Block B Furniture

Based in Cairo, Block B is an attempt to mirror in furniture the various new faces, and facelifts, that Middle Eastern cities have on today. How they see fit.

Our furniture and home-accessory designs aim to bring a youthful energy to homes in Cairo and the Middle East. Chairs you don’t want to stop looking at and accessories you want to keep touching. Block B hopes to further familiarize our homes with couture furniture pieces, however, skipping the hefty price tags. Soon, a line of up-cycled furniture will also be introduced. Pieces will be rescued, st

22/04/2021

Addressing Comfort

12/04/2021

✨✨A great big thanks to the lovely for featuring my work in such a special edition of ✨✨

27/02/2021

Very thankful to Sawsan Morad and مجلة البيت for the beautifully written feature and being included with such great company.

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14/12/2020

▪️Black ▪️ on black ▪️on black▪️

PARAVANA BLACK
Black acrylic sheets mounted in our hyper grossed wooden frame.

The ideal piece for an instant privacy, while also enjoying reflections of everything in black.

Sounds a bit like #2020.

14/08/2020

Repost
That couch has found a happy home in good company with

08/03/2020

Block B on location... (4 years after its making)

Dyed cow hide, ikat cotton on a grandfather’s repurposed chair. He’s been living in a lovely bedroom in Garden City.

29/06/2017

Favorite mix of cowhide and cane.

23/03/2017

Thank you Cairo Design Magazine for the lovely feature :)

Block B Furniture by Ahmed Abu Zeid
https://goo.gl/sTjEoo

06/12/2016

: City Incomplete is on at Dubai Design District for 3 more days! If you're in and haven't seen it, please do. Mohamed Elshahed curated such a fantastic show and I'm very thankful to have been invited to show two of my chairs.

07/11/2016

http://www.madamasr.com/en/2016/11/06/feature/culture/global-up-cycling-design-trend-finds-itself-at-home-in-cairo/ Thank you Mada for a fantastic feature!

Global up-cycling design trend finds itself at home in Cairo Strolling through Lisbon's hilltop alleys in 2008, I came across a shop selling uniquely designed up-cycled products: a milk-carton wallet, a liquor-bottle lamp and a cereal-box notebook cover. In my young, hopeful state, I felt right at home. It embodied how I wanted people to live: without waste,