Angie Marei, designer born in New York from an Egyptian-Dominican family. The designer has a degree in communication design and an eclectic background of studies ranging from sculpture, illustration, painting, art history and architecture. You made your jewelry debut with a brand that didn’t go unnoticed: Diaboli Kill. But she later changed her name to a more classic choice: Marei. Based in Brooklyn, New York, the jewelry brand presents itself as something different, very personal, alternative.
But, in addition to having many interests, it is also active on many fronts. For example, alongside her work as a designer she has been a creative direction consultant at a number of agencies working across a variety of verticals, with a particular focus on luxury, fashion and lifestyle brands. The range of clients and projects includes everything from creative direction, photography direction, campaign and presentation design, visual design, social media campaigns and content, e-commerce design, storyboarding, video editing, print design, packaging design . For example, you design watches for brands such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar De La Renta and Fossil.
Her style is quite eclectic: Marei has rediscovered her love of jewelry by tracing back her Egyptian family tradition and family tradition of collecting gold jewelry. She studied jewelry school with her in New York, discovered a true passion for wax modeling and metalworking, and began building a gemstone archive. The result is a mix of Art Deco and archeology to create what she calls brooding opulence.
