Suqouf Collection
Seating, light and a space divider drawn from the Najdi ceiling.
- Year
- 2026
- Role
- Designer
- Type
- Collection proposal, furniture and lighting
- For
- TYN art symposium, Diriyah
- Materials
- Athel wood, palm fronds, aluminum, LED
Concept
What was always above us
In Najdi homes, the ceiling was part of everyday life. Always overhead, it protected, shaded and gathered people, without ever asking for attention.
It was made from materials our grandparents knew well: athel wood and palm fronds. Not symbolic materials but essential ones, used in building, in furniture and in every detail of daily life.
Suqouf recalls that memory not by rebuilding the ceiling, but by taking apart what happened beneath it. Its roles become contemporary pieces that organize seating, shape light and define space.
The warm natural materials of the past meet the sharp industrial material of today. Not to compare them, but to show the continuity between what was and how we live now.
A second look at what was always above us.دعوة للنظر إلى ما كان فوقنا دائمًا
01 · Light
Daw ضو
Light was never a source in the Najdi house, but a trace the ceiling left behind. Here that trace is reshaped into a contemporary light.
- Materials
- Athel wood, palm fronds, aluminum, LED, diffuser
- Size
- About 170 × 40 × 35 cm
02 · Seating
Qa’da قعدة
The qa’da, the place to sit and gather, lived under the ceiling. Here it becomes contemporary seating that carries the same trace.
- Materials
- Athel wood, palm fronds, aluminum
- Size
- About 160 × 50 × 45 cm
03 · Space divider
Hadd حدّ
The ceiling defined spaces without walls. Here that role returns as a contemporary space divider.
- Materials
- Athel wood, palm fronds, aluminum
- Size
- About 240 × 20 × 45 cm
On site
A gathering in Diriyah
Proposed for a garden clearing in Diriyah, the pieces are placed as one setting: two benches, two stools, a light and a space divider.