“Design is often seen as forward-looking, yet some of the most powerful creations begin by looking back.
This conversation explores the archive not as storage, but as a spark: a space where knowledge, history, and material memory feed creativity.
From curators who organize cultural memory, to artists and designers who mine archives to build new narratives, this session uncovers the art of archiving as a creative act in itself.
How can preserving knowledge inspire new forms?
And how do today’s Egyptian designers use archives — visual, material, or emotional — to turn what we know into what we make?”
