Jewelry

Christies Modern & Contemporary Arab and Iranian Art Sale in Dubai

Date: 
10/29/2008 - 10/30/2008
Location: 
Jumeirah Emirates Towers

Jewelry Fair - Beirut

Date: 
08/08/2008 - 08/12/2008
Location: 
Biel, Solidere Beirut

Beirut's mega jewlery fair is worth a peak. Especially for Zeina Tahan's amazing stand, which she plans to transform into a shop later on (Stand A2)

Every day from 4pm to 10 pm. For more info contact +961 5 959 111 

Faraq Fair - Summer Feast

Date: 
08/12/2008 - 08/17/2008
Location: 
Faraya-Mzaar

Dozens of stores and designers will be climbing up to Faraq for a five day event. Expect fashion designers (Rabih Kayrouz's young talents), jewlery designers (Rania Farsoum), furniture designers (Tarazi et fils) and a lot, lot more.

There will be a farmer's market, a literary salon with many publishers present, a art show baptized "little montmartre" and  psychic reading  sessions "le salon de la voyance"

Worth the treck! 

Historically Correct

Of Turkish and Afghani heritage, Nilufer Tarzi Kuran is one of Turkey’s most successful jewelers. With regular features in magazines, including Town and Country and ELLE Middle East and outlets in Cairo’s Beyman and Dubai’s Harvey Nichols, Nilufer seems to know what she’s doing.

How did you start designing jewelry?
I started working in the jewelry business seven years ago.

What inspires your work?

Taraf Itani design

Vintage Beauties

Old is beautiful with Tarfa Itani's vintage jewelry
It was a sandy afternoon with a light orange atmosphere covering Kuwait’s horizon. I was invited to the opening of a Lebanese designer and artist at the Karizma boutique. With no great expectations, I made it to the show in the late afternoon.
And boy was I right to drag my lazy self.

Christie's Jewelry & Watches Sale

Date: 
04/29/2008
Location: 
Emirates Tower Ball Room

Christie's open its spring summer season sales with the jewelry and watch auction tonight. The start piece is a pearl necklace owned by Egytian diva Um Kulthum. The 8 row pearl necklace was a gift from Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al Nahyan.

For more info www.christies.com 

Thoughtful Gold

There's no bling bling here, just spirituality and good taste.
You might have thought you were a spiritual kinda gal, but wait until you meet Zeina Tahan. This Lebanese jewelry designer has redefined the concept of spirituality to encompass not only your life, but also the jewelry you wear.

Descending from a long line of jewelers from Tripoli in north Lebanon, Tahan has worked hard to branch out on her own. What makes her different is not only the intricacy of her jewelry – which, at times looks like a piece of embroidery – but the message that comes with each piece.

Lama Hourani at Villa Moda

Date: 
03/16/2008
Location: 
Villa Moda - Free Trade Zone Shweikh

Jordanian jewelry designer Lama Hourani - whom we've featured on Dia - will be displaying her spring summer "Gypouin Revue" collection at Villa Moda, from March 16th to March 20.

For more info, www.lamahourani.com 

Azza Fahmy

Since her collaboration with Bristish designer Julien Macdonald, Egyptian jeweller Azza Fahmy is everywhere. She's recently published a book on traditional Egyptian jewelry and has also started a school to train craftmen and designers in jewelry design. Her brand – Azza Fahmy Jewelry (AFJ) – which employs 300 people, is often cited as the example to follow, with outlets across the Middle East, a soon to be store in London and a solid international reputation.

 

 

Design Savvy

What is it with design and the Middle East these days? In Dubai, the new design store Traffic is a hub to exchange all kinds of creative ideas around design and architecture.In Beirut, the new store “Over the Counter” is a three floor ode to industrial design. If that was not enough, a great show has just opened, again in Beirut, simply entitled ECHO, which records the conscious flirting between art and design.
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