At Design Doha, Qatar's biennial design platform bringing together designers, curators, and institutions from across the Arab world and beyond, we joined the Living the Dream: Arab Design Now panel discussion. The conversation explored the optimism and ambition that is currently shaping Arab design, and what it means to build a design practice rooted in regional culture while pursuing an international audience. We spoke about craft as both a creative and cultural responsibility, and the particular energy that exists in the Arab design community right now.

For Eid al-Adha 2024, we collaborated with Dior Beauty to create a series of limited-edition fragrance cases for their La Collection Privee line. Each case was handcrafted in our Beirut studio using our signature techniques: mother-of-pearl inlay, tin work, and hand-carving, applied to Dior's iconic bottle form. It was a meeting of French luxury and Arab craft tradition, made for one of the most significant celebrations in the Islamic calendar.

Following our Grand Prix d'Honneur award in 2023, we were invited to serve as President of the Jury for the Institut du Monde Arabe Design Prize 2024 in Paris. The prize recognises outstanding design work from designers across the Arab world and its diaspora, and chairing the jury gave us the opportunity to support and celebrate the next generation of Arab designers working in craft and contemporary practice. It was a role that felt like a natural continuation of the recognition we had received the year before, turning it outward toward others.