Abeer AlRabiah

Abeer AlRabiah is an industrial designer based in Riyadh who designs furniture, lighting and objects from the first sketch to the finished piece, including how it gets made. She studied industrial design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and graduated with honors, and over more than ten years has worked with design studios in the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Today she leads a product design team creating contemporary pieces rooted in Saudi heritage and handmade by local artisans, and describes her method as starting from the observation of people and how they behave. Her collections include Suqouf, a Najdi furniture series, Finjan Najd, a Saudi coffee cup, the Saudi Khawlani espresso experience set, Hues of the Homeland accessories and Cora, carpet furniture developed with Iwan Maktabi.