We Design Beirut 2025: Highlights from Lebanon’s Must-See Design Showcase
Back for its second edition, We Design Beirut brings together some of the country’s brightest creative voices — from seasoned makers to the next generation redefining design.
Lebanon’s hotly anticipated second edition of We Design Beirut marks a brand new chapter for the country’s premier showcase of homegrown creative talent, returning with a vastly expanded five-day programme that runs the gamut from traditional artisan crafts to the highest heights of contemporary design.
Built on core principles of empowerment, preservation and sustainability, the event serves as a vital platform for Lebanese designers on home soil who traditionally would have to travel abroad in order for their incredible creations to find the recognition and investment that they deserve. Despite difficult and challenging conditions, Lebanon possesses a vibrant history of art, craft and architecture that continues to resonate to this day, inspiring generations of amazing Lebanese creators.
Here are just some of the outstanding Lebanese designers taking part in We Design Beirut 2025:
As founder and creative director of Lebanese fashion house Sarah’s Bag, Sarah Beydoun is best known for her vibrant, richly detailed handbags and accessories. Her path into joining the Beirut fashion scene is an unusual one. After conducting research with an NGO that supports vulnerable women as a graduate student, she was inspired to create a new business that would empower underprivileged women, launching Sarah’s Bag in 2000. Since then, she and her company have dazzled with luxurious yet playful hand-crafted statement pieces.
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