ALL WORKSHOPS AND PLAY

The world’s most creative minds will assemble at the Dubai Design District from April 11-13 for

-ing Creative Festival. Pulitzer-Award nominated photographer Karen Kasmauski, Dream Works animations’ head of story Tron Mai, the brain behind Kung Fu Panda 2 and How to Train Your Dragon 2, and calligrapher Seb Lester, who has created fonts and typefaces for NASA and Apple, are some of 20 speakers who will be attending the festival and hosting around 50 workshops on diverse subjects from storytelling, to how to brand yourself on social media. The festival that’s now in its fourth year will also have a market featuring creations by international artists, illustrators and graphic designers. A three-day pass starts from Dh808 and an all-inclusive pass from Dh1,652 at ingcreatives.com.

More workshops await the industrious at Tashkeel – tomorrow, Afshan Daneshvar (below) is running a paper boats workshop for kids aged three to seven where she will teach them how to construct boats out of recycled paper; from 10-11.30am at Tashkeel’s Nad Al

Sheba branch. While the kids float boats and their imagination, the adults can get out their cameras and join a photo walk with Ammar

Al Attar that will take you through the bylanes of Bur Dubai; from

10am-12pm at Tashkeel

Al Fahidi, House 10. Each workshop is Dh40 per person at tashkeel.org.