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.

RICHARD YASMINE

Multidisciplinary Designer | Beirut

Richard Yasmine

Richard Yasmine is a Lebanese interior architect and product designer, who recently pursued a new master’s degree in Art Criticism and Curating. Deeply rooted in Beirut, his hometown serves as both a muse and a mirror for his work, reflecting its vibrant contradictions, emotional layers, and resilient spirit.
NADA RIZK

Multidisciplinary Designer | Beirut

Nada Rizk

Nada Rizk is a Lebanese-Finnish multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Beirut. Working primarily with natural, earthy materials—particularly clay, marble, and bronze—she combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design approaches.
Sizar Alexis

Craft and Furniture Designer | Sweden - Iraq

Sizar Alexis

Sizar Alexis is an Iraqi born and Sweden based designer who creates objects that evoke stillness, presence, and quiet strength through geometric forms.
Amine-Asselman-Profile2

Crafts Designer | Morocco

Amine Asselman

Amine Asselman (b. 1989, Tetouan, Morocco) is an artist and holds a PhD in Contemporary Art. From a young age, he was drawn to physics and mathematics, which led him to enrol at the Rabat School of Architecture in 2007.
Sahel Alhiyari - By Pino Musi

Architect | Jordan

Sahel Alhiyari

Sahel Alhiyari is the owner and principal architect at Office of Sahel Alhiyari for Architecture. He holds Bachelor Degrees in Architecture and Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.
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.
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.
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.
Adrian Pepe

Craft and Textile Designer | Amesterdam - Beirut

Adrian Pepe

Adrian Pepe is a fibre artist whose practice is rooted in textiles and shaped by direct engagement with sentient providers of raw material—whether plant or animal. Working across soft sculpture, hybridised skins, and immersive installations, he draws on ancestral techniques while responding to contemporary ecological and social urgencies.
Filwa Nazer

Multidisciplinary Designer | Saudi Arabia

Filwa Nazer

Filwa Nazer Born 1972 Swansea, United Kingdom . Lives and works Jeddah, Saudi Arabia . Nazer began her creative journey as a fashion designer and graduated from Milan’s Marangoni school of Fashion and design.
Maya Beiruti

Crafts and Furniture Designer | Palestine - France

Maia Beyrouti

Maia Beyrouti is a Franco-Palestinian artist, designer, and founder of Moio studio. The studio focuses on collectible ceramic design pieces that bridge art, crafts and design.
Hussein Alazaat

Multidisciplinary Graphic Designer | Jordan

Hussein Alazaat

Hussein Alazaat is a multidisciplinary designer whose practice moves between research, craft, and contemporary visual culture.

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.