Karen Chekerdjian (Product / Furniture Designer)
www.karenchekerdjian.com
Karen Chekerdjian is a furniture and product designer of Armenian-Lebanese origin. She graduated from Milan’s prestigious Domus Academy in 1997 with a Masters in Product Design and Design Direction.
Her route to industrial design has not been direct.
Film, advertising and graphic design have each helped shape her vision.
Prior
to attending Domus, Karen worked at Leo Burnett advertising agency and in 1994,
co-founded Mind the gap, a graphic design studio that contributed to the
beginnings of the practice in Lebanon.
At Domus, she studied under Massimo Morozzi, a
founding member of the legendary 1960s design studio, Archizoom and currently
Art Director at EDRA, Italy’s globally renowned high-end furniture
manufacturer.
After graduation, Karen worked in Milan for a number
of years. During this period, one of her first designs – a suspended hanger
system entitled Mobil – was produced by EDRA.
In 2001, she returned to Beirut and opened Karen
Chekerdjian Studio. Beginning as more of a conceptual think-tank, dedicated to
exploring new ideas in design, the Studio has gradually become more focused on
production; furniture and everyday objects in small series, limited editions
and made-to-order commissions.
The Studio also takes on interior design
projects, which have included restaurants, a hotel, retail stores and most
recently, Maison Rabih Kayrouz, the flagship Beirut boutique of the
Lebanese couturier.
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