RIYADH: The inaugural MADE Design Forum, organized by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation, began on Thursday in Jeddah, within the Islamic Arts Biennale Cultural Program building, in the West Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport.
The forum, which will run until May 4, is a celebration of the design industry, opening a lively space where the lines of art, engineering and crafts intersect, SPA reported.
It brings together an elite group of designers, artists and independent makers from the Arab world and beyond, to showcase works that pulse with the spirit of experimentation and redefine the relationship between humans and materials.
Visitors wander among pieces that carry stories in their details: Furniture woven with memory, ceramics that speak silence, textiles that weave the future and vital materials that draw from nature and return to it.
Every corner of the forum incites the eye to contemplate and stimulates the mind to question, SPA reported.
MADE opens the doors of thought through lectures, workshops and dialogue sessions that delve into the depths of design in terms of values, connotations and ethical practices.
It raises questions about the meaning of innovation, the role of crafts in shaping identity and the position of the designer as a cultural actor in a changing era, SPA reported.
The exhibition represents an extension of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation’s vision, which embraces support for creative expression in all its manifestations and seeks to consolidate the Kingdom’s position as a cultural hub that pulsates with dialogue, embraces creators and exports beauty to the world with authentic Saudi vocabulary and a universal spirit.
