Raffles The Palm Dubai collaborates with Hunna Art to present works by four emerging local artists
Raffles The Palm Dubai collaborates with Hunna Art to host an incredible exhibition by four of its finest emerging local artists starting from January 27, 2022, until March 23, 2022.
Through a finely curated exhibition, the four artists in the spotlight – Alia Zaal, Eman Ali, Alymamah Rashed and Talin Hazbar, will offer a unique insight into the Gulf’s contemporary art scene, a sensorial experience for both, guests staying at the hotel and art enthusiasts who wish to visit.
The resort will host a series of talks at the majestic Blüthner Hall, tailored to attract an audience of curious art connoisseurs. Led by Gallerist Océane Sailly, founder and director of Hunna Art, the inaugural talk will deep dive into the topic of “Women in arts and the GCC – Past, present and future” at 4.30pm on January 27.
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ELIE SAAB collaborates with RAK Ceramics to launch an exquisite bathroom and surface collection
ELIE SAAB continues expanding into a lifestyle brand that delivers a unique experience of the brand’s universe. The ceramic creations will further enhance a luxury living expression, exclusively presented by RAK Ceramics: where luxury design meets ceramic expertise. This debut range between ELIE SAAB and RAK Ceramics will be revealed at Downtown Design in Dubai.
Both companies founded in the 80s with a history firmly rooted in the region, ELIE SAAB and RAK Ceramics, are leading companies in their respective fields and share a vision of exquisite design, impeccable craftsmanship and uncompromising excellence in luxury living. Beautiful finishes, elegant marble textures, classic and contemporary colour combinations are produced using only the finest raw materials and the latest technology. The ELIE SAAB Bathroom and Surface Collections inspire interior designers and architects to create unique, luxurious, and distinctive living environments, and this first foray into the world of ceramics will be yet another beautiful brand addition to the world of ELIE SAAB.
Five elegant collections are brought to life, encompassing: Glamour, Liquid Metal, Royal, Soft Lux and Travertinum. With its stunning and sophisticated onyx, palissandro and dark marble finishes, the Glamour collection makes a fashion statement touching every corner, where Liquid Metal is more spontaneous in striking gold with concrete finishes, adding a unique and contemporary touch to interiors. With uncompromising attention to detail, the Royal collection adds a commanding elegance to any contemporary living space. Soft Lux adds a genuinely luxurious decadence to the range with its golden and gleaming qualities and elegant marble textures. Finally, the organic textures and timeless golden accents of Travertinum add a natural charm and enduring elegance to any prestigious living space.
Elie Saab Jr, CEO of ELIE SAAB Group: “Collaborating with RAK Ceramics broadens the scope of our product offerings and extends the brand’s DNA by introducing another way of luxury living and translating the heritage of ELIE SAAB’s signature with our distinctive style combining contemporary and timeless. We are working towards offering our clients and brand’s enthusiastic a 360-degree experience of ELIE SAAB lifestyle”
Abdallah Massaad, Group CEO, RAK Ceramics, commented “We are proud to have collaborated with Elie Saab and his team to create a truly remarkable tiles and bathroom collection which raise the bar in terms of ceramic design and manufacturing.” He continued, “RAK Ceramics and ELIE SAAB share a vision of exquisite design, impeccable craftsmanship, and uncompromising ceramics excellence, and we look forward to creating more products in the future.”
The ELIE SAAB Bathroom and Surface Collections are available exclusively through RAK Ceramics.
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Cosentino collaborates with ANARCHITECT to create a public installation for Dubai Design Week
Architectural surfaces leader Cosentino partners with award-winning Dubai and London based design practice ANARCHITECT to create ‘Context Reflections’ a public installation at the heart of Dubai Design District (d3) during Dubai Design Week from November 8-13, 2021.
Built using Sunlit Days, the first-ever carbon neutral surfaces collection from Silestone by Cosentino, the permeable installation will invite visitors to enter a darkened chamber to pause and discover the intriguing play of penetrated light created via a naturally occurring optical phenomenon. The self-operating, low-tech installation draws inspiration from the principles of ‘Camera Obscura’ of why we see what we see. The moving images conjured on the inside wall – inverted ‘live’ projections of the surroundings outside the construction – suggestively asks visitors to observe with attention and reflect on the constantly changing environment.
Elaborating on the concept further, Senior Architect Tom Herd from ANARCHITECT reveals “Context Reflections continues ANARCHITECT’s ongoing research into the relationship of natural light, materials, and the importance of context in all architecture and interior spaces we engage in. Given the diverse and unique international settings the Practice works in, the installation concept was developed by our Team for Cosentino to highlight the consistent importance of light and materiality in our work; as well as raise our sustainable collective consciousness by calling for the observation of the contexts that surround us, here purposefully using a low-tech, full-scale analog design tool”.
Design wise, ‘Context Reflections’ holds on to the principles of simplicity and practical sustainability.
”It was important to us that the installation was designed mindfully with minimal material wastage and is a demountable, reusable structure to give it the possibility of a second, third life” explains Matt Harding, another member of the ANARCHITECT design team behind the project.
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Wedgwood collaborates with Feathr and the result is breathtaking!
Feathr has collaborated with iconic British brand, Wedgwood, and multi-disciplinary artist, Claire Luxton, to create an original artwork and luxury wallpaper mural – ‘Wonderlust’ – inspired by six patterns introduced to the Wedgwood Wonderlust teaware collection.
Luxton reimagined the new Wedgwood patterns with a living sculptural installation visualised in the artist’s East Sussex studio. Using florals, botanicals, taxidermy, and live animals, Luxton created a multi dimensional installation involving sculptural, collage, photographic, and hand painted techniques.
The finished three dimensional sculpture was photographed in over thirty different sections by Luxton, who then digitally stitched the artwork together in hundreds of layers before applying hand finished details, including water droplets and images of real life poison dart frogs.
Working with Luxton, Feathr has adapted the artwork into a 6 x 3 meter wall mural, available exclusively from Feathr.com. The Wonderlust by Claire Luxton x Wedgwood faithfully reproduces the exquisite detail of Luxton’s original artwork, with the flora and fauna captured in breathtaking sharpness.
Feathr works with a community of internationally acclaimed contemporary artists to design and produce bespoke wallpapers and wall murals. The Feathr team had worked with Claire Luxton in the past, and introduced the artist to Wedgwood as the ideal creative partner to reinterpret the Wonderlust design and bring the patterns to life in an interior space.
Wedgwood is renowned for collaborating with artists to create new expressions of its iconic patterns, an approach focused on reinvention that has resulted in unexpected interpretations and exciting contemporary visions of the company’s classic and timeless designs.
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