Aya Moug

Aya Moug is an Egyptian designer working between Dubai and London, where she took a master’s in Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins. Her research centres on papyrus, a plant with the same biochemical make-up as wood whose natural sap works as a glue, which she turns into a mouldable material for furniture, surfaces and objects under the name PAPYRI.

Through Studio Aya Moug she moves between craft memory and contemporary form, developing architectural surfaces, sculptural furniture and sustainable textures out of ancient fibres. Her work has been shown at Dubai Design Week, where The Shen was among the projects selected at Downtown Design 2023, and at Design Doha, where her papyrus furniture was presented.