In her collaboration with Louis Vuitton, Nada Debs reinterprets the Ramadan incense burner. (Credit: Designer's Instagram account)
The collaboration with Louis Vuitton could have just been a crowning moment, a prestigious signature added to an already international career. But for Nada Debs, nothing is ever simply decorative. When she was approached to design a Ramadan incense burner, the stakes immediately went beyond the object itself. "They contacted the studio as part of a collaboration around cultural rituals," she explains, mentioning "a shared interest in bringing something from our region into a context of contemporary luxury." Read more Maher Attar, photographer, recounts 'the war that was too much' Preserving ritual, elevating the objectThis shift from intimate ritual to luxury object is not just any kind of translation. It demands a precision that is both ethical and vibrant. Debs approaches it with the restraint that...
The collaboration with Louis Vuitton could have just been a crowning moment, a prestigious signature added to an already international career. But for Nada Debs, nothing is ever simply decorative. When she was approached to design a Ramadan incense burner, the stakes immediately went beyond the object itself. "They contacted the studio as part of a collaboration around cultural rituals," she explains, mentioning "a shared interest in bringing something from our region into a context of contemporary luxury." Read more Maher Attar, photographer, recounts 'the war that was too much' Preserving ritual, elevating the objectThis shift from intimate ritual to luxury object is not just any kind of translation. It demands a precision that is both ethical and vibrant. Debs approaches it with the restraint that...
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