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The aForm Show
This show is about all things architecture and design in the middle-east. Join us, as we sit across from thought leaders and change makers in their fields as they share their insight & add value to your creative journey. Subjects vary from design workflow to market trends & everything in between.
Episodes
The aForm ShowE128 - Robert Bochel
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Robert Bochel, Director at U+A. With extensive experience in architecture and design, Robert brings a strong…
The aForm ShowE127 - Andy Shaw
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, we have a returning guest on the show. We are joined by Andy Shaw, Managing Partner at AMA Design. With extensive…
The aForm ShowE126 - Rasha Al-Tekreeti
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Rasha Al-Tekreeti, Founder and CEO of Warû. Rasha is building a distinctive voice in the design and creative…
The aForm ShowE125 - Atousa Aslaminezhad
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Atousa Aslaminezhad, Assistant Professor at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society at…
The aForm ShowE124 - Melani Sabhaney
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Melani Sabhaney, Co-Founder and Design Director of Interspace. With a passion for creating spaces that are both…
The aForm ShowE123 - Verve Design
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guests are Parthasarathy Sridhar, Director for Growth, Strategic Accounts, Projects & Procurement, and Kevin Mashford…
The aForm ShowE122 - Somya Angolkar
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Somya Angolkar, Co-Founder and Partner of IDA Interior Design Associates. With over 20 years of experience in…
The aForm ShowE121 - Rashiq Muhamad Ali
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Rashiq Muhamad Ali, Founder and Principal of RqMA Architecture + Design. With a career spanning Asia and the…
The aForm ShowE120 - Jeremy Robinson
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Jeremy Robinson, Managing Director of EDGE Architects. With extensive experience leading projects across…
The aForm ShowE119 - Omar Farooq
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Omar Farooq, Strategy Director and Partner at SAY Studio. With a background in law, Omar brings a distinct…
The aForm ShowE118 - Sotiris Tsoulos
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Sotiris Tsoulos, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of TTZ Group. Together with his co-founder and partner…
The aForm ShowE117 - Nick Farmer
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Nick Farmer, Managing Director of Urban Edge Strategic, a consultancy focused on real estate strategy and…
The aForm ShowE116 - Peter Jackson
Hello & welcome to the show! Today we are joined by Peter Jackson. An architect who has been responsible for some of the most pivotal projects across the…
The aForm ShowE115 - Leali Ezzat
Hello and welcome to the show! Today, we’re joined by Leali Ezzat, Founder and Creative Director of ELE Interior, a Dubai-based design studio known for its…
The aForm ShowE114 - Drue Newcomb
Hello and welcome to the show! Today’s guest is Drue Newcomb, Group Director at P&T Group in Dubai, part of one of the world’s oldest and most respected…
The aForm ShowE113 - Ujjwal Goel
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, we’re joined by Ujjwal Goel, Managing Director of Teraciel Group, a fast-growing multidisciplinary company headquartered…
The aForm ShowE112 - Benazir Noor Mohamed
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Benazir Noor Mohamed, an architect and Research Associate at University College London (UCL). With over a…
The aForm ShowE111 - Nikita Chellani
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, I'm delighted to be joined by Nikita Chellani, an Associate at ROAR in Dubai — an award-winning interior design studio…
The aForm ShowE110 - Sandra Woodall
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, we are joined by Sandra Woodall, Design Principal of tangramGULF in Dubai. Sandra has close to three decades of…
The aForm ShowE109 - Ben Corrigan
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, we are joined by Ben Corrigan, Principal Director of Bluehaus, a TP Bennett company. Over the past two decades, Ben has…
The aForm ShowE108 - Amr Abdelaziz
Hello and welcome to the show. Today we are joined by Amr Abdelaziz, Senior Interior Designer at LW! Amr is known for his innovative take on luxury &…
The aForm ShowE107 - Leila Sobek
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, I’m thrilled to be joined by Leila Sobek, founder of BMA Studio, an award-winning global design consultancy with offices…
The aForm ShowE106 - Ryan Sailsman
Hello and welcome to the show everyone. Today, we are joined by Ryan Sailsman, basically the Creative Head/Visionary behind Sailsman House of Architecture…
The aForm ShowE105 - Vaishali Deshmukh
Hello and welcome to the show. Our guest today is Vaishali Deshmukh. She is a Design Director based in Dubai. Vaishali has designed and delivered projects…
The aForm ShowE104 - Muhammad Habsah
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, we’re joined by Muhammad Habsah, Director at U+A in Dubai and a leading voice in contemporary architecture across the…
The aForm ShowE103 - Marija Krsmanovic
Hello and welcome to the show. Today’s guest is Marija Krsmanovic, a Senior Architect at LWK + PARTNERS based in Dubai with a global background that spans…
The aForm ShowE102 - Khaled AlShamaa & Hamdi Adam
Hello and welcome to the show everyone. Today, we’re delighted to be joined by Khaled AlShamaa and Hamdi Adam, founders of XYZ Designers in Dubai. Their recent…
The aForm ShowE101 - Laila Al-Yousuf & Matthew Sexton
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, we are joined by Laila Al‑Yousuf and Matthew Sexton, founders of SAY Studio in Dubai. Under their leadership, SAY Studio…
The aForm ShowE100 - Mark Klever
Hello and welcome to the show. On today’s episode, we have Mark Klever. He is the Founder and Design Director at MKD Architecture in Dubai. Mark is celebrated…
The aForm ShowE099 - Sahil Shaik‑Muzawar
Hello and welcome to the show everyone. Today, we’re joined by Sahil Shaik‑Muzawar, an urban planner and geographer based in Dubai. Holding an MSc from the…
The aForm ShowE098 - Eddy Abou Khalil
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, we are joined by Eddy Abou Khalil, Regional Director for the Middle East and India at Cosentino. Eddy is a global leader…
The aForm ShowE097 - Noelle Halabi
Hello and welcome to the show everyone. Today we are joined by Noelle Halabi, Associate Director at Edge Architects, award-winning architecture and design…
The aForm ShowE096 - Emily Mottolese
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, I’m joined by Emily Mottolese, Managing Principal and Global Practice Leader at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill—better known…
The aForm ShowE095 - Rajesh Chirayath
Hello and welcome to the show. Today we are joined by Rajesh Chirayath, Technical Director for Construction Engineering Services at Jacobs in Dubai. Rajesh is…
The aForm ShowE094 - Sana Choyakh
Hello & welcome to the show! Today we are joined by Sana Choyakh, Regional Sales and Business Development Manager for the Middle East at Lutron. With over 2…
The aForm ShowE093 - Maria Dautant
Hello and welcome to the show. Today we are joined by Maria Dautant, Senior Associate at HLB Lighting Design in Dubai. Maria currently leads projects that…
The aForm ShowE092 - James Sharples
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, we’re joined by James Sharples, Projects Director at Bauhaus Project Management in Dubai. With extensive experience in…
The aForm ShowE091 - Vijay Nambiar
Hello and welcome to the show. Today, we are joined by Vijay Nambiar, Studio Director of Designsmith. Vijay is a highly experienced design professional with a…
The aForm ShowE090 - Amos Antin
Hello and welcome to the show! Today, we’re joined by Amos Antin, co-founder & managing director at The aCross Designs. As a design & build studio, aCross are…
The aForm ShowE089 - Paolo Testolini
Hello and welcome to the show! On today's episode we are joined by Paolo Testolini, Principal & Global Sector Leader at Woods Bagot. With a portfolio spanning…
The aForm ShowE088 - Christoph Hauser
Hello and welcome to the show! Today we joined by Christoph Hauser, Managing Director at EuroArt. Christoph comes with a deep knowledge and passion for all…
The aForm ShowE087 - Selini Bishop
Hello and welcome to the show! Today we joined by Selini Bishop, Founder at Chapters Marketing! We talk about marketing across digital media for designers…
The aForm ShowE086 - Siddharth Peters & Ben D'souza
Hello and welcome to the show! Today we joined by Siddharth Peters and Ben D'souza, Co-founders of Love That Design! On todays episode, we discuss the origins…
The aForm ShowE085 - Sonal Kotecha & Alaa Mohammed
Hello & welcome to the show! This week we are joined by the rockstar duo at Rumah Interiors. We are super excited to have on, Sonal Kotecha, Founder & Design…
The aForm ShowE084 - Haitham Mousa
Hello and welcome to the show! Today we are joined by Haitham Mousa, Studio Design Director at KEO. Haitham comes with vast design exposure across multiple…
The aForm ShowE083 - Shiam Shibl
Hello & welcome to the show! This week we are joined by Shiam Shibl, Interior Designer at DLR Group Middle East! Shiam has been involved with many of the most…
The aForm ShowE082 - Nikhil Mathew
Hello and welcome to the show everyone! Today we are joined by Nikhil Mathew, Professor of Interior Design & working in Dubai. In addition to being an…
The aForm ShowE081 - Simona Giacalone
Hello & welcome to the show everyone! Today we are joined by Simona Giacalone - Architecture & Design Manager for MillerKnoll! Simona comes with a wealth of…
The aForm ShowE080 - Josephine Visser
Hello and welcome to the show! Today we are joined Josephine Visser, Managing Director at Elementa Interior Design. Josephine comes with a wide array of…
The aForm ShowE079 - Sanmita Patel
Hello and welcome to the show! Today we are joined Sanmita Patel, founder of the Young Architects Forum in Dubai. Sanmita comes with a wealth of project…
The aForm ShowE078 - Marco Maximus
Hello and welcome to the show! Today we are joined by Marco Maximus! Lead interior designer at Keane! As one of the rising stars in the ecosystem, Marco has…
The aForm ShowE077 - Ryan Sailsman
Today we are joined by Ryan Sailsman, director of architecture at Jones Architecture & Design, also known as JAD. Ryan has acquired a wealth of knowledge…
The aForm ShowE076 - Hanine Salman Abi-Ali
Today, a special guest joins us on the show! Hanine Salman Abi-Ali is an XR designer with DEWAN architects & engineers! She prides herself on bridging design…
The aForm ShowE075 - Marko Runjic
Welcome to the show everyone! Today we are joined by Marko Runjic - Managing Director of Point Concept Studio! Marko has been pivotal in the design and…
The aForm ShowE074 - Miriam Llano
Welcome to the show, today we are joined by Miriam Llano, founder and managing director of Amphora. Miriam has spent close to decade honing her skills within…
The aForm ShowE073 - Yahya Jan
Welcome to show everyone! This week we are joined by Yahya Jan, President and Design Director at Norr Group. Needless to say, Yahya has contributed to the…
The aForm ShowE072 - Design Infinity
Hello & welcome back to the show! Today we are joined by Pratap Mendonca & Geetha Nayak from Design Infinity. With humble beginnings in 2012, Design Infinity…
The aForm ShowE071 - Alina Valcarce
Welcome to show everyone! This week we are joined by Alina Valcarce, Founder and design director of Valcarce Architects. Alina has lived & worked across…
The aForm ShowE070 - Michelle Lim
Welcome to the show everyone! This week we are joined by Michelle Lim, Senior Business Development Architect from RSP. Historically, there has always been a…
The aForm ShowE069 - Morne Pienaar
Welcome to the show everyone! Today we are joined by Morne Pienaar, Associate Director, Architecture with the Cities + Places team at Jacobs, Dubai. With a…