Tanween 2020 By Tashkeel
14 limited edition, contemporary furniture and lighting design pieces reflecting the UAE’s rich heritage will be featured in the ‘Tanween by Tashkeel’ showcase at Dubai Design Week this year, including three new pieces conceived and produced by talented UAE-based emerging designers during the 2020 Tanween design programme at Tashkeel.
The Dubai-based organisation’s annual Tanween design programme – which was developed to nurture emerging UAE-based designers towards creating products inspired by and designed and manufactured in the UAE – will debut three limited-edition pieces at Dubai Design Week’s Dubai Design District Building Atrium #5 and Downtown Design Online from 9-14 November.
The new furniture and lighting pieces have been designed by product designer Lina Ghalib, architect Neda Salmanpour and interior designer Nada Abu Shaqra as part of the rigorous 2020 edition of the programme.
Yereed by Lina Ghalib
An Arish bench-seat made of Plypalm, wood, stainless steel and leather, inspired by those who have survived and thrived in hostile environments by identifying a single natural element as source of life.
Hisn by Nada Abu Shaqra
A chair made of terracotta, powder-coated steel and upholstered fabric.
The design is inspired by the UAE vernacular architecture and contextual materials, based on research into the dynamics of traditional form and the space they create.
Qaws by Neda Salmanpour
A suspended lighting fixture made of brass, 3D-printed PLA plastic with a concrete finish.
The piece has been developed through analysis of existing design language embedded in the built environment and inherited objects around us.
In this edition of the programme, Tanween’s scope morphed and expanded as it drew on the capacities and successes of its alumni. The cross-generational mentorship and exchange seen in the growing Tanween community are an organic articulation of the programme’s essence of collaboration and dialogue.
Tashkeel will also be debuting a new collection affordable products, a range of talks and workshops as part of the Dubai Design Week Masterclass, Maker Space and Downtown Design online programming this year.
Click here for the full programme of Tashkeel during Dubai Design Week 2020. During Dubai Design Week, applications will be open for the 2021 Tanween design programme.
9-14 November from 10 am to 10 pm and 14 November from 10 am to 5 pm at the d3 Building Atrium #5. Also 9-14 November on Downtown Design Online.
Pictures by Jalal Abuthina.
