The Italian duo debuts in Dubai with a site-specific project between experimentation and memory. Draga & Aurel make their debut at Downtown Design in Dubai together with COLLECTIONAL, the design platform that represents them in the GCC, with a site-specific installation that captures the essence of their practice: a constant dialogue between the artistic experimentation on materials and the reinterpretation of past aesthetics, always with an eye toward the future. The project brings to the design week a new evolution of the artists’ two emblematic series: Transparency Matters, which explores the alchemy between resin and concrete through plays of light and depth; and Heritage, which reinterprets vintage furniture from the 1950s to the 1980s with a contemporary language and meticulous handcraftsmanship.

Among the new works staging in Dubai are Soffio, a collection of floor and suspension lamps paying tribute to the art of Murano glassblowing; Rescue Me, a bold evolution of the upcycling concept, where remnants of past creations are reimagined through resin; the sculptural tables Cava and Lava, together with the console Stendhal, where weight and lightness coexist in a refined balance. The installation is completed by a painting by Aurel K. Basedow, whose gestural and layered approach reflects the same tension between control and spontaneity that animates their design work.