Mirkaz Series by Lujaine Rezk

2017. Stool.

Teak wood, leather (available in cow or camel).

60 (L) x 60 (W) x 45 (H) cm.

Limited edition series of 10.

2017. Chair.

Teak wood, leather (available in cow or camel).

60 (L) x 60 (W) x 80 (H) cm.

Limited edition series of 10.

2017. Table. Teak wood, terrazzo, brass.

60 (L) x 60 (W) x 35 (H) cm.

Limited edition series of 10.

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Mirkaz is inspired by a lost tradition – the now abandoned social custom of transporting worn out indoor couches to the outdoors to create impromptu, temporary places for conversation. This tradition belongs deeply to the region and reflects the natural tendency to create intimate social gathering spaces in public zones. These pieces of furniture would have been discarded but were instead given new life in this beautifully spontaneous phenomenon of social interaction. The couches came to inhabit liminal spaces – street corners, driveways and front gardens. They occupied the gaps between buildings and houses and they enriched the lives within those structures; entire social worlds were fuelled by the exchanges that took place "in between