LIFE's charity gala, to be held in London on 10 November, will feature a 62-piece collection, "Liaisons créatives", bringing together works by Lebanese designers and craftspeople. The collection will be auctioned off by Almaz Collective Design and The Ready Hand. The online auction has already begunhereand closes on 10 November. The auction includes a chair by Zalpha and Shaha Raphaël. Mother and daughter have combined their talents, both in furniture design and knitting, to create a unique piece of furniture. The piece on sale for the LIFE gala is a very special chair, which The Ready Hand describes as a "piece dedicated to the craftsman, and therefore to the designer's mother. Shaha Raphaël grew up watching her mother crochet and knit unusual materials to create amazing bags. For this project, mother and daughter, craftswoman and architect collaborated to develop a herringbone-shaped hand-knitted fabric that will be used for the base of the chair attached to a steel frame, chosen to contrast the fibrous seat with a solid, natural texture coloured by rust."
LIFE Gala: raising funds for Lebanese designers
