Surah Fayed

Art Director and Multidisciplinary Designer

About / The practice

Art direction, design
and a spatial
point of view.

I’m Surah Fayed, an art director and designer working across brand worlds, films, collection stories and interiors. My practice connects cultural research, materiality and visual imagination.

I hold an MA in Environmental Architecture from the Royal College of Art and a BFA from the American University of Beirut. I work between the intimate scale of jewellery and the atmosphere of a space.

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Brand worlds

Identity systems
Visual language
Packaging direction

Art direction

Campaign concepts
Film & image-making
Shoot direction

Cultural research

Archival research
Collection narratives
Visual reference frameworks

Spatial design

Interior studies
Material & colour palettes
Atmosphere & experience

Selected experience

Independent PracticeCreative Director2023 — Present
Identity systems, visual territories, campaigns and brand worlds for fashion, jewellery, beauty and culture. From the first insight to creative presentation and delivery.
OKHTEINCampaign Imagery & MotionFreelance
Freelance creative work exploring celestial and archival visual worlds across campaign stills and short films.Explore the freelance project
RovylaCreative Director & Brand World Builder2026 — Present
Developing the brand world for a jewellery and accessories house, including identity direction, visual language, packaging direction and launch aesthetic.
Azza Fahmy JewelleryCreative Consultant & Design Researcher · Cairo2025
Cultural and archival research into collection narrative, motifs and art direction. Visual reference frameworks and a brand strategy and art direction document for executive review.Explore the Azza Fahmy work
Fayendra JewelleryActing Creative Director · Dubai2024
Brand identity refresh, campaign art direction and creative leadership. Directed five seasonal campaigns and built and led a creative team of five.Explore the films & collection storytelling
Harebridge Middle EastDesign Manager · Regional2022 — 2023
Brand, visual identity and editorial design across regional projects, coordinating creative deliverables from brief to final production.
CV

Education & perspective

Royal College of Art

2025

MA Environmental Architecture

Royal College of Art

2024

Graduate Diploma, Art & Design · Distinction

American University of Beirut

2022

Bachelor of Fine Arts · Distinction

LanguagesArabic, English & Indonesian — Fluent
French — Working

EDUCATION