It is rumored that an ancient God once fell in love with a woman from a desert tribe. As a symbol of his love, he crystallized roses, leaving them strewn across the desert for his true love to find. Rosa-rosæ, a free-standing mirror rising from the desert rose to provide a ‘mirage’ or ‘mirror’, allows us to take a closer look at ourselves, a reflection of an ancient story now at the heart of modern design.