design miami/ curio: construction deconstruction by cherine tagrabi tayeb.
the house of today curio exhibition directly parallels the organization’s main goal: raising awareness of the lebanese design world through a contemporary global platform. each facet of the curio is directly representative of lebanon’s organic masquerade of contrasting materials that come together to vocalize a cultivated, polished, and visual story, one that is rich, yet assembled out of the insignificant and the dismissible. magrabi tayeb curated the installation with three designers to be part of the curio. rami dalle is the set designer, while sayar & garibeh and khaled el mays showcase new work. these designers invite visitors to take a closer look, to explore the rawness they chose to finesse, the identity they chose to construct, and the lebanon they chose to reinterpret. their contrasting experiences debut house of today in the united states and bring together a cohesive and memorable curio space.