DHADH by Lujain Abulfaraj

2017. Children’s seating.

HD foam, fabric (available in vinyl or wool).

280 (L) x 140 (W) x 40 (H) cm.

Available in vinyl or wool limited edition series of 3 and 15.

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DHADH is an homage to the Arabic language, and is named after the letter that is unique to it. Long-term visual experimentation and rumination exploring the essence of her mother tongue led Lujain Abulfaraj to distil it down to its purist essence. These forms are the literal buildings blocks of a learning tool she believes capable of instilling a sense of ownership and engagement through play. These experiments were born of a personal concern: observing that her son found no enjoyment in his Arabic class at nursery nor his Arabic books at home, Abulfaraj was frustrated to encounter a teaching method that lacked interactivity – with students copying words by rote, repeating the form monotonously until they had filled a sheet of paper. Finding no scope for deep connection to the dynamism of a word and its many levels of meaning, and no access to the nuance and beauty of the Arabic language for her son, she sought a new means of education, away from this robotic passivity.