Dubai Collection
Dubai Collection
Experiential Artist Dinner
Experiential Artist Dinner
Creative
Creative
Culinary
Culinary
Client
Client
Dubai Collection
Dubai Collection
Role: Event Stylist, Chef & Table Designer
Partners: Talal Al-Najjar | Dubai Collection | Bayt Al Mamzar
Concept
For an intimate suhoor hosted by the Dubai Collection, PPS was invited to co-create a sensory dinner experience with artist Talal Al-Najjar, whose layered mixed-media practice explores visibility, movement, and spatial distortion. Held at Bayt Al Mamzar, the goal was to design a table that reflected — and refracted — his visual language.
Inspired by Talal’s materials and themes, PPS built a table installation where food, art, and light intersected in surreal, shifting ways. The table itself became a spatial response to the work: layered, mirrored, and modular — blurring the boundary between object and experience.
What We Did
Table Design Inspired by the Artwork: Drawing from Talal’s use of mirrors, plexiglass, and layered transparency, PPS selected a glass tabletop over a custom acrylic light box and spotlit plinths. This created an ambient glow in shades of blue and green, echoing the atmospheric tones in his work and giving the dinner a dreamlike visual effect.
Material-Driven Styling: The square table was chosen for its symmetry and flow, allowing for ease of gathering and conversation. Florals were deliberately non-wasteful: a foraged mix of citrus, dates, ginger, and herbs — all unused ingredients from the kitchen — arranged with intention and restraint.
Layered Tablescape: Just like Talal’s compositions, the table design worked in layers: a clear surface to expose the lighting below, mirrored objects to distort and reflect movement, and stacked elements that revealed themselves as the evening unfolded.
Multicultural Culinary Experience: The menu celebrated Dubai’s hybrid identity, pulling from Arabic, South Asian, and East African influences. Food became part of the visual language — reflective glazes, stacked compositions, and sculptural plating that echoed the table’s form.
Impact
The collaboration offered guests a fully immersive suhoor where the line between art, space, and dining blurred. The table became a site of quiet spectacle — not just styled, but composed — reflecting Talal’s practice while deepening the experiential ethos of PPS.
Role: Event Stylist, Chef & Table Designer
Partners: Talal Al-Najjar | Dubai Collection | Bayt Al Mamzar
Concept
For an intimate suhoor hosted by the Dubai Collection, PPS was invited to co-create a sensory dinner experience with artist Talal Al-Najjar, whose layered mixed-media practice explores visibility, movement, and spatial distortion. Held at Bayt Al Mamzar, the goal was to design a table that reflected — and refracted — his visual language.
Inspired by Talal’s materials and themes, PPS built a table installation where food, art, and light intersected in surreal, shifting ways. The table itself became a spatial response to the work: layered, mirrored, and modular — blurring the boundary between object and experience.
What We Did
Table Design Inspired by the Artwork: Drawing from Talal’s use of mirrors, plexiglass, and layered transparency, PPS selected a glass tabletop over a custom acrylic light box and spotlit plinths. This created an ambient glow in shades of blue and green, echoing the atmospheric tones in his work and giving the dinner a dreamlike visual effect.
Material-Driven Styling: The square table was chosen for its symmetry and flow, allowing for ease of gathering and conversation. Florals were deliberately non-wasteful: a foraged mix of citrus, dates, ginger, and herbs — all unused ingredients from the kitchen — arranged with intention and restraint.
Layered Tablescape: Just like Talal’s compositions, the table design worked in layers: a clear surface to expose the lighting below, mirrored objects to distort and reflect movement, and stacked elements that revealed themselves as the evening unfolded.
Multicultural Culinary Experience: The menu celebrated Dubai’s hybrid identity, pulling from Arabic, South Asian, and East African influences. Food became part of the visual language — reflective glazes, stacked compositions, and sculptural plating that echoed the table’s form.
Impact
The collaboration offered guests a fully immersive suhoor where the line between art, space, and dining blurred. The table became a site of quiet spectacle — not just styled, but composed — reflecting Talal’s practice while deepening the experiential ethos of PPS.
