At Design Miami/Podium x Shanghai, a satellite edition of the world's leading collectible design fair, we presented the Zenobie collection in collaboration with Irthi Contemporary Craft Council, an Emirati organisation dedicated to preserving and evolving traditional Emirati crafts. The collection brought together two distinct making traditions: Talli, the intricate metallic thread weaving practised by Emirati women for generations, and our signature marquetry inlay. The Zenobie vases became the meeting point for these two crafts, separated by geography but connected by a shared discipline of precision and pattern.