Disarming Design From Palestine
Disarming Design from Palestine (DDFP) is an independent non-profit platform. It performs as a design label and fosters thought-provoking and disarming designs from Palestine. With a focus on artisanal products created in conscious and integrated ways, the items speak of the reality they are manufactured in. Often rooted in a story or incident encountered in day-to-day life across occupied Palestine, the designs perform as cultural objects and conversation starters in homes, exhibitions, symposia, academia, media and other places of learning.
Based in Belgium, they resist the dehumanisation of Palestinians and center Palestinian voices to amplify them. How can design contribute to international solidarity and justice for the Palestinian struggle for liberation and self-determination?
Sulaiman Saleh is a communicator and researcher with a focus on international and intercultural communication. He was a lecturer at Jonkoping University (Sweden), teaching students in Media and Communication, and Global studies. Born in Gaza, studied in Malaysia, worked in Sweden, and currently based in Belgium, he is an active member of Cinema Maximiliaan and works as a coordinator for Disarming Design.
Annelys Devet is a Belgium-based designer, researcher, educator and the co-founder of the thought-provoking design label Disarming Design from Palestine. Devet currently holds a position as PhD researcher at ARIA (Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts) where she conducts a practice-based study on participative design approaches that engage in social and political struggles.
