Grafika boutique- elegant and chic!

Grafika has reopened in a new place with a new image. For this project I have decided to go a little green by reusing most of the items Grafika had in it's previous shop, it was exciting and challenging! Before starting any project I always start with an inspiration, either a picture, a logo or even a furniture piece. And for the new grafika, my inspiration piece was a vintage French round settee:) and from there I have designed a custom made round settee as a modern interpretation of the original one. With that piece I was inspired to choose a very calm and classy color pallet and add wall moldings to the space to give it a cozy French boutique look!

McQueen Abayas booth design (The bride show exhibition)

I have designed a booth for McQueen Abaya shop, which turned out amazing!,, I was going for soft and elegant which I achieved successfully. I've done the whole thing from A to Z, and custom made some furniture pieces that I'm very proud of :) the design consist of a sitting area, a changing room and a stand to display the Abayas :)

The new Grafika boutique

Grafika has reopened in a new location with a new fresh look! I'll post more pics with details of the process soon!

Business card

My logo is done by Artbox design studio :) I love it!

My Thesis

My Thesis topic is "Shaping Islamic design into the modern century within a hotel". I have worked on it for a whole year. My first year in Grad school was studio classes and my second year I focused on just research and design for my thesis. The idea is to reshape Islamic design and modernize it to fit our modern time. 

 I redesigned an existing hotel in Dubai, and applied my modern Islamic design ideas into the Lobby, Lounge, a standard room, and a suite. Other than just designing and space planning, I have custom designed some chairs and rugs to suit the rooms. I have added most of the renderings and room floor plans. 

Hotel name and logo :)

The Lobby...

The lounge area..

Standard room floor plan, perspective, and elevation ..

The suite..

Angela Adams project

For my studio class we had a visiting designer called Angela Adams, and we had a project to work on inspired by her style and work. She does amazing rug designs that I love, its mostly inspired by nature, and this is what our project was. We had to design three rooms inspired by Utah state, this is where I was living at that time. So, I chose some pictures of Utah and used them as an inspiration to design those three rooms. Our project also included some rug design and pattern design to be used for pillows or window shades.

The Living Room..

The kitchen..

The dining area..

Skybox Project

For this project I had to choose a music style to base my design on. My choice was hip-hop, so I added a lot of reflective surfaces to give it a more glamorous look. Branding (logo and name) was created by me as well as in all of my other projects.