Tissue Stock
Keywords: arab, Art, fatima al qadiri, Gulf, Hygiene, Hygiene = Wealth, khalid al gharaballi, kleenex, Kuwait, Q8, Sanitary, tissue box
These never-before-seen tissue studies are a survey of local tissue design as well as Gulf tissue stock imagery.
In the Gulf, the formula: Hygiene = Wealth is deeply embedded aka the more "hygienic," the wealthier a person. This post-oil obsession with hygienic products—wet wipes, disinfectants, tissue, hand sanitizers, etc, relates to a sanitized, generic aesthetic preferred in the Gulf. This behavior is an attempt to control the organic chaos of the original, pre-oil and dust-ridden environment. Behavior that has become more pronounced with the increased variety of local hygienic products, in line with consumerist tendencies.