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.

Tara-Sakhi-Portrait---Photo-by-Karl-Noujaim

Multidisciplinary Designer | Beirut

Tara Sakhi

Tara Sakhi is a Lebanese-Polish architect and designer, exploring how unspoken gestures shape human connection. By adapting ancestral rituals to today’s world, she creates objects and environments that nurture shared experiences, shaping contemporary ways of being through materiality and craftsmanship. Her work embraces creative hybridization, evolving as it interacts with different cultures and daily practices, fostering cultural exchange.​
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Textile and Crafts Designer | Beirut

Bokja Design

Bokja Design is a Beirut based design collective. Inspired by stories and weaving narratives to create a community with values in sustainability, creativity and freedom.
Hala Kaiksow. Image Courtesy of the Designer

Crafts and Textile Designer | Bahrain

Hala Kaiksow

Hala Kaiksow’s journey as a designer begins with the human hand and its ability to imbue objects with a sense of soul. A 21st century artisan, her thoughtful approach to craft extends to custom hand woven fabrics and natural dyeing techniques.
Lighting and Product Designer | Milan

Lighting and Product Designer | Milan

6:AM

6:AM is a design brand redefining Murano glassmaking by integrating traditional techniques with contemporary aesthetics.
Graphic Designer | Egypt

Graphic Designer | Egypt

40MUSTAQEL

40MUSTAQEL is an independent design studio based in Cairo. Founded by Nada Hesham, the studio is driven by a purpose to add to the ongoing conversations about graphic design taking place in the SWANA region.
Jassim Alnashmi

Architect and Furniture Designer | Kuwait

Jassim AlNashmi

Jassim AlNashmi holds degrees in Architecture and Urban Design from ETH Zürich, Iowa State University and London’s AA, and has exhibited artwork in the USA, UK, Brazil, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Nora Aly

Graphic Designer | Egypt

Nora Aly

Nora Aly is an independent designer based in Cairo, Egypt. She works as an adjunct Professor at the American University in Egypt (AUC).

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