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Celebrated for reimagining classical design through a contemporary Arab lens, AlJoaib unveils a project uniting traditional craftsmanship with mid-century, sculptural influences. The result, she tells us, carries her unmistakable signature.
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It’s nearly impossible to define Abeer Seikaly, or rather, to put her in a box. The Jordanian-Palestinian says: “I’m just interested in the process of making.” Perhaps, the word ‘maker’ is the most fitting description for her talents. Her installations juxtapose and blend fine art…
IIt’s 8am in the Windy City and the eminent architect Gordon Gill is seated at his desk speaking to us before his Chicago office springs to life. His firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), as the name reflects, resulted of a convergence of two great minds. In the world of ‘s
Between bidding farewell to mentor Christopher Benninger and pouring monsoon rain, Studio VDGA founder Deepak Guggarii reflects on the philosophy, landscape and quiet emotion that shape his celebrated Indian architecture practice.
Yasmine Sfar and Mehdi Kebaier are the creative duo behind Altin Studio. They aptly named their brand after the Arabic word ‘Al-Tin’ meaning earth (or clay) as a means to reflect their philosophy of returning to the soil and to the traditional crafts of their native country. Their debut…
Beirut-based interior architect Roland Helou, 37, spent his formative years between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, where his father was employed at the construction company Saudi Oger. “It was Dad’s employment that piqued an early interest in design. I remember as a young kid in Riyadh, I us…
It was over twenty-five years ago that Hamad Sultan (above) and Achille Rossini first met as students at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design). Then, after they both graduated in 2000, they ended up getting recruited by the same architecture firm in Boston – NADAAA (formerly Office dA). …
Raised amid the luxury fashion world through her parents, Ivi studied Fashion Design at Parsons before stumbling into jewellery. A 2016 visit to an Italian factory introduced her to mentor Gabriele Veneri.
Designer Jozeph Forakis is back in his native New York, over from Milan for the Palm Beach International Boat Show. He joins us from his childhood bedroom in the Brooklyn enclave of Greenpoint.
The town of Bressanone in South Tyrol, where Sandy Attia lives and works, has a unique topography which makes for a very particular working environment, thanks to the dramatic and spectacular Dolomites Mountain range. “Here the mountains are very present, and the landscape is vertical s…
Let’s not beat around the bush here: Amale Andraos is a pioneer, a legend of the architecture world, a role model to Arab creatives and a hero to women. Born in Beirut in 1973, she was raised in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, where her father, an architect himself, had established a pre…
Fifty-five years after founding his label in New York, the 83-year-old designer staged his Spring 2023 collection at San Marino's Huntington Library, his first runway show ever held on the West Coast.