Source: africanews.com , 28th June 2021<\/p>\n
In an unprecedented partnership between the French Institute of Algeria and the French Embassy, the Algerian-French Design Biennial – DZign 2020+1<\/strong> sees the capital Algiers — for one month from May 27 to June 27, and then again in November, as the Mediterranean capital of design and architecture.The event — initially planned for the spring of 2020 and postponed due to the onset of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, sees several major exhibitions, conferences, meetings, master classes, workshops, screenings and urban redevelopment work.<\/span><\/p>\n This project involves a large number of partners, both French and Algerian, including the French Institute of Design, the metropolis of Lille (designated World Design Capital in 2020), the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Ateliers Sauvages, and others. It will involve professionals, artists, but above all the general public, who, we are sure, will flock to the various venues selected for the Biennial.<\/p>\n Several major figures have already confirmed their participation, such as Matali Crasset, Jean-Paul Viguier, Djamel Klouche and Chafik Gasmi.<\/p>\n Algerian designer <\/span>Hichem Gaoua<\/strong>, known as “El Moustach” presents his clothing line inspired by the city of Algiers during a performance at the French Institue in the Algerian capital to mark the end of the first Algerian-French Design Biennial.<\/span><\/p>\n “To be honest, this biennial has transformed me, it is thanks to this event that I was able to concretely carry out this project that I had in mind for a long time. I took it as a challenge after Feriel’s call proposing me to participate in the Design Biennial.<\/p>\n “The event’s theme is “Reinventing the city through design” in the world of culture, education and industry.<\/span><\/p>\n This first edition of the DZign 2020+1 highlights specific design methods towards more sustainable, economic and social development — via ways of appropriating and adapting to each context the processes of intervention on the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: africanews.com , 28th June 2021 In an unprecedented partnership between the French Institute of Algeria and the French Embassy, the Algerian-French…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":21703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria","category-art","category-featured-articles"],"yoast_head":"\n