Bridging the Modern and Middle-East with Furniture Inspired by Bedouins

Swedish/German designer Katrin Greiling plumbs Arab traditions in her furniture designs.

Unlike most of her peers on the hotshot contemporary design scene, Katrin Greiling doesn't live in Sweden or Denmark or the Netherlands. Sure, her works are sometimes bought by rich Middle Easterners. But she's not exporting Scandinavian style abroad. Rather, she lives in Dubai, and she's a pioneer in bridging modernism and the Middle East--part of a new generation hoping to entice contemporary Arabs...