Kann Design

Kann Design is a French-Lebanese furniture maker founded in 2010 by Houssam Kanaan with Meghedi Simonian and Rudy Bou Chebel, built on the craft of the Kanaan workshop that Houssam’s father opened in 1958 in Beit-Chabab, Lebanon. The company edits furniture by independent designers and controls the whole chain, from first sketches to sale.

Production is centralised so that every independent workshop it uses sits within 20 km of its own factory, keeping local skills and transport down; since 2017 Houssam’s brother Samer has run the workshop through a modernisation programme. The collection covers seating, storage, tables and desks, and extends into bespoke furniture and full interior fit-outs for architects, hotels and cafés — including the Kann Residence coffee shop in Paris 11 and the Monocle café and shop.