The region’s leading design festival, Dubai Design Week, launches today, November 5, 2024 until November 10, 2024.
On its 10th edition, the annual festival reflects on a decade of design and its wider influence in the region through an outstanding cultural lineup of exhibitions, exclusive commissions, and events staged across Dubai Design District (d3).
The 2024 programme will honour the local community, creative talent and regional design vernacular it has aimed to nurture over the past 10 years, while celebrating the city’s evolution as a global design hub. Dubai Design Week 2024 brings together over 500 established and emerging designers and brands from more than 40 countries to showcase new design thinking in the form of installations, exhibitions and experiential mediums.
“Marking this milestone 10th edition, Dubai Design Week has become an essential date on the global design calendar, offering an unparalleled platform for designers, brands, cultural and educational institutions, and the wider industry. It’s a key moment to launch new products, unveil prototypes and connect with the community. From immersive installations to family-friendly experiences, Dubai Design Week brings together local and international creativity, sparking vital conversations on topics ranging from sustainable design to vernacular architecture. It’s a space where ideas take form and the creative community flourishes,” says Natasha Carella, Director of Dubai Design Week.
What to see and do on this 5-day festival? Here, Natasha shares the highlights not to be missed so you can plan your visit accordingly – we don’t want you to miss a thing.
The Luxury of Less by AB+AC Architects
Photography: Matteo Viti
Dubai Design Week’s Automotive Partner, BMW Middle East, returns with a new commission. The pavilion is designed to stimulate the senses and reflect the company’s design and circularity ethos, encapsulating the essence of comfort and encouraging audiences to explore luxury from a fresh perspective, emphasizing a minimalist and conscious approach to sustainable living.
STOOT by Oxara and MULA Design Studio
Invited by Prototypes for Humanity to showcase at Dubai Design Week, STOOT showcases the future of sustainable construction. Oxara is a cement-free, low-carbon binder and a pioneering alternative to conventional building materials, using construction waste. Designed by Dubai-based architect Abdalla Almulla, STOOT proposes a path towards decarbonization through sustainable construction, blending modernist principles with material experimentation.
SINFONIA by Iris Ceramica Group
Iris Ceramica Group’s SINFONIA installation invites audiences to step into the role of conductor, using simple gestures to control a symphony of sound, light and material. Blending advanced ceramic technology with human creativity, this interactive experience lets each visitor explore how movement shapes a unique composition.
Hind Al Oud Immersive Experience by Mohamed Hilal Group
Hind Al-Oud invites audiences on a multi-sensory journey that connects the art of fragrance with poetic expression, rooted in the rich heritage of Arabian perfumery. In collaboration with poet Faisal Al-Adwani, the installation features the launch of two signature perfumes, Alifi and Ya’E, inspired by the poem ‘Kibriya’E’, which delves into themes of ambition, certainty and singularity.
Iwan Pavilion presented by King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra)
Iwan is a pavilion inspired by Islamic architecture, in particular ‘Iwan’, a distinctive transitional space, and ‘Muqarnas’, a form of ornamental decoration. Designed by four emerging Saudi architects, Abdulqader Alsuwaidan, Nawaf Alghamdi, Hayat Almousa and Lama Dardas, Iwan was the winning proposal of the Tanween Foldable Pavilion Challenge, a collaboration between the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), Mamou Mani Studio and ABYWAT.
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