The Dwell 24: Borgi Bastormagi

Whether designers Nada Borgi and Etienne Bastormagi are working on public projects or producing furniture on a smaller scale, the urban condition of Beirut is at the heart of their process.

The Dwell 24: Borgi Bastormagi

Whether designers Nada Borgi and Etienne Bastormagi are working on public projects or producing furniture on a smaller scale, the urban condition of Beirut is at the heart of their process.

Designers Nada Borgi and Etienne Bastormagi, who each run their own architecture firm and have an urban planning background, draw inspiration from their hometown of Beirut.

Photo courtesy Borgi Bastormagi

Photo courtesy Borgi Bastormagi

Whether they’re working on public projects like the playground they just designed for a nonprofit effort to replace those destroyed by the explosion at the city’s port in 2020 or producing on a smaller scale, as with the sleek, minimalist furniture line they launched in 2017, the urban condition is at the heart of Borgi Bastormagi’s process.

Photo courtesy Borgi Bastormagi

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