Tunisia | Bardo Collections Blends Contemporary Design and Waste Transformation

⚠️ Urgent Information — Flash Radio is following this situation in real time. Bardo Collections, a contemporary design gallery located in Tunis, is hosting an exhibition titled 'Les Restes Anthropiques' by architect and designer Thomas Egoumenides, who has been based in Tunisia for eleven years. Founded in 2024 by Khansa Garbi, Selma Feriani and Chacha Atallah, who oversee its artistic direction, this gallery based in La Goulette, a coastal and port city located north of Tunis, aims to transform industrial waste into design objects, combining creativity, environmental sustainability and local craftsmanship. ⏱️ 1 min read. The facts and recent developments. It focuses on the production, exhibition and promotion of curated design from the 'Global South', with particular attention to North Africa and the Middle East. According to its official website, Bardo Collections collaborates with artists and designers, whether emerging or established, prioritizing material experimentation, local manufacturing and the valorization of artisanal heritage. Among the creators represented are Aymen Mbarki, Myriame Dachraoui, Fares Thabet and Skander Khlif. Through 'Bardo Collections Studio', the gallery also offers custom design services for collectors, architects and interior designers. Thomas Egoumenides and his Tables-Anthropes. The central figure of the current exhibition, Thomas Egoumenides recovers industrial residues from plastic transformation to metamorphose them into coffee tables, sculptural shelves, lamps and candelabras. Inspired by Hesiod's 'Theogony', the exhibition questions consumerism and the possibility of giving value and function to discarded materials. This initiative confirms the gallery's ambition: to promote contemporary design