Issue 7

Gemstock Dubai's lecture series — why discerning buyers are moving beyond aesthetics to understand the true essence, provenance, and investment value of precious stones.

Evgeny Kogan dismantles three persistent myths about Dubai's property market — and explains why at $4,500 per square metre, Dubai remains among the world's most undervalued…

Art Ambassador Arina Drobina on the Bassam Freiha Foundation's Echoes of the Orient — where jewellery and the depicted Eastern woman are inseparable, and female artists…

Zhibek Kusainova of Driven Properties on the Dubai ultra-luxury market, the Golden Visa changes, and why $25 billion in female investment tells a bigger story.

Georgian abstract artist Ruslan Gudiev — where Art Informel meets Kierkegaard and Sartre, and creative chaos becomes the only language worth speaking.

Mohammed Alkaff AlHashmi on building Islamic Coin — the Sharia-compliant blockchain network serving 2 billion Muslims who want to participate in digital finance without compromising their…

The kimono in 2024 — from imperial court to contemporary catwalk, a garment that conceals to reveal, and carries five centuries of meaning in each fold.

Van Cleef and Arpels' Perlée collection reimagined — Arthur Hoffner's floating golden bead installations and Erik Madigan Heck's high-contrast portraits in dialogue.

Faycal Lalioui of SML Gold Trading on Dubai's gold sector, the GIFT transfer innovation, and why both himself and his company are, simply, shiny.

Custom Lego as luxury collectible — from amber minifigures to bespoke architectural masterpieces, where 3D printing and laser cutting turn plastic bricks into works of art.