Dubai Design Week announces annual exhibition Iconic City which will explore the urban dynamics of a MENASA region city and its unique design output and creative culture. For 2015, the selected city is the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Dubai Design Week announces annual exhibition Iconic City which will explore the urban dynamics of a MENASA region city and its unique design output and creative culture. For 2015, the selected city is the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Curated and designed by Beirut-born and based designer Rana Salam, ‘Brilliant Beirut’ will be the first attempt to document the development of design in the Lebanese capital over the past seven decades since independence, illustrating how the city, with its mélange of cultures, produced world-renowned designers and remains at the forefront of design in the region.
Salam said, “The exhibition, Brilliant Beirut, will showcase the development of design from the 1950s up to today. It will pinpoint key moments and designers that had an influence on the city’s reputation and design development, from architecture, product and graphic design to design education and creating cultural trends in the region. The exhibition will highlight today's key players that have put Beirut on the international design scene.”
The exhibition will focus on architecture, graphic design, product design and interior design. Salam was selected to curate Beirut’s diverse contributions to these fields based on her experience as a designer. The daughter of renowned architect, Salam grew up amid by the city’s architecture community, and has since incorporated the street culture of Beirut into her distinctive design, making the pop culture of the Middle East into her signature style.