Spotlight on Hassen Jeljeli, the Only Tunisian Participant in the 2025 Paris Design Week
The young architect and lighting designer will showcase his unprecedented collection, "Mystic Lamps," in Paris.
Introduction
Paris, the city of lights, is preparing to host its annual event dedicated to creators and designers from around the world. After representing Tunisia at the "Milan Design Week" and "Salone Satellite," Hassen Jeljeli continues to proudly fly the flag of emerging Tunisian design with his new collection, "Mystic Lamps."
The "Mystic Lamps" Collection
"Mystic Lamps" is a collection born from the encounter between Tunisian marble and perforated steel. This work is where light dialogues with raw material, revealing an unprecedented mineral poetry. It explores the meeting point between sacred geometry, raw materials, and transparency, in a gesture that is both architectural and sensitive.
About Hassen Jeljeli
Based in Tunis, Jeljeli claims an intuitive and committed approach, rooted in his territory but resolutely turned towards the international scene. His participation in the Paris Design Week confirms the designer's desire to place Tunisian creation at the heart of major international contemporary design platforms.
Biography
Hassen Jeljeli was born in Tunis in 1991. He is an architect by training and a self-taught designer. After studying at the National School of Architecture and Urban Planning in Tunis (Enau), he founded JK Lighting in 2018, a lighting adventure born from his paternal heritage, which he transformed into a formal and material research laboratory. Between recovered marble, perforated steel, and poetic assemblies, his creations reveal a sculptural language where light becomes matter.
Awards and Exhibitions
Jeljeli was a finalist for the IMA Design Prize in Paris in 2024 and a double exhibitor at the Salone Satellite of the Milan Design Week (2024 & 2025). He develops a minimalist aesthetic nourished by personal stories and local know-how. He has been awarded several times by the Tunisia Design Week (Emergent Talent, Designer of the Year) and by the "International Lighting Design Competitions" of "Designmilk" (2022, 2023). His work has already been presented at the Milan Design Week and at the Musk and Amber gallery in Tunis during a solo exhibition event.
Upcoming Exhibition
The exhibition of "Mystic Lamps" will take place at the Joseph Gallery, rue de Turenne in Paris, from September 4 to 8, 2025.
