At Design Miami 2022, the world's leading fair for collectible design, we collaborated with Kohler, the American plumbing and bath brand, to create a large-scale installation reimagining the traditional hammam, the communal bathhouse at the heart of Arab social life for centuries. The installation was built entirely from handcrafted ceramic tiles produced through Kohler's WasteLAB programme, which transforms manufacturing waste into new materials. It was both a cultural statement and a design experiment: an ancient ritual space rebuilt from the material discards of industrial production.

The Transcendence tiles, our handcrafted ceramic tile collection created in collaboration with Kohler's WasteLAB programme, were awarded the Sustainable Standout Silver award at KBIS 2023, one of North America's largest kitchen and bath industry shows held annually in Las Vegas. WasteLAB is Kohler's initiative to transform manufacturing waste into new raw material, and the Transcendence tiles were made entirely from reclaimed ceramic and stone offcuts from Kohler's own production processes. The award recognised both the design quality of the tiles and the approach to material, which treated sustainability not as a constraint but as a starting point for craft.

To mark our 20th anniversary as a studio, we presented a special collection at Downtown Design, Dubai's leading platform for contemporary design from the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. The presentation brought together never-before-seen collectible pieces alongside some of our most recognised works, giving visitors a rare overview of two decades of craft practice. It was an opportunity to show not just what we make, but how our thinking about material, pattern, and cultural identity has evolved since we began.