Juke Record Player Table
"Juke" is a record player table inspired by the 1950s jukebox. Its main form is bent from a single sheet of Baltic birch plywood using kerf cutting, finished in walnut veneer.
A solid maple tambour door slides open to reveal speaker storage for the record player, fitted with a custom sand-cast bronze handle shaped like a gramophone horn. Below, a cabinet stores the records, built from solid walnut slats clamped together and shaped with an angle grinder into a wave pattern reminiscent of piano hammer heads.
Together, these elements draw on the story of the jukebox and music, reimagining it as something both modern and retro.
- Material
- Baltic birch plywood, walnut veneer, solid walnut, solid maple, bronze
- Size
- 94 × 41 × 84 cm
- Construction
- Kerf-bent from a single sheet of plywood, hand-shaped cabinet
- Year
- 2026
Photographs
- Juke record player table by Yasa Wahab, a three-quarter view of the cabinet with a rounded top shelf, a maple tambour door above a wave-cut walnut door, and an open turntable on top.
- Juke record player table, front view with both wave-cut walnut doors swung open below the closed maple door, turntable, vase and plant on top.
- Wave-cut walnut door detail on the Juke record player table, low-angle close-up with brass hinges on the right and a round foot at lower left.
- Maple tambour door on the Juke record player table, slid partly open over a dark shelf, with its flared bronze handle on the leading edge.
- Cast bronze handle on the Juke record player table, shaped like a gramophone horn.
- Juke record player table detail, rounded top shelf, maple door, and an open wave-cut walnut door beside a plant.
- Juke record player table viewed from above, a vinyl record playing on the turntable with the lid open and an album sleeve on display.
- Yasa Wahab seated on the floor beside Juke, the record player table he designed and built.
Waha Modular Pouf System
"Waha" takes its shape from the camel, an animal central to Bedouin life across the Middle East.
Its silhouette, from the raised neck to the rounded hump, becomes a soft, upholstered seat paired with a removable wooden table top that lifts off to work as a lap tray or a place to set down a drink.
The piece is built to be customized: a variety of wood species, different upholstery. Only the camel's silhouette stays fixed. It works as a stool, side table, or sculptural accent, part of an ongoing exploration of culturally rooted furniture for hospitality and residential spaces.
The name means "oasis" in Arabic, the fertile, water-fed spot camels seek out in the desert, symbolizing rest, life, and peace after a long journey. The piece carries that same idea into a room: a soft, grounded place to pause and rest.
- Material
- Upholstered body, hardwood top and base (species and fabric selected per client)
- Size
- 75 × 60 × 75 cm
- Construction
- Design concept. Upholstered body over a shaped frame, removable top and base
- Year
- 2025
Photographs
- Waha modular pouf by Yasa Wahab, a cream bouclé seat with a raised neck holding a round walnut table top and a small patterned cup, on a dark wood base over a woven rug in warm sunlight.
- Family of six Waha poufs in different upholstery, pale blue, burgundy tweed, forest green, sand, cream and dark brown, each with its own round wood or stone table top, arranged on a travertine step and a jute rug.
- Overhead view of six Waha poufs in different fabrics, each with its round wood or stone table top at the seat's edge, scattered on a woven rug in dappled sunlight beside a carved screen and a brass tea set.
- Waha pouf by Yasa Wahab with its parts separated, the cream bouclé body with an open neck, the round walnut table top lifted and tilted above it, and the square wood base plate lying on a woven rug.
- Waha pouf in a majlis-style lounge, the cream bouclé seat with its walnut table top beside a carved wooden side table and brass coffee pot, in front of an arched geometric plaster wall and a brass sunburst, with low red patterned seating at left.
Hamsa Backgammon Board
"Hamsa" is a backgammon board inspired by the protective hamsa symbol found across the Middle East and North Africa.
Solid walnut forms the board, with the hamsa and evil eye motifs laser-cut and inlaid with mahogany and maple veneer, finished with blue-pigmented epoxy resin for accents. The hamsa sits on the board's cover, while an evil eye rests at the center of the board when opened, its triangular playing points echoing the shape of the eye itself.
The game pieces carry the same material language, one side turned from mahogany, the other from black and white ebony.
- Material
- Solid walnut, maple and mahogany veneer, brass hinges, blue-pigmented epoxy resin, solid mahogany and ebony
- Size
- 43 × 41.5 × 2.5 cm
- Construction
- Laser-cut inlays, hand-turned game pieces
- Year
- 2025
Photographs
- Hamsa backgammon board by Yasa Wahab, open on a side table with the blue evil eye inlay at its center and pieces in starting position, beside tea glasses, a plant and patterned cushions on a rug.
- Hamsa backgammon board closed, the hamsa hand and eye inlaid by Yasa Wahab in blue resin within a maple inlay, on a floor beside a red rug.
- Hamsa backgammon board open at an angle, the evil eye inlay at the center of the triangular playing points, mahogany and ebony pieces in starting position, a patterned rug behind it.
- Two ebony game pieces with a light and dark banded grain, resting in a corner of the Hamsa backgammon board among its inlaid triangular points.
- Turned mahogany game pieces on the Hamsa backgammon board, lined up beside a brass hinge near the blue evil eye inlay at the board's center.
- Straight-on view of the closed Hamsa backgammon board, the hamsa hand and eye inlaid in blue resin within a maple inlay, centered on the lid.
- Hamsa backgammon board open from above, the evil eye inlay at the center of the triangular playing points, pieces set up with dice, beside tea glasses and a plant.
Jebreel Montessori Bookshelf
"Jebreel" is a Montessori-style bookshelf designed and named after my nephew, built to give a toddler easy, independent access to his own books and toys.
The playful silhouette echoes his favorite characters, Bluey and The Wiggles, with heart cutouts and paw print details that make it feel personal rather than purely functional. The final piece is laser-cut from 1/4" Baltic birch plywood, flat-packed and assembled entirely through friction fit, with no hardware required. Forward-facing shelves display book covers at a child's eye level, encouraging early reading and organization, while the base doubles as open storage for toys.
The piece is personalized with an engraved nameplate, icons displaying his interests, and a special message to Jebreel from his uncle.
- Material
- Baltic birch plywood
- Size
- 67 × 35 × 56 cm
- Construction
- Laser-cut, friction-fit
- Year
- 2024
Photographs
- Jebreel Montessori bookshelf by Yasa Wahab, a laser-cut birch plywood bookshelf with heart cutouts in its scalloped sides, a wooden Bluey face on top, three tiers of forward-facing children's books and an open toy shelf below, on a colorful alphabet play mat.
- Jebreel Montessori bookshelf in use, a toddler in a striped top sitting on the play mat facing the tiered shelves, beside a wooden Bluey face and heart cutouts on the birch plywood sides.
- Wooden Bluey face on top of the Jebreel Montessori bookshelf, laser-cut from stained and natural birch plywood, with children's book covers on the shelves around it.
- Low-angle view of the Jebreel Montessori bookshelf, forward-facing book shelves above an open toy shelf, with a raised "Jebreel's Bookshelf" nameplate and a paw-print cutout on the base.
- Close-up of the raised "Jebreel's Bookshelf" wooden nameplate on the base of the Jebreel Montessori bookshelf, with toys on the shelf behind and the alphabet play mat below.
- Side panel of the Jebreel Montessori bookshelf engraved with a sitting cat, The Office logo and The Wiggles logo, below a heart cutout and friction-fit slots in the birch plywood.
- Engraved dedication on the side of the Jebreel Montessori bookshelf reading "For Jebreel, from your favorite uncle. Yasa", a personal message from designer Yasa Wahab, beside the friction-fit slots.
Hg Modular Table System
"Hg" is a modular table system named after mercury, the element known for staying liquid at room temperature.
The design translates that fluid behavior into a sculptural table leg: a solid, cast aluminum form that appears to pool and drip like liquid metal.
The final system pairs a custom-cast aluminum leg with a glass table top, joined by a stainless steel mounting plate glued directly to the underside of the glass. Modular by design, the legs can be arranged in multiple configurations to form tables of varying length, from a compact four-leg table to an extended six-leg format.
- Material
- Cast aluminum, glass, stainless steel
- Size
- 90/180/360 × 90 × 72 cm
- Construction
- Design concept. Cast aluminum leg, glass top bonded via stainless steel plate
- Year
- 2025
Photographs
- Hg modular table by Yasa Wahab, a rectangular glass top resting on four polished chrome metal legs that narrow to a slim stem and swell into a droplet foot, in a sunlit room with sheer curtains, a wood-paneled wall and an arched floor lamp.
- Hg modular table in use as a meeting table, four chrome cantilever chairs with woven cane backs around the glass top, a laptop, notebook and white cup on it, beside sheer curtains and an arched floor lamp.
- Close-up of an Hg table corner, a polished chrome metal leg curving from a flat bracket under the glass top down to a rounded droplet foot, with two small round discs on the bracket, in streaks of warm sunlight on a pale floor.
- Hg table system by Yasa Wahab with its parts separated, the glass top floating above two polished chrome metal legs and four small round steel mounting discs hovering between them, over a sunlit pale floor.
- Overhead view of the extended six-leg Hg table, two glass top sections meeting in the middle on six polished chrome metal legs with triangular tops, on a sunlit floor beside an arched floor lamp and sheer curtains.
- Close-up of the six-leg Hg table where two glass sections meet, a triangular chrome metal leg top with two recessed circles under the glass, a second leg in the foreground and small round steel discs near the seam, in striped sunlight.
Persephone Ceramic Pomegranate
"Persephone" is a ceramic pomegranate inspired by the Greek myth of the goddess bound between two worlds.
The design translates Persephone's yearly passage between the underworld and the earth above into a sculptural vase: a coil-built form crowned with a calyx, its surface split between wilted and blooming imagery to mark her six months below and six months above. Hand-built from red clay, finished in black slip, and carved using a sgraffito technique to reveal narrative scenes beneath the surface: a harvest scene on one side and Persephone holding the seed that binds her to Hades on the other.
The top is finished with six carved pomegranate arils, one for each seed she ate in the underworld.
- Material
- Red clay, black slip
- Size
- 27 × 27 × 27 cm
- Construction
- Coil-built, sgraffito-carved
- Year
- 2025
Photographs
- Persephone ceramic pomegranate by Yasa Wahab, a black vase on a white plinth with a pointed calyx crown and a terracotta sgraffito panel framed by a Greek key border, showing a bare tree and a robed figure holding a pomegranate.
- Persephone ceramic pomegranate carved by Yasa Wahab, front view of the harvest scene, two robed figures in terracotta line-work, one holding a pomegranate and one a bowl of pomegranates, beneath a carved pomegranate vine.
- Close-up of the sgraffito scene on the Persephone ceramic pomegranate, a robed figure in profile holding a pomegranate beside a bare tree, inside a Greek key border on the black surface.
- Glossy black calyx crown on top of the Persephone ceramic pomegranate, with a carved terracotta pomegranate vine around it and a Greek key border at the bottom of the frame.
- Upper half of the Persephone ceramic pomegranate in low light, the dark calyx crown surrounded by carved terracotta pomegranates, leaves and vines, with the tops of the harvest-scene figures at the lower left.
- Persephone ceramic pomegranate seen from above, six carved pomegranate arils around the glossy black calyx, one for each seed eaten in the underworld.
About Yasa Wahab
Industrial and Furniture Designer
I'm a furniture and industrial designer based in Dubai. My work sits at the intersection of cultural identity and functional design.
I grew up across seven countries, and that mix of traditions and materials still shapes everything I make. I take pride in creating craft-driven, functional pieces that fuse design traditions from different cultures.
My practice spans furniture and product design, with hands-on experience in woodworking, bronze casting, laser cutting, and 3D printing. I work primarily in Rhino, alongside the Adobe Creative Suite. Manufacturing my own work has given me an edge as a designer. Bringing that knowledge of materials and fabrication into the design process helps push and strengthen a design further.
I studied Industrial/Product Design at OCAD University, with a semester abroad at FIDI Florence focused on furniture design under Leonardo Rossano. At OCAD, I served as a Student Monitor in the Fabrication and Foundry studios, mentoring other students in hands-on making.
The work on this site is the start of that practice. Pieces that move between furniture and object design, each one looking for where a tradition, material, or story can be reimagined into something functional.
- Based in
- Dubai, U.A.E.
- Trained at
- OCAD University · FIDI Florence
- Looking for
- Studio work, commissions, collaborations, particularly hospitality and residential furniture in the UAE.
Photographs
- Yasa Wahab seated cross-legged on a red geometric-patterned sofa, holding an open book against his chest, beside the Juke record player table he designed: a walnut cabinet with wave-cut doors and a maple door, topped with a record player, an album sleeve and a glowing table lamp.