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Disrupt.
Construct.

Possible.

Possible.

Pushing the Boundaries of What's Possible
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Kattan
Kattan

"I'm not interested in repeating what has already been done. If that was enough, there'd be no reason for this studio to exist…"


Kattan

Founder, Concept Designer & Architect

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LEGACY VEIL
Morphcode Collection
Richard Mille Art Prize
LA MUTANAH 1971 Design Space
Levitate
Designest UrbanCommissions
Inzen
+150 Concepts
2023-2026
submitted in 11 years

Sometimes we design buildings, sometimes we design stories in wood, steel, light, or silence. Sometimes a bench. Sometimes a city. Our work is not just to design, it's to question, to challenge, and to translate emotions into space.

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Work

(4)

Architecture

Systems

Objects

Research

01

Briefs & RFP Visualization

Translating the ambitions of real estate developers into informed, build-ready briefs & RFPs

02

Pre-Concept & Concept Design

Craafting design packages that are ahead of their time, get in touch to see a sample package

03

Sculptures & Installations

We design to evoke emotions and stimulate senses by delivering personalized experiences

04

Furniture & Product Design

Exploring the intersection of architecture and industrial design through ideas from the past of the future

sometimes a bench.
sometimes a city.
Urban Commissions
Projected Light Installation
Woman

Our work exists at the intersection of architecture, systems, material research, technology and culture. 

Our work exists at the intersection of architecture, systems, material research, technology and culture. 

We move fluidly between master planning, towers, public installations, product design and experimental making because we believe that every scale of intervention can inform another. A city, a building and an object are all systems that shape the way people live, interact and imagine the future.

architecture
beyond buildings

Urban

Objects

Experiences

Commissions

2026

DXB Store at Art Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2025

Burj Rashid Exhibition

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2025

Man-Made, Machine-Made

Lessac, France

2025

UAE Designer Exhibition at Downtown Design

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2024

Editions at Downtown Design

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2024

Prototypes for Permanence

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

2024

Tanweer Festival

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

2023

Dubai Design Week

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2023

Designing with the Sun

Lessac, France

2021

Non-Human Design

Lessac, France

2020

Master Design Challenge

Barcelona, Spain

awards & recognitions
2019-2026

Awards

(3)

Precise

Structured

Focused

Visual Language

2023

Urban Commissions

Winner

2020

Master Design Challenge

First Prize Winner

2020

Master Design Challenge

Prizes for Best Sketch, Best Presentation & Best Project

2019

One Day Design Challenge

First Prize Winner

media
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coverage
questions
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Ask.

Everything around you was once impossible.

01

What is Kattan Design?

What is Kattan Design?

02

Of what?

Of what?

03

And where does this curiousity lead?

And where does this curiousity lead?

04

Architecture?

Architecture?

05

Art?

Art?

06

What is necessary?

What is necessary?

07

Can an idea change the future?

Can an idea change the future?