Hmm This The Lebanese interior architect and designer shares her inspirations
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| Beirut-based designer Nada Debs was born in Lebanon, but raised in Japan. She studied interior architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and in 2000 launched her own company "East and East" which creates furniture and home accessories inspired by geometry and her Arabic and Japanese heritage. She sells her collections in New York, Dubai, Geneva, Cairo and Amman and is currently showing a retrospective of her 10-year career at Design Days Dubai 2015, 16th-20th March |
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| "I collect ceramics. All kinds. From Japanese raku to contemporary European to traditional Middle Eastern. So when in London I often make the trip to the ceramics gallery at the V&A." |
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| "A great source of inspiration has been Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House. The concrete blocks with relief have inspired me to design my concrete wall tiles with various motifs in relief." |
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| "Looking back at ancient crafts, I love marquetry and the intricacy of playing with veneers and creating patterns. I particularly admire the way it was used in Japan on the puzzle boxes'." |
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| "The piece of my own work of which I'm most proud is The Concrete Carpet. It was first displayed in the Haus der Kunst museum in Munich and then bought by the Qatar Modern Museum. It was displayed last year at the V&A and was shortlisted for the Jameel Prize. It is now being shown at the Sharjah Biennale." |
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| "I wish I'd designed Jean Royere Tour Eiffel table. He often visited Beirut and the Middle East in the 1950s and designed furniture for hotels and residences, including one for the Shah of Iran. I like the simplicity of its geometry and the pattern that is super-imposed on the piece." |
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| "The company I'd most like to collaborate with is Louis Vuitton. They're cutting edge, they're in constant search for new designers to collaborate with. They're edgy." |
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| "Most of my home is made of my own prototypes, but I have a Maarten Baas Clay Shelf. I love the organic, caricature feel of this shelf." |
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| "Pierre Chapeau is a great inspiration. I love the Maison de Verre and the way that he integrated books in the living room, used glass block and designed practically every detail of the space including railings and door handles. I also love the geometrical pattern created by the glass blocks." |
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| "One of my favourite historical buildings is the Khan As'ad Pasha, the largest khan in the Old City of Damascus. The Ottoman style architecture, with its domes and courtyard is beautifully designed. The striped stonework in basalt and limestone feels so contemporary." |
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| "My favourite artist is Frida Kahlo. A woman who turned her pain into art." |
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| "I love the concrete architecture of Tadao Ando. I grew up in Kobe, Japan and there were a lot of residential and commercial buildings designed by Tadao Ando in the area where I lived. In the 1980s, he often combined concrete with brick or wood, which I found quite interesting – a warm traditional material with a cool concrete backdrop – two quite opposing materials." |
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