À propos de Plan BEY
Plan BEY is an artisan-publisher and design space in Beirut’s Mar Mikhael, opened in December 2010 by Karma Tohmé and Tony Sfeir. The name is a wordplay, joining “Plan B” with BEY, the airport code and shorthand for Beirut, and it captures the spirit of the place: creative, resourceful and rooted in the city. Part publisher, part print studio, part shop, Plan BEY has become a fixture of Beirut’s independent design scene.
Le catalogue est vaste et résolument tourné vers l’artisanat. Plan BEY produit des tirages en édition limitée, des livres d’artiste, des cartes de vœux, des stickers muraux et des objets de design, en recourant à des techniques traditionnelles et d’archivage telles que la sérigraphie, la typographie, l’offset et l’impression jet d’encre d’archivage. Loin de travailler en vase clos, le studio collabore avec des artistes libanais et régionaux, transformant leurs œuvres en objets tactiles et à collectionner. Le résultat est un ensemble de créations à la fois guidées par le design et profondément locales, qui célèbrent Beyrouth et la région à travers le papier et l’impression.
Pourquoi Plan BEY compte
Plan BEY matters because it gives Lebanese and regional artists a physical platform and keeps traditional print crafts alive in the process. By producing limited-edition prints and artist books through silkscreen, letterpress, offset and archival inkjet, the studio treats printing as an art form rather than a commodity, and its collaborations turn local creativity into objects people can own and share. Since opening in Mar Mikhael in 2010, it has helped anchor Beirut’s independent design and publishing community. For anyone seeking meaningful, made-in-Lebanon stationery and art, Plan BEY is a cultural landmark as much as a shop.