Architects Independent Presentation at the Doha Fire Station...

Join us on Monday, March 27 at 6.30 pm at the Doha Fire-Station for our presentation titled:
 
Intrepid Architects Independent
Ardent Explorations of 3D Printing, Design, Architecture & Beyond... 

Portrait by Markus Elblaus

Judge on Starts of Science...

A short snipped filmed earlier in 2016 where Tomi is a judge on the Starts of Science TV program...

Faculty Exhibition at VCU Qatar...

The 3D printed wood component of the Scaffolding Vase... 

A few quick images from the ongoing Faculty show at VCUQatar, including some work by AI, shown above as well as at the end of the post... 

Good times...

A rendition of the Scaffolding Vase

A row of Michael Hersrud's work...

An example of Michael Hersrud's work...

Shawls by Nathan Davis... 

A script based installation by Diane Derr and Law Alsobrook...

Painting by Donald Earley...

Detail of Donald's painting...

Installation by Flemings Jeffries...

Painting by Michael Perrone...

Detail of Michael Perrone's painting...

An all white rendition of the 3D printed Scaffolding Vase...

The 3D printed porcelain Totem Stack Bowls...

3D Printed Porcelain Totem Stack Bowls/ Vases...

A few quick images of the 3D Printed, stackable, porcelain Totem Vase/ Bowl... 

The design(s), along with some work by other designers and artists at VCUQatar, can be viewed at the Faculty Show, that starts tomorrow...  

Good times... 

Interdisciplinary Design (Symposium) Publication/ Book...

The Interdisciplinary Design Symposium Book...

A copy of the VCUQatar MFA Department's publication/ book made following our symposium on Interdisciplinary Design, organized here in Doha last year. 

The book includes contributions from a roster of international designers and academics, including many of our MFA Alumni (examples of which are included below)... 

Event Co-Chairs:  Pornprapha Phatanateacha/ Thomas Modeen 

Editor: Thomas Modeen 

Publication Designer: Felicity Ulmer 

Event Photography: Mack Cortel  

Copyright 2015 Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar 

Some images from Alia Khairat's contribution...

A page from Esra Kazem's essay...

A spread from Maryam Al-Homaid's chapter...

Images of Lina MaHusain's work...

Presentation Poster, Shanghai...

A poster for a presentation of ours held at the Tongji University in Shanghai recently...

Good times...

VCUQatar MFA Department Featured in Domus...

Some of the VCUQatar MFA Program's work has been featured in a recent Domus piece...

Please click here to access the article...

Good times...

Visit to Fornace Carena, Cambiano, Italy...

A few images from our visit to the Fornace Carena in Cambiano, Italy, which we, The MFA Department at VCUQatar, visited last Fall... 

MFA Stand at the Design Days Dubai 2015...

The MFA.DESIGN Stand at the Design Days Dubai 2015...

A few images from our MFA.DESIGN stand at the recently concluded Design Days Dubai... 

The work was tremendously well received, and the event's visitors seemed genuinely interested and existed about the work... 

Good times... 

Othman Kunji's 'Prayery' device...

The beads that result from the 'Prayery' process...

Malaz Elgemiabby's concrete spheres for capturing ones breath...

A screen-shot of Samreen Zahra's Chakhrah project...

To view the above design in an accompanying video please click here...

Marco Bruno (Motoelastico) and Hawa Stwodah's prototype for a regionally appropriate (in size) wallet...

Tim DeVoe's Lamp. For further examples of his work please click here...

The Finger-Table. To view it in more details please click here...

The 'Book-Range' Side-Table. For more examples of work please click here...