Cora Collection
in collaboration with
Cora Collection
in collaboration with
- Year
- 2026
- Role
- Co-designer
- Co-designed with
- Albandari Sulaiman
- Made with
- Iwan Maktabi
- Program
- Jusoor Design Collections, Architecture and Design Commission, with Creative Dialogue
- Shown at
- Milan Design Week 2026
- Materials
- Handwoven natural fiber carpet
A Tribute to the Red Sea’s Coral Reefs
Inspired by my first dive into the Red Sea, where coral reefs reveal a hidden world
of layered life, movement, and color, the Cora Collection translates this underwater
landscape into a series of sculptural seating pieces. What felt like another world
beneath the surface became the starting point for the collection, capturing both the
beauty of these ecosystems and their fragility. Today, vibrant coral formations can
slowly turn into bleached, silent structures, a quiet reminder of what is at risk.
Developed in collaboration with Iwan Maktabi, the project reimagines handwoven
carpet as a sculptural, tactile material, shaping it into forms that echo coral colonies
and their natural rhythms.
A Tribute to the Red Sea’s Coral Reefs
Inspired by my first dive into the Red Sea, where coral reefs reveal a hidden world of layered life, movement, and color, the Cora Collection translates this underwater landscape into a series of sculptural seating pieces. What felt like another world beneath the surface became the starting point for the collection, capturing both the beauty of these ecosystems and their fragility. Today, vibrant coral formations can slowly turn into bleached, silent structures, a quiet reminder of what is at risk.
Developed in collaboration with Iwan Maktabi, the project reimagines handwoven carpet as a sculptural, tactile material, shaping it into forms that echo coral colonies and their natural rhythms.
Goniastrea Coral
Montipora Coral
Euphyllia Coral
Platygyra Coral
Bleached Acropora Coral
Goniastrea Coral
Montipora Coral
Euphyllia Coral
Platygyra Coral
Bleached Acropora Coral
Handwoven carpets crafted from natural fibers
by Iwan Maktabi’s master artisans.
Handwoven carpets crafted from natural fibers by Iwan Maktabi’s master artisans.