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Khalid Alharbi
Khalid Alharbi is a designer based between Brooklyn and Riyadh whose work spans architecture, interior design, fabrication, and product design. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Illinois Institute of Technology. His practice is process-driven and rooted in systems thinking, guided by critical inquiry, theoretical frameworks, and research as tools for making. He carries a growing interest in coding, physical computing, and biology — fields that continue to expand how he approaches material, space, and form. He is the co-founder of KAF Studio, a design/build architecture practice in Riyadh, and the founder of Granular Studio, focused on fabrication and product design in Brooklyn.
Crafted Manufacturing
Designing for accessible, local reproduction
Project Description
Crafted Manufacturing asks how designers can produce affordable, locally made objects that preserve the depth of craft-based making. Through critical making, the project develops a guide of design strategies that designers can adapt to build their own production ecosystems. Light fixtures of glass and metal, produced through collaboration with a local glassmaker and in-house fabrication, serve as artifacts that establish local, crafted, and affordable as a viable production model. The strategies emerge from a dialogue between reflective design practice and manufacturing optimization research, reshaping how precision, skill, and cost are distributed across production.
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