Fabrica Design Platform is a ceramics studio and cultural space in the Dar Khawla Building on Chehade Street in Tabaris, Beirut. Its in-house line, FDP Ceramics, comes out twice a year and covers tableware, home decor, furniture pieces and limited editions, with special commissions on request. A separate Artifact Room shows and sells work by artists the studio represents. Much of the space is a school: courses cover hand-building and glazing, wheel throwing, porcelain, sculpture, ceramic painting and kids' classes, with visiting teachers including Zeina Bacardi and Magali Chemaly. There is also an experimental lab for material research, artist residencies, and a Rolling Kiln that takes clay and firing to towns with no studio. Its REACH program runs sessions for underprivileged, disabled and trauma-affected participants. Entry to the space is free.
Fabrica Design Platform at a glance
- In-house FDP Ceramics collection released twice a year
- Mobile Rolling Kiln brings firing to towns without studios
- Runs wheel, hand-building, porcelain and kids' classes
- Free entry to the Tabaris studio