7 middle eastern female designers and their uplifting product designs

news by shafa diandra

as we have summarized 6 young and talented male designers from dubai and lebanon, let’s take a further look into seven female designers from the middle east and their uplifting products that have successfully inspired and contributed to major changes in middle eastern design.

cloak and troll loveseat by anastasya nysten

anastasia nysten is a lebanese designer born in ottawa and raised in finland, france, and lebanon. she graduated with masters of industrial design from alba while working at karen chekerdjan design studio.

she introduced the adaptable cloak, which name refers to clothing piece used for travelling worn over the shoulder to protect human body from external environment, and the fluffy-look troll loveseat, which anatomy aims to naturally yields to the seater’s posture, offering endless comfort supported by a wooden structure that acts as the skeleton for loosely stacked pillows.

in 2015, nysten and her studio experimented with objects and interiors that retell stories of different cultures and have been exposed throughout beirut, paris, milan, and ksa. the shows include the house of today biennial show jungle protocol, spazio rossana orlandi in milan, athr gallery…