Dubai Design Week is an annual event held to celebrate and promote design and creativity in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Encouraging Dubai’s status as the design capital of the Middle East, this mega annual event curates inventive that showcases architecture, products, furniture and interior design.
The eighth edition of Downtown Design Week will be taking place from Monday November 8 until Friday November 12 at the d3 Waterfront and will include both regional and international creatives and brands.
Dubai Design Week exhibits regional talents and invites various international studios and artists to share their ingenuity with local communities. By connecting brands with buyers, Downtown Design Week serves as a channel for the region’s design industry to navigate the opportunities and challenges presented by the new world.
Dubai Design Week is a five day event where visitors will get the chance to learn about emerging design trends, as well as listen in on a number of industry talks featuring global industry opinion leaders. Visitors can also see the future of creative knowledge on display at the Global Grad Show, which has a spotlight on works from 100 of the most innovative universities in the world.
Exclusive pieces by regional exhibitor Etqaan who is working with local design duo, the talented Abu Dhabi based designers Fouad Mirza and Ritchie Nolasco, to create contemporary expressions of their traditional Egyptian marquetry furniture will be present.
Ediciones Jalapa of Mexico Design Festival ‘Abierto Mexicano de Diseño’ will present a new collection of furniture made from palm leaves – a material specially chosen to resonate with the region and, Ben-Tovim Design of Melbourne International Design Week who will reveal a unique furniture piece designed exclusively for the local market.
Downtown Design 2021 edition is set to be the largest and the most diverse edition. Compared to last year, the number of exhibitors will be double, with some 90 exhibitors from 24 different countries.