BEHAVIOROLOGY

2024

Aluminum
Brass

Vase
Candleholder

Etienne Bastormagi

Ghazar M.

Cliff Makhoul

Jameel Arts Center
The Slow

Designboom

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Material
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Designer

Craftsperson

Photographer

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Press

Two abstract pillars, one with maroon bowl and the other with a gold ring and sphere on top.

  • Behaviorologyis a collection of small-scale architectures. Its playful aspect elaborates on the obsession about details, such as flowers placement or light dissemination, creating a space to inhabit them.

    Inspired by Still Life Renaissance paintings, the vases recreate a contemporary take on the subject.

Display of colorful modern vases and decorative objects arranged on metal shelves in an art gallery or exhibition space.
Two modern cylindrical vases, one black and one red, arranged on a white surface with a plain white background.

  • behaviorology facilitates various plant growth patterns

    Designboom

Line drawing of three cylindrical containers with different openings: a funnel shape, a tilted cylinder, and an open sphere.

  • Made in Cast Aluminum, some left in the material condition, and some powder coated with colors.

    A limited edition of brass crowns are available as a bi-color material combination

  • Colorful modern sculptures with cones, cylinders, and discs on terrazzo steps.
  • Two sculptures on cylindrical bases, one shorter with a black conical top and the other taller with a bent black top, against a plain white background.
  • Modern flower vases in red and metallic silver colors holding flowers, arranged on cylindrical pedestals of varying heights.
  • Two modern vases with tilted rectangular tops, one black and one red, positioned on cylindrical bases, against a plain white background.
  • Two modern decorative objects on gray cylindrical pedestals against a dark green background, one shaped like a cone and the other a circle.
  • An abstract illustration of a purple lava lamp with a concrete base
  • Two modern vases with matte metallic bases and glossy, slightly tilted, red and black upper parts, arranged against a plain white background.
  • A decorative urn with a gold sphere on top, placed on a tall, gray marble pedestal against a plain, light background.
Two modern vases with flowers on minimalistic stands, one with green button-like flowers and the other with white baby's breath flowers, set against a plain white background.
Poster for a behaviorology event at LABO, featuring a green background, a partial illustration of a green plant, and white and gray text with event details and dates.

  • The Collection has been showcased at Milan Design Week 2024, Sursock Museum in Beirut, Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai, and Studio 7 at M7 in Doha, tracing a journey through some of the region’s and world’s most dynamic cultural platforms.