Dubai Design Week to boost UAE’s design industry

Dubai Design Week looks set to change the face of the design industry in the region, when the inaugural event begins next month.

Operating in much the same way as Dubai Art Week, which takes place in March, the idea behind the event is to group a range of design-related events and exhibitions under a single banner at a centralised venue – in this case it is the newly inaugurated Dubai Design District (d3).

At the heart of the event will be Downtown Design, a bespoke trade fair where professionals in the region can discover original, high-quality designs from all over the world. However, just as Art Week pivots around Art Dubai, the fair is simply considered the starting point of the new event.

Among the other components is an initiative called Abwab, which will offer a chance for emerging and established designers from six countries in the region – Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Pakistan, Kuwait and the UAE – to display their works.

Original article by Anna Seaman

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