Let the Majlis Be a Majlis

The majlis has historically been associated with governance, community, hospitality, and negotiation in the Arab world. In the last few years, it has also become an aesthetic object exhibited at biennials and museums. But what happens when a social form becomes a spectacle? What does it mean when a space deemed private is put on display?

Duette Studio One-Ups Itself with Duette+

The creative duo introduce a cultural clubhouse to Dubai Mall

Tales Of Tokyo

Inside the quiet geometry of a Tokyo temple, Dubai-based photographer Sahil Shettigar finds the stillness he'd long been chasing

Ahmed Emad and the Path of Desire

A desire path is an unofficial route formed when people choose the shortest, most instinctive way between two points, favouring lived experience over prescribed design. It is a path made by repetition, conviction, and quiet resistance. Based between Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, Ahmed Emad’s journey follows a similar logic. A Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate, former museum educator at Louvre Abu Dhabi, he is currently the Public Programming Specialist at the highly anticipated Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

AAU Anastas Bring the Art and Politics of Building with Stone to ICD Brookfield Place Dubai

Aga Khan Award–winning architects Elias and Yousef Anastas make the case that what we build with and how we extract it, is never just a material question

Grey Area: Your Guide to New Balance’s Grey Days in Dubai

Pilates Was Actually Created for Men

So why are so few of them doing it?

What Fashion Brands Brought to Milan Design Week 2026

Baskets, trunks, tomato chairs, and woven light