WORKSHOP  

Janin Walter  (integrated urban designer and art teacher) and Lynn Kain (interior designer) are experts in different fields for design. For Beirut design week they want to share their knowledge with interested participants of the Beirut design week. With the workshop, we want to create – together with the participants a pilot project, which shows other possibilities of public spaces and enable people to create their own community space including elements for gardening on their roofs.

2 Days Workshop

Wednesday June 27 and Thursday June 28

10 AM -  7 PM

antwork, rooftop bloc A

Fees: 120 USD 

Registration: ja.wa@berlin.de

The diversity and generosity hidden in the sea is something we cannot afford to lose.

"Fish of Lebanon" is a non-scientific attempt at a census of the sea population off the coast of Lebanon. When I was a child I used to see these figure drawings hanging on the walls of fish restaurants: colorful images of multiple sea creatures – all different, all beautiful. This is a photographic continuation to these drawings.

Marco Pinarelli is a photographer working in the Middle East and in Europe. He has been collaborating with Liza for years. This project is also the result of a long-term mutual respect.  

This hands-on workshop is for anyone with an interest in data visualization and in cities. No previous experience of data or design required. Participants will get a crash course in data-driven visual storytelling, collect data from the city around them, and have a go at telling their own visual stories.

We will first start with an introduction to data visualization, exploring questions like what is data? how do we collect and organize it? how to best represent it to communicate our message? 

Participants will then be collecting their data, and working on a specific theme that will be shared during the workshop. They will analyze their findings, and create one or a series of visuals that help communicate their theme.

Wednesday, June 27

2 PM -  6 PM

antwork

Fees: 25 USD

Registration: www.ihjoz.com/events/3359

The workshop is a game where participants learn how to make activists scenarios for urban changes through role playing.

We will take the issues of gentrification and greenery and set up the environment so stakeholders would know how to respond and therefore present different proposals.

In a more developed way, the workshop aims to take one neighborhood in Beirut, project a fictional case where some developers will build a tower in place of an old building and a park.

The participants will be divided into groups that reflects the social fabric in such projects such as the neighborhood committee, the municipality, the banks, the developers, different ngos, etc.

Each group will have a declared agenda and a hidden one and will all discuss the pros and cons of such a project for the city, over the neighborhood model.

Participants will have to build a case that defends their point of view and the workshop may not attain a recommendation (which is not the target) but the outcomes will teach the different groups about the notion of participatory urbanism, public policies, activism and urban wellbeing.

Wednesday, June 27

3 PM - 7 PM 

Fabrika, Evangelical Brothers Church Street, Achrafieh

Fees: 50 USD

Registration: +961 70 122 888 

In an attempt to enhance public spaces in the city, our open studio event will tackle our design for the Massaad public stairs in Mar Mikhael. The project’s process will be showcased through presentations and experiential installations in the office, and eventually on site.

Join us in celebrating the launching of our new signature design coffee table CORKY. Be merry , have a drink and enjoy your day strolling around Achrafiyeh.

Every city has its unique culture, traditions, taste, designs and way of life… The handcrafting and materials of a design from each city reflects its lifestyle, and the traditions of its habitants. An armchair from Paris sends a different message than an armchair from Copenhagen: The first in its ornaments and polished materials reflects luxury and opulence, while the other with raw materials give us a less sophisticated, down to earth impression.

During BDW18, you will experiment how the hand craft and material of a design from one city reflect its history, its origin, whether it’s Paris, Copenhagen, Warsaw or Berlin.

The exhibition will focus on various works produced by students and professionals, that address abandoned, neglected and residual spaces as potential public spaces and venues. It will show a selection of design projects that were never implemented but that show how industrial, vernacular and natural heritage, how unexploited potentials of the urban fabric, can become propelling elements of contemporary urban life. The decaying remains of the national railway system, the houses and gardens frozen by a defunct highway project, the neglected wilderness of an endangered coastal peninsula, the century-old trees gone wild in countless fallows and abandoned gardens… are some of the potentials this exhibition will try to expose as levers for the advancement of quality of life in the city.

Our event will be aimed at introducing the idea that fashion will never be the same again due to the never-ending change in technology. Designer-24's collaboration pieces with several designers will be displayed at the event along with a virtual reality experience of our showroom.

Nice Nice Prints will be open for a visit. The space features a multi-functional screen-printing table that has been custom designed and produced by Fabraca Studios, as well as a small shop that sells limited edition hand-printed t-shirts, tote bags, and posters.

All day opening Showroom from 9 AM till 10 PM , including the presentation of the latest collections of our high end brands for upholstery and curtain fabrics as well as wall coverings , music and drinks will be on the menu.

Coming from solid Italian origins with an international reach, Poltrona Frau is a leader in top of the range furniture, and is a spokesman throughout the world for the values associated with the design and production of Italian-made goods. Come and discover its new monobrand boutique in Beirut!

It will be the opening of my studio, a product and interior design office. We will be showcasing a new line of products that will be part of the first collection of the studio.

A look into the fresh Summer Collection, focusing on organic linens, cottons and embroidered tulles draped and handmade into original and delicate designs.

Artemand goes to Abdel Wahab for an exclusive night at FRACSHION boutique, to showcase its custom made artworks made especially for you.

Instead of buying a random gift to your loved ones, you can invest in an original artwork handmade by one of our renown worldwide artists. Not only do you offer a unique gift, but its price is most likely to increase with time, therefore making it a great investment as well!

Join us for a colourful night full of surprises, music, cocktails and special promotions.

How does urban planning happen in Lebanon? What is the drive behind it? In what ways does it violate our collective rights? Join us for a 2-day seminar and publication launch where we discuss how planning replicates inequalities and power relations, and maintains the dominance of the privileged. By presenting timelines, maps, and case studies from Zouk, Damour, Adloun, Tunis and more, we show how factors such as law, ownership, identity, and interests contribute to displacing practices, livelihoods and sometimes communities.

At Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture

Wednesday and Thursday 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM

We’re happy to be hosting Stefan Sagmeister’s The Happy Film for the first time in Beirut at our studio! An experimental art piece that explores the extent of design in our daily life. Can we re-design our personality to become better persons? Is it possible to train our minds to get happier?