About the Project | عن المشروع
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.
"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
نمط رقمي / DIGITIZED
مكتبة تفاعلية / Library
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