email: hello@youssef.works
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I am a product / industrial designer based in Beirut, Lebanon, and a graduate of ECAL in Switzerland.
My approach is drawn from my observations of contextual realities (manufacturing, cultural, societal, archetypical…) because I strive for my projects to embody a sense of self-evidence through their form and materiality.
To me, essentiality should not be an aesthetical pursuit, but rather a tool for efficiency and narrative clarity. I aim for this approach to carry through the entirety of my practice –in artisanal, industrial, spatial, curatorial, and academic endeavours.
– Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) – 2019
MA in Product design
– École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ÉCAL) – 2024
– Dubai Design Week – 2021
Etat de Siège
– Galerie Tanit – 2022
Moments of Strength
– Downtown Design, Dubai – 2022
Beirut. The Eras of Design
– MUDAC, Lausanne – 2023
Creative Liaisons
– Life Lebanon UK – 2023
Under Design Lebanon
– Fuorisalone, Milan – 2023
ÉCAL x Horgenglarus x senior-lab
– Design Days Lausanne – 2024
We Will Survive
– MUDAC, Lausanne – 2024
(with Exil Collective)
– Architectural Digest Middle-East – 2021
AD50 Honorees
(with Exil Collective)
– Architectural Digest Middle-East – 2022
Last Updated August 2025