The circle seems innocent, yet from Abbasid Baghdad to Medina’s trench and Bentham’s Panopticon, it has staged power, protection and control through space.
As Milan Design Week wraps up, we recall the MENA creatives we spotted this year. Growing in number, they had us in constant motion across the Italian capital of design.
Jusoor Design Collections brings five Saudi designers and three international collaborators to Milan Design Week 2026.
Lebanese designer Richard Yasmine turns the five senses into sculptural lighting fixtures that blend imagination and reality.
Ithra's Milan debut challenges design's Western defaults with voices, materials, and memories from across the Arab world.
The Egyptian brand Shell Homage turns egg and nut shells into colourful, biodegradable furniture and lighting in Milan.
Saudi design house Zaza Maizon reworks gesture and landscape into stainless steel furniture at Milan Design Week.
Three kitchens, three design positions, and one question shaping how we live today at Milan Design Week.
Inside their Milan studio, David/Nicolas turn wood panelling into a working system of walls, storage and space.
From crochet, Hala Ashour creates unexpected products: baskets, swings and furniture, empowering women along the way.
Moxy Lazoghly by El Ghoneimi International adds to the historic Lazoghly Complex a hospitality destination channeling Downtown Cairo’s layered urban energy and ongoing revival.
This residence follows the slope, weaving stone, concrete and light into Lebanon’s rugged mountain landscape.
Cairo-based RKN creates furniture assembled by you, shaped through use, inspired by Brutalist design.
Lameice Abu Aker’s Milan exhibition captures the quiet moment before dinner, where objects, light and memory meet.
Khater Curtains shapes spaces through fabric, light and clean design that shifts how rooms feel every day.
Through material continuity, open flow, and bold interventions, this home is designed to keep a large family connected, balancing shared moments with spaces that respond to different ages and rhythms.
