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Meet Urjowan Alsharif: Culture, Identity...

The Design Pod
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The Design Pod is back for Season 4.


For our first episode, we sit down with Urjowan Alsharif, a Saudi interior architect whose work reflects a thoughtful dialogue between culture, identity and contemporary design. Urjowan shares her perspective on creating interiors rooted in identity and a sense of place, the influence of Saudi culture on her approach and what it means to design spaces that feel relevant to contemporary life.


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