More than 500 designers, architects and creative practitioners are convening at Dubai Design District this week for one of the region’s flagship design events.
Dubai Design Week, running between Tuesday and Sunday, will feature commissioned projects, installations, exhibitions, talks and workshops. While sustainability has been a focus of the event in the past, the topic has a special resonance in the run-up to Cop28, with many of the featured installations and talks touching upon design-led solutions to environmental issues.
The event’s highlight, Downtown Design, will also be holding a fund-raising initiative in support of the Gaza relief efforts. The entrance fee of Dh25 will be donated to Emirates Red Crescent, with the funds raised to be matched by the Art Dubai Group, the organising body of Downtown Design.
Here are seven highlights of this year’s Dubai Design Week.
