Born in Beirut, Karim Chaya is also reknown designer, a professor and an entrepreneur who started and developed several design projects. He founded and launched spockdesign, a company devoted to furniture, product and -as he likes to call it- stuff design, and ACID, which specializes in design, manufacturing and installation of architectural detailing, currently employs 170 craftsmen, architects, and administrators, and handles projects across the globe.