David/Nicolas

Founded in Beirut in 2011 by David Raffoul and Nicolas Moussallem, david/nicolas is an international studio specializing in interior, furniture, and product design. Their approach is rooted in craftsmanship, curiosity, and collaboration.

Cassi Namoda

Cassi Namoda is known for her strong colour palette and narrative approach. Her hybrid narratives are at once wondrous and poignant, everyday and fantastical, archival and current.

Farshid Moussavi

Farshid Moussavi OBE RA is an internationally acclaimed architect and Professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Moussavi’s approach is characterised by an openness to change and a commitment to the intellectual and cultural life of architecture.

Hangama Amiri

Hangama Amiri is an Afghan-Canadian artist working predominantly in textiles to examine notions of home, as well as how gender, social norms, and larger geopolitical conflict impact the daily lives of women, both in Afghanistan and in the diaspora.

StudioIlse

Ilse Crawford is a designer, teacher, creative director and founder of Studioilse. By choosing to address true human needs, she has pioneered humanistic design in its real life application to environments, objects and experiences.

ZHA

ZHA is a British architecture and design firm founded by renowned architect Zaha Hadid (1950–2016). The firm works at all scales and in all sectors, creating transformative, cultural, corporate, residential and other spaces that work in synchronicity with their surroundings. 

Louis Barthelemy

Louis Barthélemy is an illustrator, textile designer and artist, who collaborates with artisans around the world. At the core of his creative process is a deep commitment to the preservation and revival of traditional craftsmanship. 

Lulu Lytle

Lulu Lytle OBE is an advocate for traditional craftsmanship, which she has championed for three decades through her company, Soane Britain. Through apprenticeships, skills education and long-term investment in makers, she has worked to preserve Britain's craft heritage and secure a thriving future for endangered making skills.

Meherunnisa Asad

Meherunnisa Asad is a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in stone. Using the logic of inlay- cutting, fitting and fracture- she works with artisans to explore how histories are held rather than repaired. She is Artistic Director of Studio Lél in Peshawar.

ISHKAR

With 10 years of working with Afghan weavers and artisans, it only felt right for ISHKAR to include a new design of our own for the celebration, drawing on our connection to people and place, and the feeling of togetherness transcending borders.