NADA DEBS

Blending the rich Middle-Eastern craft with the Far-Eastern ideals of purity of line, Nada Debs is the creator of the ‘East & East’ concept in furniture design. The multiple Easts represent the cool minimalism and restraint of Japanese aesthetic combined with the lavish warmth of Arab expression. At the heart of her work remains an idea ever present in her designs—that of preserving one’s cultural roots, while forging the identity, for herself, her compatriots, and for the world, of the Modern Arab.

Nada Debs, of Lebanese origin, was brought up in Japan. She studied Interior Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States and started her own design company in the UK designing and producing custom furniture.

Returning to her roots in Lebanon after an absence of 40 years, Nada Debs found designs for modern Middle Eastern furniture almost non-existent. This made her determined to use her multi-cultural background to create furniture which would appeal to a global market. Nada created her company "East and East sarl" in the year 2000, which concentrates on designing, manufacturing and selling her own furniture line.

The company now has two retail outlets based in Beirut—the Nada Debs ‘Gallery’, which displays the ‘East & East’ Collection and the ‘East & West’ Collection and the Nada Debs ‘Boutique’, which carries her collection of home accessories. Her products are represented in New York, Dubai, Switzerland, Egypt and Jordan. She is presently working on several interior design projects throughout the Middle East and the USA.

Blending the rich Middle-Eastern craft with the Far-Eastern ideals of purity of line, Nada Debs is the creator of the ‘East & East’ concept in furniture design. The multiple Easts represent the cool minimalism and restraint of Japanese aesthetic combined with the lavish warmth of Arab expression. At the heart of her work remains an idea ever present in