Studio Soumer, design studio by Marwane Soumer

Studio Soumer is the design studio of Marwane Soumer, a French designer and artist working between Doha and Paris. The studio makes collectible design, lighting, furniture and public sculpture, combining large-scale 3D printing with hand finishing.

Marwane Soumer is known for Strata, a 3D-printed sculptural bench, The Modular Majlis, a 3D-printed modular seating system, and two public installations at Old Doha Port: Dhow Sails and Old Doha Miniature, the largest 3D-printed miniature in the world.

Works

Sayl, functional sculpture, 2027. Sayl is a sculptural seat cast from the ground of Riyadh, named after the flash flood that brings Wadi Hanifa back to life a few days a year.
Ordinary Vessels, ceramic vessel, 2026. Ordinary Vessels is a ceramic vessel made for Melting Pottery, Mediterranean Edition, a project by VCUarts Qatar that gathers designers from the countries around the Mediterranean.
Strata, sculptural bench, 2026. Strata is a sculptural bench constructed through layers, inspired by desert dunes, geological sedimentation and the coded geometries of Sadu weaving.
Studio nown, handbags, 2026. Studio nown is the practice of designer Ana Lirola Fernández, based between Qatar, the Netherlands and Spain. The design and the art direction of the Handbag Collection are hers.
The Modular Majlis, furniture system, 2026. The Modular Majlis is a contemporary interpretation of traditional Qatari seating. It keeps the social role of the majlis, a place to gather and talk, and rethinks its form for the way we live today.
Silhouette, lamp, 2026. Silhouette reduces the archetypal lamp to its essential outline: a cone emerging from a cylinder, where light defines the object as much as the object defines the light.
Dhow Sails, permanent outdoor sculpture, 2025. Dhow Sails is a permanent entrance sculpture created for Old Doha Port. It reinterprets the sails of traditional Qatari dhows as a clean, monumental gateway.
Saturno, lamp, 2025. Saturno is a family of lamps developed for a collaboration with SaturnoMag, translating orbit, balance and quiet movement into a light object.
Ahlan, ritual objects, 2025. Ahlan is a set of three ritual objects: an incense burner, a candle holder and an oil diffuser.
Old Doha Miniature, permanent installation, 2024. Old Doha Miniature is a large-scale public installation commissioned by Katara for Old Doha Port. It rebuilds the city of Doha as it stood between the 1930s and the 1950s.
Cornetto, bespoke instrument, 2024. Cornetto is a bespoke instrument created for the musician Miquel Pla Forcadell.
Sahara Festival, photography, 2022. Sahara Festival is a photographic series made in Douz, in the south of Tunisia, during the International Festival of the Sahara, which gathers riders, dancers and musicians at the edge of the desert.
Ma’an, drinking vessels, 2020. Ma’an is a collection of handmade objects for drinking water, in porcelain, copper, glass and stainless steel.
Aura, olfactory design, 2020. Aura is a collection of seven scents, each one built like a short story.
Oracle, contemplative machine, 2019 – ongoing. Oracle is a slow machine that engraves a cylindrical vase according to the temperature around it.
PUMP, bike for two, 2017. Bike for Two is an electric bike made to carry a passenger, the way people already ride two-up in the Netherlands.

All works. About the studio. Contact.

Email: info@studiosoumer.com. Instagram: @studiosoumer. Studio Soumer works between Doha, Qatar and Paris, France.

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