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.

Israq Zraikat

Craft and Textile Designer | New York - Amman

Ishraq Zraikat

Ishraq Zraikat is a Jordanian fiber artist, weaver, and wool developer. She holds a Bachelor degree in Architecture from Virginia Tech and a Master of Arts degree in Textile and Material Design from NABA, Milan.
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.
Tasneem Zraikat

Architect and Crafts Designer | New York - Amman

Tasneem Zraikat

Tasneem Zraikat is a Jordanian architect and artist with an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts and master’s degrees in Architecture and Construction Management.
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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.
davidnicolas

Interior and Product Designer | Milan - Beirut - San Fransisco

David/Nicolas

David Raffoul and Nicolas Moussallem founded their studio, David/Nicolas, in 2011 after meeting at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. Their work balances imagination and logic, blending memories of the past with ideas for the future.
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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.
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.
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 dying techniques.
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).
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.

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.