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Tırdad تِرْدَاد
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About the Project | عن المشروع

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Tirdad is a digital archive and design system documenting traditional Palestinian embroidery motifs and encouraging their responsible integration into contemporary design.

ترداد أرشيف رقمي ونظام تصميم توليدي يوثّق زخارف التطريز الفلسطيني ويتيح اشتقاق أنماط جديدة للتصميم المعاصر.

Why Tirdad?

Tirdad Design System

Tirdad is a digital design system built upon traditional Palestinian embroidery motifs. The project brings together documentation, visual analysis, taxonomy, and design experimentation to transform heritage motifs into flexible modules suitable for brand identities, print, digital media, and generative patterns.

Tirdad records motif titles, geographic origins, grid structures, and cultural contexts. It then provides designers with tools and guidelines to develop contemporary applications that honor cultural attribution, respect original forms, and clarify the boundaries of transformation. By bridging craft knowledge with graphic design, Tirdad keeps Palestinian embroidery an active visual language evolving across generations.

Documentation & Visual Analysis
Flexible & Responsible Transformation
Preserving Heritage for Generations
Living Heritage | التراث الحي

"Documenting heritage, understanding structures, generating new design possibilities."

Tirdad provides an adaptable framework to reapply Palestinian embroidery motifs within contemporary designs while respecting provenance, context, and cultural heritage.

Tirdad honours the Palestinian women who passed down the art of Tatreez, connecting their knowledge and craftsmanship with contemporary design.

Tirdad brings together a documented archive of Palestinian embroidery motifs, editable digital components and patterns, and generative design tools. Source information, a reference guide, and application examples support their use in contemporary design, maintaining traceable links between documented motifs and new compositions.

Explore
Transform
Create

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نمط رقمي / DIGITIZED

Searchable

مكتبة تفاعلية / Library

Barrier-Free

وصول غير مشروط / Free

What Tirdad Enables

ما الذي يقدمه ترداد؟

GENERATING & CUSTOMISING PATTERNS

إنشاء وتخصيص الأنماط

PRESERVING REGIONAL & CULTURAL CONTEXT

حفظ السياق الجغرافي والثقافي

BUILDING A TRUSTED DIGITAL RECORD

بناء سجل رقمي موثوق

ANALYSING VISUAL STRUCTURES & RULES

تحليل البنية والقواعد البصرية

PROVIDING EDITABLE DESIGN ASSETS

توفير ملفات تصميم قابلة للتحرير

GUIDING RESPONSIBLE TRANSFORMATION

إرشاد التحويل المسؤول

SUPPORTING CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS

دعم التطبيقات المعاصرة

PROMOTING ATTRIBUTION & COLLABORATION

تعزيز الإسناد والتعاون

Contact: belalherbawi@hotmail.com