Design To Live: Everyday Inventions From A Refu... -

(2021) is a bilingual (English/Arabic) book that documents the ingenious ways Syrian refugees at the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan use art and design to reclaim their agency and humanity .

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The book highlights over 20 projects where residents modified their standardized environments to suit their real-world social and physical needs: (2021) is a bilingual (English/Arabic) book that documents

The work is the result of a three-year collaboration between MIT's Future Heritage Lab and the camp's residents, showcasing how design can address emotional and cultural needs that standardized humanitarian aid often ignores. Key Concepts and Inventions : Projects such as a colonnade of arches

: Inventions like a chess set carved from a broomstick or a baby swing made from recycled school desks.

: Projects such as a colonnade of arches built from local clay and stones to reference Syrian heritage, like the Arch of Triumph in Palmyra . Book Structure and Collaboration