Design To Live
Everyday Inventions from a Refugee Camp
$73.66
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2021
Summary
The power of design to create a life worth living even in a refugee camp- designs, inventions, and artworks from the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan.
This book shows how, even in the most difficult conditions—forced displacement, trauma, and struggle—design can help create a life worth living. Design to Live documents designs, inventions, and artworks created by Syrian refugees living in the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan. Through these ingenious and creative innovations—including…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262542876 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262542870 |
| Author: | Azra Aksamija, Raafat Majzoub |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 739g |
| Dimensions: | 243mm x 170mm |
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About The Author
Azra Aksamija
Azra Aksamija, an artist and architectural historian, is Director and Founder of the MIT Future Heritage Lab (FHL) and Associate Professor in the MIT Department of Architecture and the Program in Art, Culture, and Technology.
Raafat Majzoub, an architect, artist, and writer, is Director of The Khan- The Arab Association for Prototyping Cultural Practices, and Lecturer in the Architecture and Design Department at the American University of Beirut.
Melina Philippou is an urban designer, Program Director of FHL, and a teaching fellow in the Department of Architecture at the University of Cyprus.
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