NOUR BANNOUT
ABOUT
Nour Bannout is a New York-based, North Carolina-raised designer. Her work intersects the built environment, furniture, art, and sculpture that explores a multi-scalar approach. Heavily drawn from memories, yearning, and romanticism. Influenced by her Mexican, Lebanese and Southern roots. Her work digests a sensibility that seeks nuance and authenticity in the details; in the ordinary. Such as peculiar things she sees out in the world, heritage references, preserving worlds and creating narratives to question what “beautiful” means. She is interested in old craftsmanship methods and works with wood, metal, and digital fabrication. Nour is a recent MFA graduate from Pratt Institute’s School of Design.
SKILLSInterior Design
Furniture Construction and Design
Exhibition Design
Sourcing
Millwork Design
Concept Development
3D Modeling, Autocad, Rhino, Revit
Design Consulting
Art Directing
Creative Producing
Drawing
Painting
Photo
Sculpture
EDUCATION
MFA in Interior Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2021 - 24
BA in Global Studies, The University of NC at Greensboro, 2010-14
Education Abroad Adaptive Reuse Program, Porto, Portugal Summer 2023
DIS Copenhagen Furniture Design, Denmark Summer 2022
CELTA program, Leeds, England Summer 2014
Political Science at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark Fall 2013
International Business at Université Jean Moulin Lyon, France Spring 2012
Thesis Topics
Adaptive Reuse, Restoration, Sculpture, Furniture, Artifacts, Exhibition Design, Materiality, Connection (human and physical)
Writings
“Is ‘Democratic Design’ for Everyone?”
“The Mexican Identity in Design”
On Display
“Post-Colonial Silla” on display at Pratt Institute’s Myrtle Gallery
Maquettes archived for Pratt Institute’s Thesis collections
Activities
WPIR Pratt Radio
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Designer - ICFF (NYC, December 2024 - June 2025)
Freelance Interior Designer + Creative Producer (NYC, July 2024 - Present)
Guest Critic for Design Presentations - Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute (NYC, March 2024 - Present)
Sales Assistant + Event/Exhibition Support - Head Hi (Brooklyn, NY 2021 - Present)
Research Assistant - Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY May 2023 - June 2024)
Teaching Assistant - Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY Spring 2024)
Woodworking Internship - Sawtooth School for Visual Arts (Winston Salem, NC Summer 2023)
*Awarded an independent study opportunity and recipient of the Graduate Student Engagement Fund to study Moravian craftsmanship and Southern Decorative Arts in Old Salem.
Digital Marketing Account Manager - Rose Associates (NYC, 2018 - 2021)
CONTACT
nibannout@gmail.com
(919) 357-4638