MENA Design Research Center

MENA Design Research Center is located in Beirut, Lebanon on Modern Offices Bldg. Bloc A, 9th flr. Dora, Armenia Str.. MENA Design Research Center is rated 3 out of 5 in the category design in Lebanon. The MENA Design Research Center is a non-profit organization based in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded by in 2010, it became one the region's few institutions that focus on Design as a multidisciplinary tool for development and research. In 2012, the center initiated and organized the first Beirut Design Week, which set a new standard for Beirut as the Design Capital of the Middle East & North Africa. –––––––––– The creative process involved in problem finding & solving -whether in communications, products, systems or services- could be applied to a varied scale of disciplines and fields. The MENA Design Research Center promotes this diverse understanding of design through the implementation of design research and collaborative multidisciplinary projects in the region. ​ Unlike market research which is consumed with statistics and quantitative data, design research is concentrated more on qualitative information. Borrowing from social and cultural studies, and interpreting through a designer’s lens is what makes this form of data collection and retrieval unique when compared to other research fields. ​ The MENA Design Research Center is highly involved with social initiatives that concern the Arab World and contributes to a variety of social issues by developing innovative tools through design thinking and co-creation. The center is also closely linked to design education in order to encourage and guide the participation of designers in the non-commercial, public, and non-profit domains.