Imane Mellah, winner of the AlUla Design Award

The Franco-Moroccan designer won the award for her piece inspired by AlUla's heritage, landscape and artistic legacy.

"I've always been attracted to lighting and when I saw this old oil lamp, I thought it was a very clever piece. (...) Ancient lanterns were inspired by nature, particularly birds. They were shaped like birds, with beaks and tails. They also had inscriptions and drawings of plants". - Imane Mellah for Arab News.

The artist has created a lamp combining tradition and modernity, in the ochre colours of the Saudi region, whose shape is directly reminiscent of the region's natural heritage and architecture.