Design Doha Directory

Bringing together voices working across disciplines, scales, and geographies, reflecting the diversity and depth of contemporary design in the MENASA region today.

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Multidisciplinary Designer | UAE - Amman

Abeer Seikaly

Abeer Seikaly is a Jordanian-Palestinian artist, architect, designer, and cultural producer. Her practice is grounded in ‘acts of memory’: journaling, documenting, archiving, and collecting.
Salima Naji

Multidisciplinary Designer | Morocco

Salima Naji

El Zein’s work grows from an intuitive and personal approach, where narrative, craftsmanship, and materiality guide the creation of each piece. Her sculptures invite a sense of engagement, emotion, and connection.
Abdulrahman & Turki Gazzaz — Bricklab

Multidisciplinary Designer | Amesterdam - Beirut

Abdulrahman & Turki Gazzaz — Bricklab

Bricklab is a studio for architecture, design and experimental research based in Jeddah. The portfolio—from cultural architecture to urban design and consulting, public space interventions, to scenography and installations—reflects a thoughtful response to the changing contexts of each project. The studio was formed in 2015 by Abdulrahman and Turki Gazzaz.
Clayper

Multidisciplinary Designer | Beirut

Clayper

CLAYPER...inspired by the “WABI SABI “ philosophy, a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within in imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.This is an artisan handmade project that recycles and transforms the mundane discarded cardboard and paper into beautiful sustainable objects of decoration. These include lighting, furniture, sculpture and much more, which come in the form of limited edition pieces, series, and bespoke projects.
Dimasrouji

Multidisciplinary Designer | London - Palestine

Dima Srouji

Dima Srouji is a Palestinian architect and visual artist exploring cultural heritage as a space for potential collective repair. Srouji looks for ruptures in the ground where imaginary liberation is possible.
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Multidisciplinary Designer | Paris - Cairo - Beirut

Omar Chakil

Omar Chakil is a designer whose practice exists at the intersection of design, craft, and culture. Born in Beirut and raised in Paris within a French environment as the son of Egyptian-Lebanese parents, he developed an early awareness of cultural hybridity and a strong aesthetic sensibility.
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Multidisciplinary Designer | Amesterdam - Beirut

Najla El Zein

El Zein’s work grows from an intuitive and personal approach, where narrative, craftsmanship, and materiality guide the creation of each piece. Her sculptures invite a sense of engagement, emotion, and connection.
NADA-DEBS

Multidisciplinary Designer | Dubai-Beirut

Nada Debs

Nada Debs is a Levantine designer living and working in Beirut. Her work spans scale and discipline: from product and furniture design to one-off commissions across craft, art, fashion and interiors.
Omar Al Gurg

Multidisciplinary Designer | Dubai

Omar Al Gurg

Dubai-born designer Omar Al Gurg, founder of "Modu Method," endeavors to blend creativity, community, and functionality in his work, which has garnered some global acclaim. His pieces aspire to solve practical problems with a thoughtful design ethos.
Bone Studio

Multidisciplinary Designer | Dubai - Morocco

Achraf Mzily - bone.studio

A nomadic studio. Blurring the threshold between form and function. We begin by rejecting all conventional design stereotypes, freely exploring, yet methodically studying every theoretical and tangible aspect of design.
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Multidisciplinary Designer | Lebanon

Christian Zahr

Christian Zahr studied architecture at Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) in Beirut. After graduating in 2003, he interned at Ateliers Jean Nouvel in Paris (2004). In 2012 he established Studio Christian Zahr.
Dina Haddadin

Multidisciplinary Designer | Jordan

Dina Haddadin

Dina Haddadin is a Jordanian architect and amultidiscplinaryvisual artist whose work fluidly bridges architecture, contemporary art, and urban research. She is the founder and principal architect of Kayn.studio, a hybrid design practice based in Amman, Jordan.

Continuously updated, the Directory documents exceptional design practitioners, offering visibility into their work, processes, and contexts. It serves as a meeting point for designers, buyers, curators, commissioners, institutions, and collaborators, supporting meaningful connections beyond the Biennial moment.

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