We were commissioned by the Ministry of Presidential Affairs of the UAE to lead the renovation of the Arab League Hall in Cairo, one of the Arab world's most symbolically significant diplomatic spaces. The project involved redesigning key interior elements to reflect a contemporary vision of Arab identity, using craft techniques including marquetry, inlay, and hand-carved woodwork. It was an opportunity to bring our design language into a space where politics, history, and culture meet.

Back to Basics was a collection we released in early 2020, revisiting some of our best-known furniture and object designs in a reduced black and white palette. In a year that brought disruption globally and particularly in Lebanon, we felt compelled to strip away colour and decoration and return to the underlying forms that define our work. It was a meditative exercise, a reminder that the strength of a well-made object does not depend on ornamentation.

At Abu Dhabi Art 2019, one of the Gulf's leading fairs for modern and contemporary art, we presented the On Belonging collection through 81 Design, a platform dedicated to collectible Arab design. The collection included handcrafted pebble-shaped chairs and straw lamps, each piece inspired by the universal idea of home and what it means to belong somewhere. We were exploring how objects can communicate a sense of origin that transcends any single geography or culture.