a compact everyday home unit. An accumulation of layers of egyptian history, abstracted patterns and materials... the screen table is a furniture piece with a story behind it... and its history embedded within it.Many thanks go to our design team Anais Mikellian & Aicha Mansour
