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...

Dubai Design Week outdoes itself

From 11 to 16 November, Dubai Design Week 2019, with over 200 events, exhibitions, presentations, encounters, talks and workshops, celebrated its 5th year of operation by beating the record set last year, welcoming over...

Molteni&C|Dada reaches Dubai

Molteni&C|Dada opens the doors to its new Flagship Store in Dubai, in partnership with Vivente Luxury Living, leading designers of prestigious home furnishings and a benchmark for design, taking a significant step towards qualifying its distribution network...

The debut of Sharjah Architecture Triennial

The inaugural Sharjah Architecture Triennial is the first major platform to invite dialogue on architecture and urbanism in the Middle East, North and East Africa, South and Southeast Asia. Running from November 2019 until 8...

Establish itself in Dubai

Ellington Properties was born 5 years ago as a luxury residential player, a sector that is already very crowded: what was the winning key? The market was focused on either very luxurious properties which were...

Beauty connects people

Creative Director: Davide Rampello, Studio Rampello and PartnersSet Design Consultant: Alessandro CameraLighting Design Consultant: Lorenzo Bruscaglioni, Luminae Lighting DesignSound Design Consultant: Alessandro Pasini, P2A DesignLandscape Consultant: Flavio PollanoWayfinding Consultant: Luigi Farrauto, 100km studioGraphic Consultants:...

Madar: the exhibition-research

Appointment at Downtown Editions. The Madar exhibition is curated by Ghassan Salameh, also a guest curator of Dubai Design Week, and brings together a selection of designer projects based in the Middle East. The...

Alain Ducasse and Pedrali in Dubai

Dubai is a location that is taking on greater importance for Pedrali. The company specialized in the production of furnishings for the residential and contract sectors has been selected by the French multi-star chef...

Downtown Design: continuous growth

The 2018 edition involved an increase of 20% of the display space at Downtown Design, the trade show held inside D3, Dubai Design District. There were about 75,000 visitors, and 175 exhibitors. This year...

Face to face with Rue Kothari

Downtown Design attracts every year more and more international brands: in your opinion, what they are looking for in this fair? Each year we welcome new international brands to the fair, who are looking to...