What's been happening in the Jordanian creative scene
A snapshot of the names, projects and institutions moving across Jordan's creative landscape.
Jordan’s creative scene does not always announce its progress in one major moment. More often, it appears through smaller signals: a designer receiving regional coverage, a new showcase opening, or hundreds of students putting themselves forward for a design programme.
Here are several developments we’ve been watching.
Jordanian names are travelling
Jordanian creatives are appearing within regional fashion conversations.
MOJEH’s designer directory named Zeid Hijazi among seven Middle Eastern designers to watch, while Villa 88 highlighted four Jordanian names: Laith Maalouf, Nafsika Skourti, Sara Mansour and Eman Al Ahmed.
Taken individually, these are editorial mentions. Collectively, they matter because regional visibility can introduce Jordanian work to audiences, buyers, editors and collaborators who may not otherwise encounter it.
The next generation is already building
Amman Design Week’s 2026 mentorship programme received 203 applications from more than 88 universities, institutions and high schools across Jordan, eventually selecting 37 projects by 47 students.
The numbers are worth paying attention to. They suggest young people in Jordan want to participate in design and creative practice. There is already demand.
What’s been happening on the ground
Design Space Amman hosted Local by Design, a two-day showcase in August.
Events like these create something online visibility cannot fully replace: a place for people working within the same ecosystem to encounter one another’s work in person.
For RABWA, these are exactly the developments worth continuing to follow.