Meet Yasamin Shaikhi
Yasamin Shaikhi is a designer whose practice crosses over interior design, product design and material research. Shaikhi’s work explores how everyday materials, can be reimagined into meaningful, functional design objects.
Design stands between memory and material, carrying what is remembered into the quiet rhythms of everyday life.
Key Projects
- Food Waste Renaissance: From the Table, For the Table - This MFA thesis project explored how food by-products (such as rice and date residues) could be transformed into biodegradable design objects, in particular lighting fixtures.
- Illustrations for “Discovering Arabian Deco - Yasamin contributed to a series of architectural illustrations for the publication Discovering Arabian Deco, supporting the visual development and refinement of the illustrations depicting Qatar’s iconic architecture.
- Interdisciplinary Design & Interior Projects - Yasamin has worked in “a range of interior design projects from exhibition design to residential and hospitality spaces.
