بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
CAMEL is a design and research practice that embeds buildings, drawings, objects, and software with culture. CAMEL utilizes the archives of architecture and design to uncover lost and often forgotten cultural matters of importance. These findings are then used to inform proposals and speculations in the form of design-research projects. The ecological, material, and cultural realities of Earth inform the basis of our work. With ancestral roots in Afghanistan, CAMEL carries on the traditions of architecture, design, and wisdom found across the Islamic regions of Central Asia.
عمر محمد Omar Mohammad founded CAMEL in 2024. He teaches design at the California College of the Arts and has designed independently, at cultural institutions such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and at large corporations in the Bay Area. He has exhibited, lectured, and presented work around the world, recently at school in Vienna, whatreallymatters in Seoul, and the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn. His work and writings have been published by itsnicethat, are.na, and UC Davis. He is currently a graduate student pursuing a Master of Design at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design where he is an Arcus Fellow and an American Cultures Engaged Scholar. He received his BA in Design from UC Davis.