Egypt’s award winning exhibit features amongst the other Arab nations in this article by Caline Malak
September 15, 2018 18:24
LDB Egypt - Apollo Magazine
LDB Egypt - Zetteler
Egypt is listed as one of their highlights to see. https://www.zetteler.co.uk/news/getting-emotional-at-london-design-biennale
LDB Egypt - Metropolis Magazine
Following the Biennale theme of “Emotional States,” Metropolis followed Robert Plutchik’s theory of emotion to guide us through a roller-coaster of feels.
https://www.metropolismag.com/design/the-8-best-pavilions-of-london-design-biennale/pic/46197/
Egypt is listed as one of their top 8 pavilions to see.
LDB Egypt - Herskhazeen article
LDB Egypt - Disegno article
Disegno interviewed the curator Mohammed Elshahed read more here
https://www.disegnodaily.com/article/london-design-biennale-egyptian-pavilion
LDB Egypt - It’s Nice That press release
London Design Biennale - Egypt wins an award!
London Design Biennale 2018 Medal, awarded to the most outstanding overall contribution, supported by Poly Culture
London Design Biennale press opening
We collaborated with the curator Mohammed Elshahed (photo credit) for the design of the Egypt exhibit at this year’s London Design Biennale at Somerset House #LDB18 go see it from tomorrow.
Suzanne Gaballa says, “Egypt’s exhibition at the 2018 London Design Biennale reflects on the impermanence of architecture and subsequent historical loss to society. Visitors are invited to explore whilst unknowingly contributing to the erasure of Al Emara’s title inscribed on the floor, reinforcing the themes of Modernist Indignation.”
Modernist Indignation is curated by Mohamed Elshahed, former British Museum curator for the Modern Egypt Project and author of the forthcoming book Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide, published by the American University in Cairo Press in early 2019. Elshahed says “Sayed Karim’s story shows the precarious position of being Egyptian and modernist in the years of nationalist politics, he is excluded from the international narrative of modernism, and his career and legacy are denied a place in national history when he no longer served a political purpose for the Nasser regime. Al Emara and Sayed Karim illustrate the vulnerability of design culture.”
Commissioned by Zein Khalifa (Tintera)
Lighting design by www.seam-design.com
Fabrication by Westby and Jones Ltd
Village Spring Festival
Lund Gaballa acted as the designers in helping translate Mark´s vision for a holistic practice into the village serving Woonona, Australia. Unfortunately we could not make their first Spring Festival but hope to be at the next one!
LDB Egypt featured in Wallpaper
Modernist Indignation
Country: Eygpt
Curator: Mohamed Elshahed
Egypt’s entry sees the editors of Al Emara, the first Arabic-language design magazine (1939-1959), recreate the lost culture of the country, and its modernism monuments. Using the magazine’s archival content and an accompanying video of the house of architect Sayed Karim who founded Al Emara, they will educate visitors with a celebration of Egypt’s modernist past