aladin practises across the fields of civic diplomacy, outside conventional categories and definitions:
- Facilitating, moderating and consulting in regard to strategic thinking and planning, organisational development and civic engagement. - Curating and creating interdisciplinary culture.
aladin's signature approach is to engage with organisations, communities and individuals in exploring and transcending constraints, cultures and practices standing in the way of developing and implementing viable processes which contribute to wider civil society.
aladin's professional experience and interests span the public, private and voluntary sectors, extending from providing strategic counsel and guidance to curating cultural encounter.
Based in London but also responding to international briefs, aladin is active as well: as an executive adviser, sounding board and evaluator; as a facilitator, moderator, speaker, writer and academic; as an artist working across frontiers.
Engaging flexibly and with mobility across a wide range of undertakings, aladin has been testing and developing management, social and cultural methodologies since the 1980s.
A partial bibliography may be consulted within this website in relation to aladin’s work deriving solutions across territories and disciplines. Web links are underlined.
aladin's practice has been recognised through a number of citations, commendations, platforms and awards from: DEFRA/ARUP/Ipsos-Mori, International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres (IFS), Financial Times/Arts & Business, Manchester University, Copenhagen Business School, World Petroleum Council, Mayor of London/City Hall, D&AD, London Design Festival, Design Inspirations, Manifesta, National Review of Live Art, British Festival of Visual Theatre, The Centre for Performance Research, Time Out/Alternative Arts International Festival, Portobello Film Festival, Nissan, Magic Academy of Bangalore.
'Heterodox, discordant, audacious, aladin's practice has influenced countless lives through utilising and excelling in multiple approaches and disciplines' (D&AD, 2010)
"Iconoclast who is one of the U.K.'s most celebrated creative talents, bringing inspiration to millions, uniquely integrating strategy, culture and magic, counselling global industries and curating sustainable practices, arts projects and cultural plans." ('Design Inspirations, 2009)
"London United's interdisciplinary co-founder ... exhilarating ... magical ... a real night to remember" (London Design Festival, 2007)
"Under the radar, ahead of the pack away from the crowd and beyond fashion - aladin continues to plough his own furrow" (Portobello Film Festival, 2007)
