Beauty of the Treasured Green Gems: An Exhibition of Emeralds Opens L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelery Art's New Permanent Campus in Dubai

Upon entering Garden of Emeralds – the inaugural exhibition to mark the opening of L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Art’s newest permanent space in Dubai – visitors encounter a magnificent treasure called the Goliath Mineral. It is a huge specimen weighing 33 kilograms that was extracted from a mine in Zambia in 2010. .e uncut mineral stone is filled with more than 100 raw emeralds protruding from its natural base that convey the journey of the treasured gems, straight from the heart of the planet.

FeaturesAnna SeamanOctober 29, 2024L’ÉCOLE, design, Dubai

Changing States

Inspired by desert rose crystal forma- tions, Moufida Mohideen designed a sculptural bookcase, titled Ascension, as a symbol of everlasting growth. Mohideen, a student of interior archi- tecture and design at the University of Sharjah, used contrasting raw materials—damas wood and mother of pearl—for the design, which won the ninth edition of the Van Cleef & Arpels Middle East Emergent Designer Prize.

Palestine's stones form new design commission

Palestinian architects Yousef & Elias Anastas have designed a meditative porous pod for London's Design Festival, after which it will travel to Dubai before returning home to Palestine.