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“It has never been so difficult to be in Milan,” shares Lebanese designer Richard Yasmine, whose Vessels of the Intangible collection was crafted with local artisans amid conflict.
We Design Beirut shows how “collaboration can rebuild what was once broken—not just physically, but also emotionally and socially,” founder Mariana Wehbe tells Archipanic.
We Design Beirut 2025 turned the Lebanese capital into a vibrant stage for creative dialogue — from Roman baths to Ottoman villas and neglected brutalist skyscrapers.
As Israel sits out the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, the British and Lebanese pavilions confront architecture’s role amid the Middle Eastern conflict.
“Due to the recent tragic events in Gaza and Israel, we cannot fathom putting anyone at risk in any way, shape or form.” Explain We Design Beirut founder Mariana Wehbe.
The Serpentine Pavilion 2023 by French Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh in central London “is an encouragement to enter into a dialogue, to convene and to think about how we could reinstate and re-establish our relationship to nature and to the Earth.”
The WOVEN WHISPERS exhibition by Richard Yasmine is a praise of craftsmanship and a proclamation to preserve nearly extinct crafts while exploring the relationship between the East and the West.
Simple shapes and materials, resilience and a positive attitude are the ingredients of the ‘Pipe Dreams’ collection of vases by young Lebanese designer Paola Sakr.
With the exhibition IL VISO DEL MONDO at Milan Design Week, Richard Yasmine explores the power of the face and its importance as the greatest human organ of emotion.
Classic geometries and minimal contemporary aesthetics blend in Richard Yasmine’s ‘Flowing Fragments’ design collection made from upcycled sedimentary and basaltic stones.
The pandemic has forced us to think hard and get creative to convert our homes from anti-pandemic prisons to friendlier, even productive living spaces. For the RELATED STORIES project, JPAG studio has created colorful billboards placed outside of Beirut apartments and short videos narrating the physical and emotional change each home has undergone.
A massive explosion in Beirut kills over 200 people razing to the ground hangars in the the Lebanese capital’s harbour as well historical building downtown.
What if walls dividing communities and countries could playfully bring people together? The ‘porous’ WAL(L)Z installation by T Sakhi Architects at Dubai Design Week “represents the act of resilience in overcoming any obstacle and transforming it for constructive change.”
Themed ‘Emotional States’, London Design Biennale 2018 focuses on the power of design to create, trigger and shape emotions. We selected 12 of the best installations on show including a kinetic architecture adapting to body movement, a rainbow structure celebrating LGBT right to equal love, nostalgia-infused wallpapers and a temporary shelter and objects designed by refugees.
Archipanic meets Lebanese designer Nada Debs who created playful and human-based furniture collections meshing Middle East craftsmanship with her international imprint.
Omani-inspired cabinets functional praying consoles and skyscraper-looking tables. Archipanic previews 10 projects and designs by innovative women at Design Days Dubai 2017.
L.E.F.T. renewed a Lebanese mosque adding an ephemeral structure that connects an outdoor plaza with the interior religious place.
Lebanese studio Najla El Zein Workspace designed sensorial brushes combining marble and brass with eyelashes, feathers and gold nails.
In Dubai, lebanese designer Karim Chaya presented the mirror-sculpture “Look Back” for House of Today. The bespoke design features a voyeur/skeleton holding a mirror and refers to the true admirer in each of us.
Beside flamboyant and bespoke exhibitions, Design Days Dubai presented the creative genius and smart entrepreneurship of women shaping Middle East Design.
