Where Ideas Take Form
Working alongside creators to explore possibilities, solve technical challenges and realize ambitious ideas through craftsmanship and fabrication.
For more than fifteen years, Royal Customs has created one-of-one commissions and bespoke objects requiring exceptional precision, technical expertise and craftsmanship. Through The Atelier, these capabilities are made available to creators whose work extends beyond the boundaries of the traditional studio.
Working closely with each creator, we explore possibilities, develop ideas and solve the technical challenges that arise in bringing them into the physical world. From an initial drawing or experiment to a fully resolved work, we remain closely involved throughout the process, drawing on our experience in engineering, specialist craftsmanship and fabrication while remaining faithful to the creator's original vision.
Capabilities
No two projects arrive at The Atelier in the same way. Some begin with a drawing, others with a material, a prototype or simply an idea that has yet to find a way of being made.
Our capabilities span design development, engineering and technical problem solving, prototyping and specialist fabrication, supported by experience across metalwork, composites, woodworking, leather craftsmanship, surface finishing and paint.
These disciplines can be brought together as required, from the development of a single experimental piece to one-off commissions and limited-edition production. Where necessary, we also support final assembly and installation.
The process is shaped around the work rather than the other way around.
Selected Productions
Long before The Atrium was established, Royal Customs was already working beyond the automobile, undertaking commissions for international and local creators whose ideas called for unconventional materials, processes and methods of fabrication.
These selected projects trace that history and offer a glimpse into the different ways an idea can move from concept to physical form.
For a broader view of work produced through The Atelier and Royal Customs' specialist capabilities, explore the full portfolio.
Begin a Conversation
The Atelier welcomes conversations with creators developing work that requires an unconventional approach to making.
Whether you are exploring an early idea, confronting a technical challenge or looking for the specialist capabilities required to realize a fully developed work, we invite you to begin the conversation.
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enquiries@theatriumcollection.ae