Dubai Design Week: Brilliant Beirut illustrates the evolution of design from 50s to present

Nostalgia for lost days of glamour, design which reclaimed a place of horror, memories of warring militia bands and stylised and brutalist buildings all feature a display about the evolution of the urban landscape of Beirut.

Curated by Rana Salam “Brilliant Beirut” illustrates how the capital city of Lebanon, with its wide range of cultures, has emerged at the forefront of the global design industry over the last seven decades.

The exhibition, which forms part of Dubai Design Week, starts its journey in 1943 when Lebanon won its independence, through Beirut’s growth through the 1960s and early 70s as a glamourous resort, onto the disaster of the civil war from the mid-70s to 1991, then the subsequent rebirth.

Curated and put together by designer Rana Salam, who was born in the city and returned to her home after 28 years, it encapsulates her term for all that surrounds and inspires her “The Wow and Wonderful”.

Original article by Nick Ames

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Dubai Design Week: Brilliant Beirut illustrates the evolution of design from 50s to present