Dubai Design District: Creating a designer's dream?

Since its launch in June last year, Dubai Design District (D3) has received thousands of expressions of interest and is currently processing dozens of licences to operate under the D3 free zone.

But what does the development really offer to designers and Dubai’s new-age creative minds? And how much does it cost to be a part of it?

Currently, the two largest shopping havens, the Dubai Mall and MOE – which together attracted some 117 million visitors last year — are feverishly expanding and sprucing up to meet rising consumer expectations, surging tourist and immigration flows, and the threat of even bigger, more spectacular malls on the horizon.

Dubai’s retail spend is expected to hit $41.1 billion by 2015, with tourism credited for 60 percent of the luxury market and 20 percent of the branded market, according to data from Bain & Co and the government’s media office.

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Dubai Design District: Creating a designer’s dream?