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Carwan Gallery at Villa Paradiso in Beirut, Lebanon.
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182kg Coffee Table by 200Grs.
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19kg and 8 kg Consoles by 200Grs.
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19kg Low Table by 200Grs.
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Progetto Domestico DC1306A by architect Vincenzo De Cotiis.
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230kg Buffet by 200Grs.
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Centina Totem by Oeuffice, Living Space III by Karen Chekerdjian, Carving Time Vases by Nada Debs.
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Déchaînements Oxidized Rug VDC14_08 designed by Vincenzo De Cotiis in collaboration with Iwan Maktabi.
Carwan Gallery
Contemporary Beirut.
In November, Beirut’s four-year-old contemporary design gallery Carwan took up residence in a 19th-century Lebanese mansion, Villa Paradiso. Under triple-arched windows and excavated frescoes, the first exhibition was 0,91 Cubic Meter, with modern wood and brass furniture designed by studio 200Grs. The contrast struck by new and old was artful. “It was not easy to find an interesting frame to contemporary design while also giving an idea of the local culture, but the villa’s restoration definitely contextualizes the exhibited objects,” says Carwan co-founder and curator Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte. Architect Vincenzo De Cotiis will let loose his Déchaînements collection at Carwan this June.
