About Arabesque Studios

Arabesque Studios was founded by industrial designer, Rahim Bhimani. He started his adventure back in 2014 while residing in San Francisco, California. Spending late nights in the woodshop, he set out a plan to design products for the Aga Khan Museum located in his hometown of Toronto, Canada. Fast forward to 8 years, he's finally decided to scale and has his own studio in Toronto where he hopes to expand his passion for geometry, design, and business. Over the last 5 years, Rahim has had the opportunity to have his products sold at the Aga Khan Museum, designed products for many dignitaries, create an installation for Nuit Blanche as well as designed the interior of a Mosque in California. All his designs and patterns are inspired by architecture, the places he's travelled to and the people he's met. His work indulges in linear symmetry and he loves learning about the beauty/sophistication behind Islamic geometry. All of his products/patterns are initially sketched, then implemented digitally, prototyped, iterated and physically produced by hand. Back in 2016, Rahim met someone interested in what he was doing and wanted to help him scale. Rahim gave him a set that ended up in Northern Pakistan! They were then shown to an all-women-run woodshop part of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. The women were given the original coaster and they used the pattern as inspiration to create scarfs! The scarfs are now being made by hundreds of women and being sold. Read their story