At Design Ras Al Khor (DRAK) – an initiative founded by Khalid Shafar, Khulood Thani, Nadine Kanso and Tarik Zaharna, and housed within an industrial former factory outside of Dubai’s centre – local designers were commissioned to create in wood. Two Europeans were also invited, one of whom, Frenchman Pierre Charrié, created the Surfaces Sonores sound installation