We believe that design is more than what we make.
Multidisciplinary Design Ecosystem
Founded in 1995.
Based in the United Arab Emirates since 2010.
Abu Dhabi, Mussafah, Al Ain, Tokyo, Milan
(1)Us, Ripple Collective
It is a way of bringing people together, creating connections and shaping the places we belong to.
Ripple Collective is the result of this, a sum of many parts, connecting design practices, projects and communities to create the conditions for ideas and intention to meet, evolve and become real. We create work and shared moments that ripple out into the wider world.
Three practices make up the studio: Slash for strategic design and identity, Base for space design, and Fabrica for industrial design and making. Beyond them are logistics, curated design stores and public programming that carry design far beyond the walls of our studio.
(2)Our ecosystem
- Strategic Design StudioSlashClear, meaningful form for who people, institutions and places already are. Impactful thinking.
- Interdisciplinary Making PlatformFabricaIdeas and stories brought to life through objects. A makers culture.
- Integrated Space DesignBaseWhat makes a building belong where it stands: its climate, its codes, its culture and the people who will use it.
- Curated Design StoreFountWell-made objects and their stories. A love of form and function.
- Logistics and Custody PlatformCentralThe things, spaces and processes that make design possible at all scales. The care of things.
- Programs and OutpostsCommonsFinal Draft, Abu Dhabi Sessions, Small Talk and the Outposts in Tokyo and Milan. Where design leaves the studio.
(3) One conversation
Not a referral to the right specialist, but one conversation that reaches all of them.
Begin with Slash
(4)Design Outposts
Welcome to an international experiment. Design Outposts, not offices, exist to bring design knowledge and positive impact to Abu Dhabi through immersion and intentional connections to creative cultures.
Think of them like cultural listening posts, with shelves, seats and stories. The idea was born from a simple belief: growth doesn’t always mean expansion, it can also mean depth. And for us, depth means connection, curiosity and reflection.
It’s not a business opportunity (it might actually be a terrible business decision) but it’s a risk worth taking to help us grow in the ways that we need to. Design Outposts are not a statement, they are a study.
(5)Scrapbook
It’s the stuff that lights up our brains.
- The Great Water Tower HuntA very good reason to look up, and a perfectly acceptable thing to become slightly obsessed with.
- The Zanzibar BagWhy a piece of canvas from sail was worth keeping for years.
- Dialing it backA screenless landline for kids (and maybe the rest of us).
- For the love of HelveticaOne font to rule them all. Let us explain why.
(6)Small Talk
Small Talk
Small Talk is our podcast that’s not a podcast: design conversations crafted with our friends as they pass through our Abu Dhabi studio.
Program
- Abu Dhabi Sessions30 October – 8 November 2026
- Final Draft17–18 April 2026
Join us
We’re always interested in good humans that can bring something fresh to the team and add something new to the Ripple Collective world.
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