Announcing Four Finalists of Van Cleef & Arpels’ #MiddleEast Emergent Designer Prize 2016

High Jewellery Maison Van Cleef & Arpels, in collaboration with Design Days Dubai and Tashkeel, has announced the four finalists of this year’s The Middle East Emergent Designer Prize.

Now in its fourth year, The Middle East Emergent Designer Prize presents a unique opportunity for emerging designers living in the region to showcase their original works on a global level.

This year, the theme of nature aimed to inspire designers to work with natural materials or forms which are native to their immediate surroundings. Designers were asked to create design objects that serve a functional purpose suited to a contemporary lifestyle, incorporating influences from nature in both materials and structure.

Architect Ranim Orouk presents the concept of a traditionally glass blown chandelier that takes form and function from the jellyfish, representing the effervescence of their texture as they swim in groups. 

- See more at: http://www.designdaysdubai.ae/news/vca-middle-east-emergent-designer-prize/2016/01/announcing-the-four-finalists-of-2016-van-cleef-arpels%E2%80%99-middle-east-emergent-designer-prize-(1)/#sthash.FjAeruwv.dpuf