https://picturingjordan.com/tags/community/ Recent content in Community on Picturing Jordan Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:28:23 +0300 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"/> <figcaption> <h4>Simple, rustic design fuses traditional objects with new styles</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>The <a href="https://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's like someone went and replaced all the things in your grandma'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>