Mireya Thinks Your Next Mirror Should Be a Knife or a Skateboard

Most mirrors are content with reflecting your face, but Mireya would rather start a conversation. The Alexandria-based studio's catalogue reads like an inventory of everyday objects that have wandered into the world of interior design.

Their mirrors are shaped like skateboards, others inspired by convex street mirrors. LED Infinity Mirrors appear to stretch into another dimension, while the brand's most divisive design is cut into the silhouette of a kitchen knife.

Founded in 2025 by medical students Moaz Elbhnsawy and Abdelrahman Omran, the Alexandria-based studio has built its collection around a simple idea: take familiar objects and look at them differently.

“We kept seeing unusual mirrors abroad, and wanted to bring them to the Egyptian market,” Elbhnsawy tells SceneHome.

But the risk-averse medical students kept asking themselves, “Would anyone actually buy a knife-shaped mirror?” And as it turns out, plenty of people absolutely would.

The Knife Mirror has become one of Mireya’s most recognisable pieces. While it initially attracted the odd sceptical comment online, it quickly found an audience among people looking for something a little less conventional than the average arched mirror.

“To me, it’s still just a mirror. There’s nothing harmful in it.” Elbhnsawy says. “It’s simply a mirror with an unusual design.”

The same thinking runs through the rest of the collection. Their convex mirrors borrow the form of traffic mirrors usually found in garages and on street corners - but replace the industrial look with colourful frames, and it starts to feel surprisingly at home in a living room.

“Not everyone wants to hang a literal garage mirror in their bedroom,” he explains. “So, we redesigned it with different colours and made it into something more decorative.”

Elsewhere, skateboard decks become edgy wall mirrors, Infinity Mirrors glow with an endless tunnel of light, and Makeup Palette Mirrors soften the collection with a more delicate silhouette. Even when a design begins with an object people already recognise, it rarely ends there.

That process often starts with an idea rather than a product. Before manufacturing anything, the founders test whether people actually want it. If a concept resonates, they then work alongside local craftsmen to figure out how to build it.

“We always test the idea first,” Elbhnsawy says. “If people respond well and it’s genuinely different, then we know it’s worth making.”

Some designs take weeks of experimentation before they’re ready. The Infinity Mirrors, for instance, were among the hardest to perfect, requiring months of testing before the team managed to create the illusion of depth they were after. “The most important thing to us is to deliver high-quality pieces that will bring joy to our customers,” he goes on.

The mirrors have since found homes far beyond bedrooms. They’ve appeared in cafés, fashion boutiques, and event spaces, proving that a mirror can be as much a design feature as it is a vehicle for vanity.

For Elbhnsawy, that’s always been the point. “People don’t come to us for ordinary products,” he laughs. “They come to us because they want something different.”

And in an age of identical quiet minimalist interiors and algorithm-approved beige décor, Mireya is making a case for pieces with a little more personality. After all, if your mirror isn’t starting a conversation, what is it really reflecting?