Studio Soumer and Marwane Soumer

The studio

Studio Soumer is a multidisciplinary design practice founded by Marwane Soumer, based between Doha and Paris.

Practice

Working across collectible design, public art, furniture and spatial installations, the studio develops projects in which narrative, material research and cultural context lead the process.

Its practice moves between a hand-crafted sensibility and advanced fabrication — large-scale 3D printing, additive manufacturing and hybrid ways of making — to create works that feel both contemporary and deeply rooted.

Approach

Through site-specific commissions and independent research, the studio explores how design can reinterpret heritage through new forms: pieces that are tactile, thoughtful and connected to place.

Rooted in heritage. Shaped by technology. Finished by hand.

Awards & exhibitions

2027. Sayl Coming soon. Tuwaiq Sculpture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Public sculpture.
2026–27. Ordinary Vessels. Sguardi Mediterranei, MUST, Museo Storico della Città di Lecce, Italy. Melting Pottery, VCUarts Qatar.
2026. Strata. Design Doha Biennial, M7, Doha. FROMM.Lab international competition.
2026. Strata. Milan Design Week, Alcova Milano. Interlaced exhibition during Salone del Mobile.
2026. Silhouette. Liwan for Good Bazaar, Liwan Design Studios and Labs, Doha.
2026. Silhouette. Design Doha Biennial, Qatar Creates shop, Qatar Museums, Doha.
2026. Silhouette. ALHOSH Gallery, Doha.
2025. Saturno. Saturno Mag anniversary, HostX, Doha.
2025. Silhouette and Saturno. Doha Design District, GOS (Gulfos) showroom, Doha.
2025. Dhow Sails. Old Doha Port, Doha. Permanent outdoor sculpture for Katara.
2024. Old Doha Miniature Award. Guinness World Records. Largest 3D-printed miniature in the world.
2024. Old Doha Miniature. Old Doha Port, Doha. Permanent outdoor installation for Katara.
2024. Lebayes collection. Tools Galerie, Paris.
2023. Lebayes collection. Dutch Design Week, Kazerne, Eindhoven.
2023. Lebayes collection. Edit Napoli, Archivio di Stato, Naples. With The Young Dutch Titans.
2023. Lebayes collection. London Design Fair, Truman Brewery, London.
2023. Lebayes collection. Paris Design Week, La Factory, Galerie Joseph, Paris.
2021. Ma’an. Milan Design Week, Missed Your Call show, during Salone del Mobile.
2021. Ma’an. Object Rotterdam, Rotterdam Art Week.
2020–21. Ma’an. Mini Grad Show, Kazerne, Eindhoven.
2019. Beirut Grand Race. Beirut Design Week, Beirut, Lebanon.
2017. PUMP, Bike for Two Award. London Design Awards. Gold medal, Product Design, with PUNKT.
2017. PUMP, Bike for Two. Milan Design Week, Palazzo Litta, Milan.

Marwane Soumer

Marwane Soumer is a French designer and artist of North African and European heritage, based between Doha and Paris.

Background

He trained in interior architecture in Paris and in design in Brussels, then graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven. His practice is shaped by a sensitivity to form, space and cultural memory.

Work

Through Studio Soumer, he moves between collectible objects, installations and large-scale public works, where digital fabrication meets hand-finished detail and narrative depth.

Drawing on Arab, Mediterranean and European references, he develops pieces that are materially expressive, emotionally grounded, and rooted in a dialogue between place, identity and making.

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