David/Nicolas is a design studio located in Beirut, which was co-founded in 2011 by David Raffoul and Nicolas Moussallem. Two designers whose experiences, both local and international, have been filtered to their works enriching their content and, ultimately, their aesthetics. The atelier’s philosophy appears through teamwork, which, by definition, implies working together; however there are a lot of different approaches and divergent opinions that grant character, history and unique individualities to the rooms they work in and objects they work on. Their works were shown on an international level at the following venues: Salone del Mobile/ Milan, Art Basel/ Miami, gallery Design & Foam / Amsterdam, Paris D' Days, IMM Cologne, design week of Beijing, Salone Satellite/ Milan, Glass Museum of Shanghai, Hong Kong/ Museum Mobile and gallery Espace éphémère / Beirut. Nicolas Moussallem Nicolas is a Lebanese designer. Over the course of one year he worked as product and interior designer in l'Hotellerie SA, a luxurious boutique hotel in Beirut. Prior to that, Nicolas did his internship at DGo, where he worked in close collaboration with Diego Grandi in the development of a number of products, from toys made of wood to dining utensils. He has a degree in Interior Design from l'Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Beirut Lebanon and a Master’s in Industrial Design from Scuola Politecnica Di Design, Milan. David Raffoul, born in Paris and raised in Beirut, studied Interior Architecture in the Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts in Beirut and has a Master’s in Product Design from Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan. After finishing his Master’s degree, David stayed in Milan to conclude the internship at the local Studio Marco Piva. Afterwards he concluded another experience in Tokyo at the design atelier Nendo. He has been working for one year as designer at Fabrica, the research centre on communication from the Bennetton Group, located in Italy.
