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... 

Book Range Bookmark & Magazine Rack Side-Table...

A few images of the recently completed Book Range Bookmark & Magazine Rack side-table... For additional images of the design please click here...

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...

A Flip-Book gif of the 'Book-Range' Book-Mark/ Magazine Rack Side Table...

A short hand-drawn gif of our Book-Range Book-Mark/ Magazine Rack Side table... 

More to come soon, including images of both the design, and its recent exposure at the MFA.DESIGN stand at the Design Days Dubai... 

Good times... 

Strength Test of the Cu3o Cubes' Connection...

A short strength demonstration of the Cu3o design's hook & loop (Velcro) connection...

You can find out more about the design, and see more examples of compositions taking advantage of the material's above connective abilities, by clicking here...

You can access other designs of ours on our website Architects Independent...

A visit to AlSerkal Avenue, Dubai...

A few images from a recent visit to the Alserkal Avenue in Dubai's industrial area... The avenue is somewhat challenging to find, but it's certainly worth the effort... 

It would be nice to see a comparable initiative and courage be applied in Doha as well... Perhaps the Fire-station will be a first step... 

Revisiting Cu3o - Short Animations showing the Workings/ Options of a Design...

The Robot Composition of the Cu3o Cabinet...

The Leaning Tower Composition...

The Three Finger Palm Composition...

The Tree Composition...

For more about the project please visit our website or click here...