IBDAA
My Emirates is a bookshelf modeled on an extract of a map of the United Arab Emirates, and is the first product by IBDAA (an Arabic word for “creativity”), an online furniture platform based in Dubai, co-founded by Marwa Al Shamry and Christelle Bitar. www.ibdaa.ae
Binôme
Travelling all the way from a small workshop in France’s Burgundy valley, Binôme came to display a broad range of offerings, all the brainchildren of in-house designers Ingrid Michel and Frédéric Pain. They included the Acari armchair, Fluide chandelier, and Hexagone coffee table (all shown). www.facebook.com/Binome-design
Dutch Creative Industries
As the name implies, DCI is a partnership of several Dutch creative industry companies with the Dutch government to expand Dutch design in the Middle East. Among the companies at the show was Judy Straten Art-Design, displaying head-turning cabinets: the Cutted Cabinet designed by Studio Rolf.fr; and the oak veneer Mr. Knox by Stephan Siepermann. www.dutchcreativeindustry.nl
Gallery S.Bensimon
Golden Harvest by Brazilian designer Guto Requena for Paris-based Gallery S.Bensimon is a three-piece collection created using grass that grows with a golden hue harvested from the Amazon. www.gallerybensimon.com
Loulwa Al Radwan
This interior designer from Kuwait debuted her own line of furniture at the show, including the Peacock, which includes a bookshelf (shown), a mirror and a table all made from Carrara marble and brass inspired from the beauty of peacock feathers.
M.A.D. Gallery
Founded in 2011, MB&F M.A.D. Gallery can look almost like the laboratory of a (ahem) mad scientist. Among the kinetic creations was Machine Lights by Berlin-based artist Frank Buchwald, which the artist has been experimenting with and evolving for the past decade; and Road Machine, a vintage 1939 Harley Davidson flathead engine by Japanese artist Chicara Nagata, embellished with over 500 components he manufactured himself. www.madgallery.ae
Camp Design Gallery
First-time attendees to the show, Milan-based Camp Design Gallery brought captivating works by Veronica Todisco and Analogia Project, including PantheOn/PantheOff, a lamp inspired by Rome’s famed Pantheon. www.campdesigngallery.com
Alma de Luce
The Enxoval cabinet is luxe to the max: the exterior is Pearl Gray Corian, and manually perforated with handcrafted inlay of 36,123 Amethyst-coloured Swarovski crystals. The interior is coated with Palissandro wood, and the drawer’s handles are made of handcrafted gold leaf. www.almadeluce.com
