Downtown Design

Business and culture at Downtown Design

Preparations are already under way for a new edition of Downtown Design bringing a remarkable range of events and exhibitions to support and enliven the fair, which is organized by Art Dubai Group. The fulcrum...
d3, Dubai Design Week

International design on view in Dubai

In 2018 Dubai was assigned the title of “City of Design” by UNESCO: an exceptional honor for the city, which is becoming a true hub for the sector in the UAE. Dubai Design Week,...

Downtown Design 2020: reinvention of the fair

A hybrid virtual-real program: in the new “phygital” era, this is Downtown Design, the most important event for creativity in the Middle East, from 9 to 14 November 2020 during Dubai Design Week. The initiative...
OBMI, Once Upon a Forest – Dubai Design Week 2022

Downtown Design 2022: a place for discovery

November 13 marked the end of Dubai Design Week, an event dedicated to creativity with a program consisting of nearly 180 installations, product presentations, debates and meetings on a wide range of topics, from...

The future is already here

How we will live, dwell, travel and work in the near post-pandemic future? Will it be possible, one day, to have fun again at the disco, or to attend a concert, or will crowds...

Downtown Design: A platform for Creative Innovation and Business

Downtown Design, held every November in Dubai as the main event of Dubai Design Week, is not a fair like all the others. It is an appointment for business, attracting sector professionals (the region...

What’s happening with fairs in 2021

“We have to face reality, even if it hurts.” Harsh but concrete words, those of Gerald Böse, CEO of Koelnmesse, to announce (today) the cancelation of the 2021 edition of Imm Cologne, which had...

The future of trade fairs? The example from Dubai

The Dubai Design Week, held from 9th to 14th of November, have implemented the “phygital" in the real sense, with a hybrid program, physical and virtual. «For us at the Art Dubai Group (that...

Downtown Design 2021: new angles

Downtown Design, the most important event for creativity in the Middle East presents its 8th edition, from 8 to 12 November 2021 in the Dubai Design District (d3). Five days instead of the usual...

Downtown Design revs up design business

This autumn is set to be a hot one for the design community as many industry events are set to start back up. But Dubai is one of the very few international design hubs...