The Tanween Collection

Traces of Time is a timepiece that explores the formation of sand dunes, allowing the user to experience this natural phenomenon through the passage of time and movement of light.

Traces of Time is a timepiece that explores the formation of sand dunes, allowing the user to experience this natural phenomenon through the passage of time and movement of light.

Traces of Time is a timepiece that explores the formation of sand dunes, allowing the user to experience this natural phenomenon through the passage of time and movement of light.

Host Lamp explores the cultural trait of hospitality as well as the art of making and serving Arabic coffee through a contemporary lighting fixture that captures the movement of the serving ritual.

Host Lamp explores the cultural trait of hospitality as well as the art of making and serving Arabic coffee through a contemporary lighting fixture that captures the movement of the serving ritual.

The Liminal Series involves the natural process into its design, using salt formations to create a series of tables.

The Liminal Series involves the natural process into its design, using salt formations to create a series of tables.

The ghaf tree (prosopis cineraria) was declared the national tree of the UAE in 2008. Using seven pieces of treated Ghaf wood, Taht Al Ghaf evokes the image of the desert; the colour of the sand and the undulating waves of the dunes.

The ghaf tree (prosopis cineraria) was declared the national tree of the UAE in 2008. Using seven pieces of treated Ghaf wood, Taht Al Ghaf evokes the image of the desert; the colour of the sand and the undulating waves of the dunes.

The palm rib is viewed as a valuable building material that forms the typology of the Emirates. Yereed cultivates and reclaims palm leaf branches that are shed seasonally and turns this waste into a hardwood material structurally sound to create furniture.

By peeling, cutting, scoring and puncturing, Lina created a new material (PlyPalm) with the palm ribs and in doing so, offering new design possibilities for arish.

Mirkaz is inspired by the now abandoned social custom of transporting worn out indoor couches to the outdoors to create impromptu places for conversation.

With the creation of three new furniture pieces, a new act of social place-making is instigated.

The piece has been developed through analysis of existing design language embedded in the built environment and inherited objects around us.

 The geometry of the individual pieces is inspired by the vernacular architecture of the MENA region.

Nuhayr Zein fuses machine-made with nature-made in one intricately made piece.

This duality is reflected in the digitally carved oak wood contrasted with Leukeather, a sustainable plant-based, textured material developed by Nuhayr as an alternative to exotic leather.

Katta is a screen-divider that holds 400 pieces with individually hand-woven wooden panels.

The harmony of materials and form is an essential design feature of the screen divider that is inspired by the cultural diversity and peaceful coexistence characteristic of the UAE.