• Here’s to another memorable and successful year! 🎉🎉
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A BIG thank you to the amazing team at @thecreative9 for curating and organizing the 2019 edition at an iconic venue - STARCO.
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For those who couldn’t make it, here’s a sneak peek into the world of Design & Nostalgia. Feel free to tag your design studios!
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    Here’s to another memorable and successful year! 🎉🎉 . A BIG thank you to the amazing team at @thecreative9 for curating and organizing the 2019 edition at an iconic venue - STARCO. . For those who couldn’t make it, here’s a sneak peek into the world of Design & Nostalgia. Feel free to tag your design studios! . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • @alhurranews’ coverage of BDW2019 - featuring this year’s Creative Director @rola.ghotmeh.
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    @alhurranews’ coverage of BDW2019 - featuring this year’s Creative Director @rola.ghotmeh.
  • Nostalgia in Design:

Diletta Toniolo from @ied_official presented her views on the critical role of Nostalgia in the design world.
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Following that train of thought, Danish Multi-disciplinary Designer @johannestorpe took us on a journey across his 20 years in practice and how Design has evolved in his eyes.
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    Nostalgia in Design: Diletta Toniolo from @ied_official presented her views on the critical role of Nostalgia in the design world. . Following that train of thought, Danish Multi-disciplinary Designer @johannestorpe took us on a journey across his 20 years in practice and how Design has evolved in his eyes. . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • @ucl takes over BDW2019:

Dr. Pablo Sendra & Dr. Filipa Wunderlich from The Bartlett School, UCL, joined us this year to relate Nostalgia to the world of Urban Design.
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@pablo_sendra_ explored three different readings of nostalgia in the content of modernist social housing in Britain.
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Filipa Wunderlich investigated the temporalities of nostalgia in everyday urban life from a sensorial perspective.
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    @ucl takes over BDW2019: Dr. Pablo Sendra & Dr. Filipa Wunderlich from The Bartlett School, UCL, joined us this year to relate Nostalgia to the world of Urban Design. . @pablo_sendra_ explored three different readings of nostalgia in the content of modernist social housing in Britain. . Filipa Wunderlich investigated the temporalities of nostalgia in everyday urban life from a sensorial perspective. . . . #BDW219 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • @theconfusedarab in a feature interview with @alaraby_ar for BDW2019.
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    @theconfusedarab in a feature interview with @alaraby_ar for BDW2019.
  • @tamarasparrow exhibited three curated pieces at BDW2019 titled ‘Dreaming memory in the city of Beirut’. As a means of relating space to art and art to society, the exhibition represents a map of a Beirut dystopia regenerating post war romantic ideals in a sense of longing / belonging.
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    @tamarasparrow exhibited three curated pieces at BDW2019 titled ‘Dreaming memory in the city of Beirut’. As a means of relating space to art and art to society, the exhibition represents a map of a Beirut dystopia regenerating post war romantic ideals in a sense of longing / belonging. . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • UCL Lecturer @pablo_sendra_ and Lebanese Calligraphy artist @yazanhalwani took part in a fascinating panel exploring collective memory and visual language in cities, both in the past and present. The discussion was moderated by Lebanese-Swiss publisher and author @yakkaoui.
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    UCL Lecturer @pablo_sendra_ and Lebanese Calligraphy artist @yazanhalwani took part in a fascinating panel exploring collective memory and visual language in cities, both in the past and present. The discussion was moderated by Lebanese-Swiss publisher and author @yakkaoui. . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • @indyarabia sat with Lebanese Type Designer Pascal Zoghbi during BDW2019 to discuss his passion for the world of letters and typography.
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    @indyarabia sat with Lebanese Type Designer Pascal Zoghbi during BDW2019 to discuss his passion for the world of letters and typography.
  • Type Designer Pascal Zoghbi joined us this year for a three-day workshop titled ‘Kufi Reinvented’. Participants were guided in a tutor demonstration of the Kufic techniques and styles.
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    Type Designer Pascal Zoghbi joined us this year for a three-day workshop titled ‘Kufi Reinvented’. Participants were guided in a tutor demonstration of the Kufic techniques and styles. . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • @linaghotmeh is the Founding Architect of @linaghotmeh_architecture, an international practice based in Paris. Her works deploy themselves at multiple scales and geographies - from object design to museum architecture, in France and abroad.
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From the archeology of the city to the archeology of Nature, Lina Ghotmeh’s lecture transported us into a built ecological future imbued with memories. Each project presented was an invitation into a new sensitive realm; revealing a narration drawn into history and memory through a heightened sense of materiality.
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    @linaghotmeh is the Founding Architect of @linaghotmeh_architecture, an international practice based in Paris. Her works deploy themselves at multiple scales and geographies - from object design to museum architecture, in France and abroad. . From the archeology of the city to the archeology of Nature, Lina Ghotmeh’s lecture transported us into a built ecological future imbued with memories. Each project presented was an invitation into a new sensitive realm; revealing a narration drawn into history and memory through a heightened sense of materiality. . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • Thank you MBC Lebanon for the feature.
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    Thank you MBC Lebanon for the feature.
  • International award winning @nadagjewelry creates timeless fine jewelry pieces with an edge. Her collection ‘Heritage and Heirlooms’ at BDW2019 is inspired by the heirlooms being passed down from one generation to another - creating limited edition pieces for those who did not have the chance to inherit from their mothers or grandmothers.
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    International award winning @nadagjewelry creates timeless fine jewelry pieces with an edge. Her collection ‘Heritage and Heirlooms’ at BDW2019 is inspired by the heirlooms being passed down from one generation to another - creating limited edition pieces for those who did not have the chance to inherit from their mothers or grandmothers. . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • @nourtabet is a postgeographic designer and Senior Art Director at @hugeinc in Washington DC. Her talk ‘#tbt’, explored the paradox of technology with nostalgia: in her view, we have reached the end of forgetting and the era of nostalgia on demand.
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She also took part in a panel with artist and creative director @tomlefrench to discusss how nostalgia manifests itself in the digital age.
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    @nourtabet is a postgeographic designer and Senior Art Director at @hugeinc in Washington DC. Her talk ‘#tbt’, explored the paradox of technology with nostalgia: in her view, we have reached the end of forgetting and the era of nostalgia on demand. . She also took part in a panel with artist and creative director @tomlefrench to discusss how nostalgia manifests itself in the digital age. . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • A peak into @jdeed_magazine’s feature of BDW2019 - thank you!
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    A peak into @jdeed_magazine’s feature of BDW2019 - thank you!
  • The FANTASMEEM exhibition by @goetheinstitutlibanon showcased the works of faculty alumni, each interpreting this year’s theme under a new light.
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    The FANTASMEEM exhibition by @goetheinstitutlibanon showcased the works of faculty alumni, each interpreting this year’s theme under a new light. . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • Nostalgia in Art & Artchitecture:

At BDW2019, Lebanese artist @alfredtarazi presented ‘The Lovers’ - an incisive exploration of the dynamics of Beirut in the 1970s through the projected lives of two of its urban legends: Miss Universe 1971 Georgina Rizk and the PLO’s Ai Hassan Salameh.
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@andreacanclini, on the other hand, is a professor at the Politecnico Torino in Italy. His talk, ‘Nostalgia, or the real construction of a dream: from Disneyland to Celebration’, explored the neo-traditional planning of new towns in the USA.
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Moving to Interior Architecture, all the way from @domusacademy in Milan, @aoi.r.hasegawa discussed how designing spaces is connected to nostalgic sensations.
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    Nostalgia in Art & Artchitecture: At BDW2019, Lebanese artist @alfredtarazi presented ‘The Lovers’ - an incisive exploration of the dynamics of Beirut in the 1970s through the projected lives of two of its urban legends: Miss Universe 1971 Georgina Rizk and the PLO’s Ai Hassan Salameh. . @andreacanclini, on the other hand, is a professor at the Politecnico Torino in Italy. His talk, ‘Nostalgia, or the real construction of a dream: from Disneyland to Celebration’, explored the neo-traditional planning of new towns in the USA. . Moving to Interior Architecture, all the way from @domusacademy in Milan, @aoi.r.hasegawa discussed how designing spaces is connected to nostalgic sensations. . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia
  • Thank you @decomagazine_lb for the summer edition feature.
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    Thank you @decomagazine_lb for the summer edition feature.
  • Award-winning Lebanese Fashion Designer @azzamsalim joined us this year to teach and talk about the art of embroidery - a traditional technique from the village that he celebrates across his designs and illustrations.
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    Award-winning Lebanese Fashion Designer @azzamsalim joined us this year to teach and talk about the art of embroidery - a traditional technique from the village that he celebrates across his designs and illustrations. . . . #BDW2019 #BDWbyNine #DesignAndNostalgia