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.

Nedim Kufi

Multidisciplinary Designer | Netherlands - Iraq

Nedim Kufi

Nedim Kufi is a multidisciplinary visual artist currently based in the Netherlands. Originally from Iraq he has developed a unique artistic identity shaped by migration and cultural transition.
rlo & Mary-Lynn Massoud

Multidisciplinary Designer | Lebanon

Carlo & Mary-Lynn Massoud

Mary-Lynn and Carlo Massoud are Beirut-based siblings whose collaborative practice brings together ceramics, product design, and interiors.
Elie Riachi

Multidisciplinary Designer | London - Beirut

Elie Riachi

Elie Riachi is an architect and multidisciplinary designer. His practice is driven by an enduring interest in the ways spaces shape human experience and how architecture, objects, and narratives come together to create a sense of place and belonging.
Talin Hazbar

Multidisciplinary Designer | Sharjah - Syria

Talin Hazbar

Talin Hazbar’s practice focuses on understanding and exploring natural matter, formations, systems and the relationship they form to a larger social, ecological and historical context.
Nahla Tabbaa

Multidisciplinary Designer | Amman

Nahla Tabbaa

Nahla Tabbaa is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores tensions between the urban and the organic, the beautiful and the grotesque. She is drawn to materials that have the agency to self organize, adventuring into immateriality, magic and alchemy.
Lameice

Multidisciplinary Designer | Milan - Jerusalem

Lameice Abu Aker

Jerusalemite Palestinian designer Lameice Abu Aker creates at the intersection of emotional resonance and cultural memory, exploring how form, color, and material embody the poetry of domestic rituals.

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.

As part of Design Doha’s wider mission, the Directory contributes to building a long-term design ecosystem: one that supports exchange, encourages discovery, and positions regional designers within an international design landscape.