HEDS Designs

Hisham El-Essawy is an international award winning product designer, interior architect, and mentor, founder of HEDS Designs and HEDS Academy, and Vice Chairman of EHEC (the Egyptian Handicrafts Export Council). After graduating from the faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek, El-Essawy sought to reinforce his career in Interior and Furniture Design by pursuing his study at Möbel Akademie in Berlin, where he got his diplomas in Design Intelligence, Interior and Furniture Design, and became a world class designer, mentor and lecturer. He co-founded EDG (Egyptian Designers Guild), followed by DESiGNDUSTRY, and recently Cairo Designathon, the first and only design marathon in the region, as well as his own academy – HEDS Academy – to raise design leaders for next generation through professional design diplomas, mentorship, & competitions.