'Aperitivo' carafe and six glasses

Beirut-based House of Today is a unique non-profit organization that showcases, nurtures, and connects emerging Lebanese designers, with the purpose to allow their talent to develop and flourish. Founded and led by Cherine Magrabi Tayeb, HoT supports new talents by introducing up-and-comers to design experts, and also offers an international scholarship program to enable promising students to pursue an education in design.

Growing up in Egypt, Lebanese designer Alya Tannous constantly observed the way her mother, artist and interior designer Lina Tannous, worked. Following a career in fashion and journalism and an off chance experience at a hand-blown glass factory, the designer moved to Beirut to launch her eponymous brand, which is led by experimentation with materials and ergonomics. Partially informed by her mother's glassware, which has been redesigned and incorporated in the collection, Tannous frequently works with glass and ceramics, and designs with a view to encourage as much interaction as possible between user and product.