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By Matt Dougherty
Photography by Tony Elieh

Beirut's Skybar nightclub features split
mirror cladding and fragmented screens

Tara and Tessa Sakhi in
their Silent Echoes dining
installation

FAMILY TIES
Siblings Tara and Tessa Sakhi challenge the
status quo

Sisters Tara and Tessa Sakhi's overlapping
passion for design-they both attended
the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts in
Beirut-naturally led them to join forces
and launch their multimedia design firm
T Sakhi in 2016. "In the beginning, it was
very challenging to work together because
there were no obstacles and boundaries
established between us," says Tessa. "But
growing together as sisters and being in the
same household helped us acquire a similar
way of thinking and adapting to certain
situations."

Lost in Transition encourages face-to-face interaction

Together, they aren't afraid to take
on any challenge, conceiving everything
from nightclubs and short films to art
installations and products. "We are
curious to intersect our different interests
and watch the results," says Tara. "We do
what we love and what moves us."
Among those interests is a dedication
to sustainable solutions. The I Hear You
Tremble lighting collection, for example,
employs aluminum waste and Murano
glass that is altered into a stone-like
component to "emphasize nature and its
mutation due to human intervention."
Like all their work, their public
installations are meant to question the
status quo. Designed for Dubai Design
Week last year, the Lebanon pavilion
titled WAL(L)TZ-accompanied by an
experimental architecture and dance

short film of the same name-is made
with recycled foam, "hinting to the
resilience of the Lebanese society in the
face of adversity," Tara says.
Silent Echoes, meanwhile, is an
installation that examines how the
act of dining is too focused on virtual
rather than physical interactions, with a
mirror set between diners and a mobile
phone stand to facilitate conversation.
Similarly, Lost in Transition further
explores this reliance on technology.
Comprising two chairs connected by
an arch, it encourages face-to-face
interaction. Says Tessa: "Our public
interventions are a way of expressing a
need for appropriation, interactivity, and
evolution." hd
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - August 2020

Hospitality Design - August 2020
contents
from the editor
behind the design
sketchbook
business sense: diversity + inclusion
interview: instagram influencers
trends: new concepts
trends: branding
trends: covid-19 solutions
profile: t sakhi
casegoods
leather
bedding
wallcoverings
bold ideas
fashion: sunny dolat
installations: dream the combine
art: tawny chatmon
multidisciplinary yves béhar
outside the lines
community spaces
cultural centers
bookstores
installations
education
urban planning
camps + lodges
retail
wellbeing
sustainable design
ad index
back space: philip fimmano
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - from the editor
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - behind the design
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - sketchbook
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - trends: new concepts
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - trends: branding
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - trends: covid-19 solutions
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - profile: t sakhi
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - casegoods
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - leather
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - bedding
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 61
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 62
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - wallcoverings
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 64
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 65
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 66
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - bold ideas
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - fashion: sunny dolat
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 69
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - installations: dream the combine
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 71
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - art: tawny chatmon
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 73
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - multidisciplinary yves béhar
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 75
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 76
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - outside the lines
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - community spaces
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 80
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - cultural centers
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 83
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - bookstores
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - installations
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - education
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - urban planning
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - camps + lodges
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - 95
Hospitality Design - August 2020 - retail
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - wellbeing
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - sustainable design
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - ad index
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Hospitality Design - August 2020 - back space: philip fimmano
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