Tag: LEBANON

A truly beautiful design object joins exquisite aesthetics and purpose, while also questioning (or embracing) the way living things interact with the material world. The "Union" radio successfully marries utility and art, but then does something particularly tricky; despite being a functioning art piece, it also comments on Lebanon's political discord without being overtly partisan. Designer ...

Here is this week's Reason That Twitter Should Be Banned. In yet another high-profile overshare, Octavia Nasr, the Lebanese-born Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs for CNN, was fired Tuesday for posting a single tweet about the passing of one of Hezbollah's most influential clerics. She wrote: "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah... One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a ...

If you're a fan of smoking (and hey, who isn't these days?), look no further than this beautiful pipe du jour. The slim and sleek water-based smoking device is known simply as White, and was created by Lebanese outfit Tribudesign. As in the Lebanese custom, the pipe is intended to be used with argilah, or tobacco meant for a hookah. But unlike the ornate, genie bottle-shaped water pipes seen in ...