Nada Debs is a Lebanese designer living and working in Beirut. Her work spans scale and discipline: from product and furniture design to one-off commissions across craft, art, fashion and interiors. What ties her work together is her ability to distil culture and craftsmanship to create pieces of emotional resonance. Nada grew up in Japan, studied design at the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States and has spent significant periods of time living and travelling the world, finding connections between different cultures. There is something of each of her experiences in all of her work. In essence, she captures the power of the human hand to tell stories that touch the heart. She calls her approach: handmade and heartmade.
Nada Debs is a Lebanese designer living and working in Beirut. Her work spans scale and discipline: from product and furniture design to one-off commissions across craft, art, fashion and interiors. What ties her work together is her ability to distil culture and craftsmanship to create pieces of emotional resonance. Nada grew up in Japan, studied design at the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States and has spent significant periods of time living and travelling the world, finding connections between different cultures. There is something of each of her experiences in all of her work. In essence, she captures the power of the human hand to tell stories that touch the heart. She calls her approach: handmade and heartmade.
What Are Nada's Values?
What connects her world is a belief in the power of design to cross time and border and touch us on a primal level. She believes not just in form and function, but in feeling too. Nada believes in the importance of human stories. She places value on connection - to places, to others and to our own identity within the wider world. She is fascinated by the role of the human hand to tell stories and evoke a sense of belonging. She describes her belief in craft as a feeling that goes beyond geography, language and culture. Geometry is an important tool for Nada, representing complex philosophies with intricate, simple beauty. She uses materials to tell tactile stories, sometimes in pure and surprising forms, and sometimes with intriguing combinations and juxtapositions.
What connects her world is a belief in the power of design to cross time and border and touch us on a primal level. She believes not just in form and function, but in feeling too. Nada believes in the importance of human stories. She places value on connection - to places, to others and to our own identity within the wider world. She is fascinated by the role of the human hand to tell stories and evoke a sense of belonging. She describes her belief in craft as a feeling that goes beyond geography, language and culture. Geometry is an important tool for Nada, representing complex philosophies with intricate, simple beauty. She uses materials to tell tactile stories, sometimes in pure and surprising forms, and sometimes with intriguing combinations and juxtapositions.
WHAT DOES NADA DO?
Nada leads a team of 20 designers in Gemmayze. They work across disciplines together, engaging and connecting suitable suppliers and craftsmen to ensure every client’s needs aren’t just met, but exceeded. The studio’s services include (but are not limited to) the following: Annual collections of furniture and product sold online and stocked in key global retailers. Customised variations of her permanent collections to order. Bespoke commissions of furniture and accessories. Collaborations with global furniture manufacturers. Full interior design concepts and services. Artwork, installations and jewellery commissions. Corporate gifts.
Nada leads a team of 20 designers in Gemmayze. They work across disciplines together, engaging and connecting suitable suppliers and craftsmen to ensure every client’s needs aren’t just met, but exceeded. The studio’s services include (but are not limited to) the following: Annual collections of furniture and product sold online and stocked in key global retailers. Customised variations of her permanent collections to order. Bespoke commissions of furniture and accessories. Collaborations with global furniture manufacturers. Full interior design concepts and services. Artwork, installations and jewellery commissions. Corporate gifts.
Brand Manifesto
The hand that touches, the heart that creates the passion of the story teller. The craft that archives emotions of nations and civilizations. History in a hand, memory in a craft. A craft that tells a story and identity. A hand voice that narrates a human story. A craft that conveys a memory. A craft that conveys a message. A craft that conveys a modern memory to the now we belong East we are. Nada Debs
The hand that touches, the heart that creates the passion of the story teller. The craft that archives emotions of nations and civilizations. History in a hand, memory in a craft. A craft that tells a story and identity. A hand voice that narrates a human story. A craft that conveys a memory. A craft that conveys a message. A craft that conveys a modern memory to the now we belong East we are. Nada Debs
