Most of my clothes have holes in them,” Nour Hage announces. While that’s not the kind of shoddy neglect you’d expect from a fashion designer, Hage approaches fashion from a…
Design
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It might seem ironic that when a new Lebanese restaurant, Liza, opened in Beirut, I first heard about it not from local friends or colleagues, but rather, a Berlin based…
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Last week saw Lebanon’s designers out in force, participating in the annual Beirut Design Week (BDW). Now in its third year, BDW has made a name for itself in showcasing…
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What do a building, a billboard ad, a handbag and a website have in common? They all had a designer involved in their production. Despite its wide scope — ranging…
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Randomly pick any Lebanese citizen and they’ll be able to list many negative things about their home country: power cuts, traffic jams, excruciatingly slow Internet. But Lebanon is also home…
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Life is tough for Lebanese designers. Despite unreliable spending and tourist numbers in a contracting economy, retail rents per square meter per year range from $400-$2,000 in malls, and are…
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Recent years have seen big brand car manufacturers suffering fits of nostalgia, digging through their archives for earlier success stories deserving of a second life. These highly popular updated classics…
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To the untutored eye, the minimalist Starch boutique looks much like any other high fashion store. Its rails are stocked with avant-garde designs from up-and-coming names – accessories by Dina…
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Expensive tastes are exclusive ones — why spend thousands on an identikit interior when your home can be one-of-a-kind? But beyond the diamond-encrusted couches and Arabic-embroidered rugs hand-woven to order…