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Khalid Shafar

14 January 2016

Cristina Morozzi

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Khalid was born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 1980, and graduated from the American Business University; he began working in marketing and communications after receiving his degree. In 2005, he received a degree in Art and Interior design, and in 2009, abandoned marketing to dedicate his life to his passion for design. He continued to study and specialized in Interior Design from the Central St. Martin inLondon, and then in woodworking at the Center of Fine Woodworking a Nelson in Nuova Zelanda. In 2011 he opened his professional studio in Dubai, and in 2012 inaugurated his first exhibition space, Kasa, in the heart of Dubai’s industrial district, where his and other artists from the Emirates creations are on display. He participated in the first edition of Downtown Design Dubai in 2013 with a toilette in wood, presenting his expertise in woodworking.

PUZZLE è una collezione di 3 edizioni inedite di tappeti artigianali, fatti di lana 100%, in Afganistan
Khalid Shafar, 'The Nomad', installazione pubblico

Some of his noteworthy collaborations include that with Fernando and Humberto Campana for an installation at the Abudabi art collection in 2010, and that with the furniture maker Moissonnier and the rug company Tai Ping. His projects unite references to the nature that surrounds him, seen in the shapes that resemble palm leaves, with an executive knowledge acquired in Western institutions.

THE NOMAD è un’interpretazione contemporanea dell’architettura di una Arish, una casa tradizionale del Gulf fatto di palme e fronde
Derivato originalmente dalla linea THE PALM, firmata da Shafar, e trasformato in un corpo di fenicottero, MR. & MRS. FANTEER sono una composizione di trasformazione
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Flame-Ingo by Khalid Shafar, DRAK, in Ras Al Khor
The Palm line di Khalid Shafar
The Palm line di Khalid Shafar
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Derivato originalmente dalla linea THE PALM, firmata da Shafar, e trasformato in un corpo di fenicottero, MR. & MRS. FANTEER sono una composizione di trasformazione
L'appendiabiti THE PALM è disegnato per essere flessibile; le finiture infatti, possono essere disposte a diverse.

WHERE: No. 7 – Street 22a – Dubai – United Arab Emirates

Khalid was born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 1980, and graduated from the American Business University; he began working in marketing and communications after receiving his degree. In 2005, he received a degree in Art and Interior design, and in 2009, abandoned marketing to dedicate his life to his passion for design. He continued to study and specialized in Interior Design from the Central St. Martin inLondon, and then in woodworking at the Center of Fine Woodworking a Nelson in Nuova Zelanda. In 2011 he opened his professional studio in Dubai, and in 2012 inaugurated his first exhibition space, Kasa, in the heart of Dubai’s industrial district, where his and other artists from the Emirates creations are on display. He participated in the first edition of Downtown Design Dubai in 2013 with a toilette in wood, presenting his expertise in woodworking. Some of his noteworthy collaborations include that with Fernando and Humberto Campana for an installation at the Abudabi art collection in 2010, and that with the furniture maker Moissonnier and the rug company Tai Ping. His projects unite references to the nature that surrounds him, seen in the shapes that resemble palm leaves, with an executive knowledge acquired in Western institutions.

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