Hiba Husayni’s Art Deco ring wins at Couture Design Awards
Hiba Husayni’s Big Zaha Art Deco ring took Couture’s diamonds-under-$40,000 prize in Las Vegas, a polished case study in Deco geometry for modern collectors.
Hold the Big Zaha Art Deco ring in hand and its argument is immediate: two-tone gold, blackened gold, a bright cluster of diamonds, and a shape that borrows the discipline of 1920s and ’30s Deco without pretending to be a museum piece. At the 2026 Couture Design Awards in the Encore Theater in Las Vegas, the design by Zahn-Z won Best in Diamonds Below $40,000 Retail, putting Hiba Husayni’s architectural language in the spotlight for a second straight year.
The award landed in a show that honored 12 judged categories, plus Editors’ Choice and People’s Choice, and also paid tribute to Cindy Edelstein and Jan Mohr. Gannon Brousseau, executive vice president of Emerald’s Luxury & Design Group and Couture director, opened the evening by underscoring the event’s mission to recognize the best in design and the creativity of the community around it. For Husayni, the win extended a run that began when she debuted her first high jewelry collections, ZAHA and Sadaf, at Couture in 2023 after joining the DAC Mentorship Program. Zahn-Z says she also won Best in Debut in 2025.
The ring itself explains why the judges responded. Zahn-Z lists the Big ZAHA Art Deco ring at $26,000 and describes it in 18K two-tone yellow and white gold with blackened gold and a high-polish finish. The center stone is a .98-carat Old European cut diamond with a GIA report, surrounded by approximately 0.80 carats total of GH/VS round diamonds and approximately 0.28 carats total of GH/VS pear-cut diamonds. Designed and manufactured in New York City, the piece is set with ethically sourced diamonds from conflict-free, socially responsible suppliers.
That blend of structure and sparkle is what makes the ring feel Deco-informed rather than simply Deco-styled. True vintage Art Deco jewelry often leans on crisp symmetry, strong contrast, and an almost architectural restraint. Husayni keeps that tension, but softens it with the round and pear-shaped diamonds and the romantic flash of an Old European cut center, a cut more intimate and antique in character than the sharp, orderly faceting collectors often associate with period Deco. The result is a modern composition that nods to the era’s geometry while avoiding rigid reproduction.
Zahn-Z describes the ZAHA line as an architecture-inspired silhouette that fluidly shifts from Art Deco to retro, and that is precisely why this win resonates with vintage jewelry buyers. It shows how contemporary design can borrow the visual grammar of the Deco years, strong lines, contrast, and balance, while still speaking in a current voice. In a market crowded with homage pieces, Husayni’s ring stands out because it understands the difference between quoting history and building from it.
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