SALEM AL ADIDI, POWER BOAT RACING CHAMPION Salem Bin Ali Al Adidi, UAE’s very own powerboat racing champion with the Victory Team, one of the most successful teams in the history of XCAT racing was born and raised near the seaside where his entire family enjoyed all kinds of water activities and that’s where his love for the deep blue sea started. We met with him to talk about his life, his passion and his vision for powerboat racing. Salem’s father and his ancestors before him were all men of the sea. It was their way of living and so … Continue reading Man of the High Seas

Continuing its longstanding commitment to  nurturing talented and ambitious designers across the GCC,  Van Cleef &  Arpels, the French High Jewelry Maison, in partnership  with Tashkeel, the UAE-based visual art and design organisation, announced the winner of the ‘Van Cleef & Arpels Middle East Emergent Designer  Prize 2019’ – Julia Ibbini. The competition,  which was announced earlier in April this year, saw many entrants across the Middle East, keen to participate and showcase their talent. Responding to the given theme of ‘Cyclical,’ Julia Ibbini’s winning sculptural vessels concept, ‘Symbio Vessels’, revolves  around a special build process of both a sequential … Continue reading Winner of ‘Van Cleef & Arpels Middle East Emergent Designer Prize 2019 revealed