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Hind Rabii A Brand Of Lights With A Spirit
Born in 1973, Hind Rabii holds an
Their engineer training and taste for
Surrounded by carpenters and
industrial engineering degree from the
textures and noble materials allow them
assemblers, Hind Rabii relies on the
Institut Superieur Industriel in Verviers,
to create lighting ranges with pure and
traditional savoir-faire of the craftsmen
Belgium. With her technical expertise
simple lines.
to preserve the quality of her creations.
and a passion for fashion and creativity,
Every one of their table, wall, pendant,
it was only natural that Hind was drawn
Between technology and authenticity,
floor or reading lamps is the result of
towards a career in design. It was
Hind Rabiiis collections testify to an
a long design and research process
while researching for lighting for her
inexhaustible desire of creation to
employed by Hind and her husband
own home that the designer decided
achieve the essential: emotion.
Michel Orban.
A Traditional Savoir-Faire
Evolving in a country where numerous
Using 3D design and plans, Hind Rabii
cultural influences come together, Hind
and her husband will set about making
Rabii is part of the new wave of young
The company which bears her name was
models and conducting trials in their
Belgian designers. Her sensitivity and
established in 1997, with the simple aim
workshops in Liege province in Belgium.
femininity are reflected in her creations:
of offering top-of-the-range Belgian-
Their premises consist of a woodworking
the elegant and sober lines of these
made lighting to a discerning clientele.
studio, a metal workshop, a finishing
products create a signature of their own
Alongside her husband, Michel Orban,
workshop as well as a workshop
upon these products a signature of their
Hind Rabii created her first collections.
dedicated entirely to the production
own.
Together, they invest in a work for
of lampshades. All their glassware
lighting that gives free rein to their
is manufactured by Italian master
creativity.
glassmakers.
to commission some lighting pieces
which met her standards of excellence,
refinement and luxury.