House of Today

Scholarships

House of Today's commitment is to facilitate the creative journeys of aspiring designers through the annual Scholarship Program. By nurturing exceptional young talents across various design disciplines, we hope to empower them and provide them with the necessary tools to realize their full potential.

Conditions & Criteria

Awarded Students

2023 Awarded Students

Lea Tabaja, Perla Chaar, Aya Abdallah, Guilaine Najm.

Lea Tabaja

1st year MA in Experimental Program
Architectural Association (AA), London, UK.

Perla Chaar

1st year MSc in Design & Engineering
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.

Aya Abdallah

2nd year MFA in Digital and Media
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) , RI, USA

Guilane Najm

2nd year MFA in Food Design
L'école de Design Nantes Atlantique, Nantes, France

2022 Awarded Students

Abdul Rahman Abdul Ghani, Aya Abdallah, Guilaine Najm, Sarah El-Asmar, Tatiana Sfeir, Youssef Bassil

Abdul Rahman Abdul Ghani

2nd year MFA in Industrial Design Parsons School of Design, NY, USA

Aya Abdallah

1st year MFA in Digital and Media Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) , RI, USA

Guilaine Najm

1st year MFA in Food Design L'école de Design Nantes Atlantique, Nantes, France

Sarah El Asmar

2nd year MA in Industrial Design Central Saint Martins, London, UK

Tatiana Sfeir

2nd year MA in Matériaux Innovants et Développement Durable École de Condé - Bordeaux, France

Youssef Bassil

1st year MA in Product Design École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (Ecal), Switzerland

2021 Awarded Students

Sarah El-Asmar, George Hanna, Tatiana Sfeir, Hisham Rifai

Hisham Rifai

1st year MA in Research in Art and Design, Saint Lucas School of Arts, Antwerp Belgium

Sarah El-Asmar

1st year MA in Industrial Design, Central Saint Martins, London, UK

Tatiana Sfeir

1st year MA in Innovative materials & sustainable development, École de Condé - Bordeaux, France

George Hanna

1st year MA in Design for Emergent Futures, ELISAVA, Barcelona, Spain

2019 Awarded Students

Noor Taan, Rouba Akl, Karel Karkodorian, Aya Iskandarani.

NOOR TAAN

3rd year MA in Industrial Design Pratt Institute, New York

Karel Karkodorian

2nd year BA in Product Design, ALBA, Beirut

Rouba Akl

1st year MA in Interaction Design, IED, Barcelona

Aya Iskandarani

2nd year MA in Industrial Design, La Cambre, Belgium

2018 Awarded Students

Aya Iskandarani, Rachel Antoun, Rawad Baaklini, Micheline Nahra

Rachel Antoun

1st year Master in contextual design, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Rawad Baaklini

2nd year MA in Contextual Design, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Aya Iskandarani

1st year MA in Industrial Design, La Cambre, Belgium

2017 Awarded Students

Micheline Nahra, Rawad Baaklini, Romy Bechara

Micheline Nahra

1st year Master in contextual design, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Rawad Baaklini

1st year Master in contextual design, Eindhoven, Netherlands

2016 Awarded Students

Romy Bechara, Ghyda Kanaan, Riad Chehabeddine, Carine Nawbar, Layal Chacar

Ghyda Kanaan

3rd Year, Product Design, ALBA, Lebanon

Riad Chehabedine

1st Year BA Product Design, Central Saint Martins, UK

Romy Bechara

Master in Industrial Design, La Cambre, Belgium

2015 Awarded Students

Layal Chacar, Carine Nawbar, Ala Tannir

Ala Tannir

Master in Industrial Design, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), USA

Carine Nawbar

2nd Year, Product Design, ALBA, Lebanon

Layal Chacar

1st Year Master Global Design, ALBA, Lebanon

Residencies

Residencies are facilitated and funded to contribute to designers’ creative growth and expose them to new methods, materials and techniques, as part of our commitment to continuous development.

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8 - 29 July 2022

Schloss Hollenegg

Tamara Barrage

This July, Tamara Barrage is a visiting designer, pursuing her residency at Schloss Hollenegg for Design. Schloss Hollenegg's mission is to support young emerging designers, with the aim of creating space for design research, thinking and critiquing. It offers one of the few residency programs specifically aimed at designers, as well as organising exhibitions, workshops and symposia centered around design. Tamara barrage is Lebanese designer and artist that explores the relation between the organic and the inorganic, through an array of experimental techniques and processes. With her objects and installations, Tamara is building a hybrid ecosystem, with creations that are somehow unfamiliar, somehow if one looks closely enough, all too familiar. House of Today meets designers at various points across their design journeys, and works closely with them to foster and grow their creative spirit, through education opportunities, lectures, residencies and scholarships.
September, 2021 - Los Angeles, USA

18th Street Arts Center

Mary-Lynn & Carlo Massoud

Mary Lynn and Carlo Massoud were visiting designers at the 18th Street Arts Center in Southern California in September 2021, as part of an ongoing partnership between House of Today and the 18th Street Art Center. The residency will allow the siblings to expand and deepen their collaborative practice in an inclusive environment that fosters mutual growth and exchange with other international creatives.
July, 2021 - Naples, Italy

EDIT Napoli

Stephanie Moussallem

House of Today, in collaboration with Edit Napoli, invites Stephanie Moussallem to discover the vibrant city of Naples and traditional Neapolitan crafts. With the support of the Fondazione Made In Cloister, the designer will explore artisanal creativity through coral processing, majolica, ceramics, wood carving, silk and bronze lost wax casting.
April, 2021 - Aspen, USA

Anderson Ranch

Mary-Lynn Massoud and Sayar & Garibeh

With the support of R & Company and House of Today, designers Mary-Lynn Massoud and duo Stephanie Sayar & Charbel Garibeh were residents at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in May 2021. This residency brings together artists of all disciplines, offering time and space for creative exploration and community engagement.

Lectures

The series of lectures cover a diverse array of topics, bridging connections between local and international design experts, and our designers. Insights and practices are shared, and networks within the design community are strengthened.

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January 13, 2023

Augmented Autarky

Porky Hefer, Guan Lee & Marco Campardo

House of Today and the Department of Architecture and Design at the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut are delighted to introduce their first collaboration of many to come. The non-profit platform founded by Cherine Magrabi and the Department of Architecture and Design are thrilled to inspire, emulate and support the next generation of creatives by welcoming, for the very first time in Lebanon, three acclaimed international designers and architects - Porky Hefer, Guan Lee and Marco Campardo- for the symposium Augmented Autarky that will be held on January 13th 2023.
December 12, 2018

'Khalil Khoury' Showcase

Beirut

The performance and installation by Bernard Khoury recounts the fabulous story of an impossible modernity. Described as a modernist and brutalist, Khalil Khoury was one of the first artisans of exposed concrete, leading the Modern Movement in Lebanon.
December 12, 2018

'Craftporn' Conference

Beirut

Indisputable spine of the Lebanese production, the cross-pollination craft/design is highlighted in the conference "Craftporn" initiated by Cherine Magrabi Tayeb and co-curated by journalist and critic Anne-France Berthelon. Six speakers among the most renowned and respected on the international scene (Humberto Campana, Formafantasma, Bernard Khoury, Peter Marigold, Pascale Mussard, Evan Snyderman) will explore and illuminate the many facets of the theme "Craftporn" by unveiling the singularity of their creative process, in which craftsmanship and their daring approach, are always essential.
December 17, 2016

'My Work-Notes' by Massimilano Locatelli

Beirut

Lecture for House of Today by international acclaimed architect and professor at Colombia University, Massimiliano Locatelli. A discussion about what inspires and influences him as a designer and architect.
December 17, 2016

'Dialogues' by Snøhetta

Beirut

Lecture for House of Today by internationally operating architect and design firm Snohetta. Robert Greenwood and Daniel Berlin from Snohetta are discussing the process of design and collaboration.
December 17, 2014

'Co-Designing With Craftsmen' Roundtable

Beirut

House of Today facilitated a roundtable lecture at ALBA school of design that focused on the opportunities of the luxury industry vis a vis crafts and handmade knowhow.

Workshops

House of Today invited Valentina Carretta to moderate a workshop open to 20 ALBA Product design students from different years. The objective was to create a symbolic city through the design of a set of very simple buildings made of geometric wooden modular blocks.

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Beyond Foraging

Guan Lee

House of Today and the Department of Architecture and Design at the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut are delighted to introduce their first collaboration of many to come. The non-profit platform founded by Cherine Magrabi and theDepartment of Architecture and Design are thrilled to inspire, emulate and support the next generation of creatives by welcoming, for the very first time in Lebanon, three acclaimed international designers and architects - Porky Hefer, Guan Lee and Marco Campardo- for the symposium Augmented Autarky that will be held on January 13th 2023, followed by a 4-days workshop entitled Beyond Foraging. Guan Lee will lead Beyond Foraging, a workshop envisioned as a material and cultural exploration, setting the cross-pollination of disciplines (architecture, design, art, craft, engineering, computer science ...) at the core of the design ecosystem. The free workshop will be open to all design enthusiasts- designers, artists, architects, photographers, engineers, students and freshly graduates - through an application form.
2014

Role-Play Model by Valentina Carretta

Beirut

House of Today invited Valentina Carretta to moderate a workshop open to 20 ALBA Product design students from different years. The objective was to create a symbolic city through the design of a set of very simple buildings made of geometric wooden modula