Zaha Hadid (1950–2016). Portrait by Brigitte Lacombe, via Zaha Hadid Design.
The courage to imagine differently
There is a particular pleasure in an object that makes you pause. You notice its outline, move around it and discover that it looks quite different from the other side. It is a small encounter, but one that can change the feeling of a room. That sense of discovery is part of what draws us to Zaha Hadid Design.
In 2026, a decade after her passing, Zaha’s influence still feels remarkably present. Born in Baghdad, she studied mathematics in Beirut before moving to London to study architecture. In 2004, she became the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, an extraordinary milestone in a career built on conviction and experimentation.
Her Vitra Fire Station, completed in 1993, gives that conviction a striking physical form. Concrete planes stretch, intersect and seem poised to move. Looking at it today, we are reminded of how much energy a line can carry, even when the material itself is still.
Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 1993. Image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Design.
My product designs and architecture have always been connected
New to Good Form, the Swirl Bowl brings the studio’s flowing forms to natural marble. Explore two sizes in black or grey, each with its own distinctive veining.
Swirl brings a fluid, architectural form to marble. Its curved profile creates a sculptural centrepiece for a table, console or shelf. Choose from 25 cm and 48 cm versions in black or grey marble.
A design imagination without a fixed scale
ZHD’s anniversary tribute returns to the drawings and paintings through which Zaha explored her ideas. These were places to test possibilities, long before a building could be constructed. Furniture, interiors and objects offered further opportunities to investigate form, each with its own materials and demands.
Seen together, the images make those connections wonderfully tangible. A line on paper becomes a sharp edge in concrete; a curve can be read in the much smaller sweep of a ring. The change in scale invites a different kind of attention. Architecture surrounds us, while an object lets us get close enough to notice a surface, a reflection or the way an edge meets the light.
Today, Zaha Hadid Design continues that exploration. For us, this is what makes the anniversary so interesting: the opportunity to look at what her ideas are still making possible. New objects bring fresh materials and uses into the conversation, allowing the collection to keep evolving.
Architectural curves translated into jewellery. Image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Design.
Drawing as a space for experiment. From Zaha Hadid Design’s ten-year tribute.
Swirl in grey marble. Light traces the bowl’s rising edge and natural veining. Image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Design.
Swirl: movement in marble
Our newest addition offers a lovely way into that story. Released by Zaha Hadid Design in 2024, Swirl is a marble bowl with a profile that rises and folds around its centre. Seen from above, the eye follows its turning contour; from the side, the changing height of the rim gives it an entirely different silhouette.
What appeals to us is the meeting of that precise shape with the irregularity of stone. Veining travels across the curves in its own direction, giving each piece a different character. Good Form offers the marble design in black and grey, in 25 cm and 48 cm sizes. The smaller bowl makes an intimate focal point on a shelf or console; the larger version has the presence to hold the centre of a dining table.
We would give it a little room. Against timber, its sweeping edge creates an appealing contrast with the grain; on a simple console, light and shadow can do much of the styling. It is an everyday opportunity to enjoy the curiosity that runs through this collection. Explore Zaha Hadid Design at Good Form, or discover more about Zaha’s life and work.
Inspired by Zaha Hadid Design’s ten-year tribute. Biography and award details: The Pritzker Architecture Prize. Imagery via Zaha Hadid Design; portrait by Brigitte Lacombe.
Swirl in black marble, set against the warmth of timber. Image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Design.
