KAMEH at Design Miami: The Desert Rose and the Human Heart
people • DESIGNERS
At the twentieth-anniversary edition of Design Miami, Dubai-based artist KAMEH unveiled the 0.6 Collection, a sculptural series inspired by the raw geometry of the desert rose and the emotional terrain of personal memory. Presented in a curated setting that echoed the shifting perspectives of the desert landscape, the installation Nomadism of the Soul examines the movement of spirit, labour, and identity through material form.
Handcrafted in the UAE over many months in collaboration with local artisans, each piece embodies an intimate dialogue between the artist’s vision and the hands that shape it. True to KAMEH’s philosophy of intentional anonymity, the work prioritises purity of form over personal narrative, inviting viewers to encounter the objects without distraction.
In this interview, the artist reflects on the origins of the 0.6 Collection, the symbolism of the desert rose, and the profound relationship between creator, craftsman, and object.
Words: designeers
DECEMBER 2025
WEBSITE: kameh.space
INSTAGRAM: @kameh.space
DESIGNEERS
What drew you to the desert rose as the starting point for the 0.6 Collection?
KAMEH
The desert has been a constant presence throughout my life. Wherever I go, I somehow end up living close to it. The desert rose is something shared across many landscapes, and its formations immediately inspired me to translate its geometry into furniture and sculptural objects.
I have always felt a strong connection between the desert rose and us as people. Its crystallised layers build upon one another to create petals, much like the way we move through life, passing through different moments and accumulating experience, layer by layer. And, like the desert rose, I believe we can survive anywhere. What doesn’t break us shapes us. In that sense, the desert rose feels profoundly human to me.
DESIGNEERS
“Nomadism of the Soul” feels both personal and universal. What journey does this installation express?
KAMEH
It is a very personal process. I’m always trying to tell my own story through my work, and the craftsmen play an essential role in that. Without them, nothing would be possible. For six to eight months, my soul travels into their bodies, they become the medium through which what lives in my mind takes physical form.
During that time, my brain and their hands function as a single organism, breathing and creating together. For the installation at Design Miami, I wanted to make this relationship visible. The mirrored bases reflect the soul of the collection, the sculptural curves and forms we shaped as one. The podiums and the brutal black stones grounding each piece represent the body: the weight, structure, and physicality that hold everything together.
DESIGNEERS
Your work often balances heaviness and lightness, silence and movement. If the 0.6 Collection had a soundtrack, what would it sound like?
KAMEH
It would definitely be something melancholic, almost heavy in its emotional tone. Lately, I’ve been obsessed with Nagorno Mist by Vusal Zeinalov, which actually became the official track for our craftsmanship campaign in November. It carries the same mood and weight as the 0.6 Collection, the same sense of stillness and emotional density.
“True timelessness lies in the quiet dialogue between design and the raw beauty of nature.”
KAMEH
DESIGNEERS
Anonymity is central to the KAMEH identity. Why is it important for the work to speak without the presence of the artist?
KAMEH
I feel we’re slowly moving away from complete anonymity. I’m not fully masked anymore, in the new campaign, you can see half of my face. But in the end, I don’t think it really matters, or perhaps anonymity is simply another language of marketing.
In art, when you walk into a museum or gallery, the artist is not standing beside the work. You encounter the piece on your own terms and build your own relationship with it. That’s what I want for my work, for it to speak directly to people, without my presence shaping or influencing their interpretation.
DESIGNEERS
As you debut at Design Miami, what do you hope visitors experience when encountering the 0.6 Collection in person?
KAMEH
I hope they understand what it means for a soul to travel into an object. I’ve left pieces of myself in every form, fragments of who I am. I want visitors to feel that presence, that quiet connection, and to sense that these are not just objects but vessels that carry life, memory, and emotion.
In the 0.6 Collection, KAMEH expands the language of contemporary design into something both intimate and elemental.
These pieces are not merely sculptural forms; they are vessels shaped by memory, labour, and a profound dialogue between artist and craftsman. Encountering them in person reveals the quiet intensity that defines KAMEH’s world, a world where material becomes emotion, and where anonymity is not an absence, but an invitation. As he steps onto the global stage at Design Miami, his work stands as a reminder that the most powerful objects are those that carry the echo of a soul within them.
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS:
NATALEE COCKS
