The Art of Design Issue 18 2016 | Page 62

62 Hind Rabii A Brand Of Lights With A Spirit Born in 1973, Hind Rabii holds an Their engineer training and taste for Surrounded by carpenters and industrial engineering degree from the textures and noble materials allow them assemblers, Hind Rabii relies on the Institut Superieur Industriel in Verviers, to create lighting ranges with pure and traditional savoir-faire of the craftsmen Belgium. With her technical expertise simple lines. to preserve the quality of her creations. and a passion for fashion and creativity, Every one of their table, wall, pendant, it was only natural that Hind was drawn Between technology and authenticity, floor or reading lamps is the result of towards a career in design. It was Hind Rabiiis collections testify to an a long design and research process while researching for lighting for her inexhaustible desire of creation to employed by Hind and her husband own home that the designer decided achieve the essential: emotion. Michel Orban. A Traditional Savoir-Faire Evolving in a country where numerous Using 3D design and plans, Hind Rabii cultural influences come together, Hind and her husband will set about making Rabii is part of the new wave of young The company which bears her name was models and conducting trials in their Belgian designers. Her sensitivity and established in 1997, with the simple aim workshops in Liege province in Belgium. femininity are reflected in her creations: of offering top-of-the-range Belgian- Their premises consist of a woodworking the elegant and sober lines of these made lighting to a discerning clientele. studio, a metal workshop, a finishing products create a signature of their own Alongside her husband, Michel Orban, workshop as well as a workshop upon these products a signature of their Hind Rabii created her first collections. dedicated entirely to the production own. Together, they invest in a work for of lampshades. All their glassware lighting that gives free rein to their is manufactured by Italian master creativity. glassmakers. to commission some lighting pieces which met her standards of excellence, refinement and luxury.