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Don’t let those modish swing chairs fool you: Lebanese designer Nayef Francis’ contemporary products are in fact an ingenious window to the past. There’s a touch of nostalgia in all of Nayef Francis’ work. The Lebanese designer credits a chil...
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Take A Seat on One of These Head-Turning Designs by Nayef Francis
Don’t let those modish swing chairs fool you: Lebanese designer Nayef Francis’ contemporary products are in fact an ingenious window to the past. There’s a touch of nostalgia in all of Nayef Francis’ work. The Lebanese designer credits a childhood spent among Jdeideh’s lush orange groves, building tree houses and various other objects, with having […]
You Need to Know Social Entrepreneur and Crescent Enterprises CEO Badr Jafar
With his infectious enthusiasm and meticulous approach to creative solutions, Crescent Enterprises’ CEO Badr Jafar, makes changing the world look easy as pie. Envision the archetypal modern-day social entrepreneur: you’re likely conjuring a kind of capitalist Robin Hood, someone looking to solve humanity’s problems with creative and economically sound solutions, who’s as motivated by doing […]
Egyptian Designer Dina Shaker is Reinventing the Fashion Wheel
A self-professed ‘reconstructionist’, Dina Shaker is a fearless young Egypt designer with an eye for unexpected silhouettes. If you think you know what a blazer looks like then you probably haven’t seen Dina Shaker’s take on one. The wardrobe staple was one of 20 pieces in the designer’s AW18/19 collection, Hybrid, and it was far […]
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Speak Up with Jessica Khoueiri
Putting public figures through the grinder in the name of charity, there are no secrets on our Speak Up game show. In this episode, we challenge designer Jessica Khoueiri (of Jessica K and Little Bluffers) to answer as many quick-fire questions as she can in 80 seconds and thereby win as much money as she […]
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There’s something inherently cool about a material being manipulated in an unconventional way. The furniture by Swisspearl, Europe’s leading manufacturer of high-quality fibre cement, is a perfect example of that. Light and resistant, waterpr...
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