Modernizing tradition

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Nada Debs is famed for her luxury line of furniture and home accessories which blends the minimalist and modern design styles of Japan and the West with traditional Middle Eastern craftsmanship. This successful combination did not come easy for Debs, who views her career path as the culmination of her quest to mix the many cultures she was exposed to in her life. It was also a personal challenge to herself to prove that a thing of beauty could come out of this region. A move back to Beirut [pullquote]“I decided to change the stereotype the West had about us … I wanted to show them a side of the Arab world that is really positive”[/pullquote] Debs was brought up in Japan, studied interior architecture at the Rhode Island School for Design in the United States and worked first at an architectural firm in the US before opening her own