https://picturingjordan.com/categories/design/index.xml Recent content in Design on Picturing Jordan Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). https://picturingjordan.com/2016/11/contemporary-arab-design-jrf-showroom/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:28:23 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/11/contemporary-arab-design-jrf-showroom/ <figure > <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/11/IMG_20161104_130900.jpg" alt="Simple, rustic design fuses traditional objects with new styles" /> <figcaption> <h4>Simple, rustic design fuses traditional objects with new styles</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>The <a href="http://jordanriver.jo">Jordan River Foundation</a> has a showroom on Rainbow Street where they <em>brilliantly</em> showcase traditional, everyday objects from the region in a fresh, modern way. It&rsquo;s like someone went and replaced all the things in your grandma&rsquo;s rural kitchen with newer, brightly accented ones. All of the wood, cloth, and clay work here is produced by people in local communities, and, as far as I know, the proceeds from sales go back to supporting them.</p> <p></p> <p>I commend the <a href="http://www.qrf.org/">Queen Rania Foundation</a> for another seriously impressive initiative. Keep up the good work!</p>