Architects and designers can take an activist approach to instigate social change, according to participants in this year's Beirut Design Week. More about Beirut-based designers advocate new uses for the city's overlooked public spaces
Blocksfinj, a recently-launched Beirut-based company making foam furniture, showcased squishy blocks that look like solid stone during Beirut Design Week. More about Geometric foam blocks mimic marble and terrazzo at Beirut Design Week
Digital design store and gallery Adorno has launched a collection of products created by emerging designers based in Beirut, Lebanon. More about Adorno's emerging Lebanese designers collection shows country's "no-rule" culture
French-Lebanese designer Carla Baz has unveiled a collection of marble furniture and lighting, including tables filled with pools of colourful resin. More about Carla Baz debuts resin and marble furniture in Beirut
After a crisis that saw rubbish pile up in the streets of Beirut, local designers were inspired to use the waste around them as a resource. Here are eight recycled projects that showcase their ingenuity. More about Eight recycled design projects driven by Beirut's trash crisis
A crisis that saw mountains of garbage fill the streets of Lebanon led to heightened interest in recycled materials, say designers and architects at Beirut Design Week. More about Lebanese designers embrace rubbish following Beirut trash crisis
Following Beirut Design Week, Dezeen deputy editor Rima Sabina Aouf has selected six stand-out contemporary designers from the country often thought of as the cultural heart of the Middle East. More about Six of the best designers working in Lebanon today
The four female graphic designers showcased in a group exhibition at Beirut Design Week are hoping their event will help bring change in an industry where "women aren't really taken seriously". More about Critical Mass exhibition celebrates Lebanon's female graphic designers
Lebanese designer Nathalie Harb created this pavilion for Beirut Design Week to give residents of the city access to silence. More about All-pink Silent Room creates quiet sanctuary beside a Beirut highway
A receptacle for gifting your best DNA, a tech-disabling glove for punishing cybercriminals and a device that harvests edible fungus from your own body are among the concepts presented by students of five Lebanese universities for the Speculative Needs exhibition. More about Lebanese students anticipate future human needs for Beirut Design Week exhibition
Dezeen promotion: the challenges of regional political instability have fuelled the creativity of designers in Lebanon, says the director of Beirut Design Week, which takes place in the city this month. More about Beirut Design Week returns to show the world Lebanon "is not just about political instability"