Place: Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut Date: 19th January - 29th March 2008 Click on images to enlarge In our today contemporary culture, it seems like the old dividing line between artists and designers is becoming more and more blurry. Sharing the same scope of inspiration and experimentation, today these creators are not only questioning the limit of the work of art and the everyday object but also investigating our contemporary culture. On the one hand, realizing that form is no longer defined by its pure function but by its meaning, designers started to think in terms of concept. On the other hand, artists are more and more fascinated with design and how it has influenced our visual and popular culture. Thus nowadays, artists and designers are not only exploring each other strategies and fields but also collaborating together. The exhibition ‘Echo” hopes to present a series of projects reflecting these various and commun creative practices. Among the creators invited to participate: John Armleder, Richard Artschwager, Robert Barry, Karen Chekerdjian, Herbert Hamak, Timo Nasseri, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Keith Sonnier