High Jewelry Maison Van Cleef & Arpels collaborates with Tashkeel and Design Days Dubai in its fourth edition of The Middle East Emergent Designer Prize for 2016. The Prize presents a unique opportunity for emerging designers living in the Middle East to showcase their original works to a global audience.

This year’s theme: Nature aims to inspire designers to work with natural materials and/or forms that are indigenous to their immediate surroundings. Participants are asked to create design objects that serve a specific purpose suitable for contemporary lifestyles, reflecting the influence of the natural world, both in the materials used and in their structure.

The winning artwork will be unveiled and showcased at the Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition during Design Days Dubai 2016

The deadline for submission is December 31 2015.

For more information, please download the application form on the right.