Abdulla Albaitam
Abdulla albaitam holds a bachelor's in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from the University of Bahrain. He also holds a diploma in digital fabrication from the fab foundation which emerged from MIT, where he specialized in product design and fabrication. To complement his technical expertise, he pursued a range of creative and design-focused courses—including creative engineering with Mark Rober, a Jeff Koons art and creativity masterclass, an introduction to product design from the University of the Arts London, an industrial design cohort, and a course on storytelling in industrial design. This fusion of engineering, digital fabrication, industrial design, and artistic creativity shapes his multidisciplinary approach to innovation and art-tech projects.
Abdulla is a hardware product innovator, and kinetic artist who merges technology, design, and culture to solve complex problems and create transformative experiences. Skilled in CAD design, digital fabrication, rapid prototyping, design thinking, and AI, he has transformed 70+ hardware ideas into products ranging from research projects and startups to large-scale industrial R&D initiatives.
Abdulla specializes in food factory optimization across the GCC and UK, enhancing efficiency, reducing waste, and scaling production capacity. He has led the procurement and customization of 20 automation machines, streamlining repetitive processes and achieving up to 88% faster production speeds, $265,000 in annual savings, and major improvements in consistency and waste reduction.
Beyond F&B, he has led technology and product prototyping for IoT-based hardware solutions in fields such as creative ad-tech and operations optimization. Notably, he developed an IoT sensor that monitors LPG cylinder levels, helping gas companies optimize logistics, cut costs, automate delivery, and increase daily capacity.
Abdulla has launched and co-founded two hands-on educational ventures: Edu Kart, which teaches youth to build custom go-karts and was nominated to represent Bahrain at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, and Electric 360, a retail electronics initiative that helps university students bring their senior-project ideas to life. His entrepreneurial spirit also shines through his active participation in startup competitions like Startup Weekend, where he continues to test and launch new ideas.
Outside of industry, Abdulla channels his creativity into art-meets-technology installations. His kinetic works explore the intersection of art, tech, and culture, most famously the Banoosh clock, inspired by Bahrain’s maritime heritage. Using live wave synchronization and innovative materials, it reimagines how time is told and won the Contemporary Crafts Competition organized by Bahrain’s Ministry of Culture and Antiquities.
His creative practice is inspired by dreams, nature, machines, and patterns of movement, exploring new materials and approaches. He experiments with found objects, kinetic interactive art, and the visualization of music, blending digital fabrication with manual craftsmanship.
Blending engineering precision with artistic curiosity, Abdulla continues to push boundaries in innovation, automation, and cultural design, embodying his philosophy of living life as a movie, where every challenge is an opportunity to build, create, and inspire.