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...

Dubai Design Week 2020: must-see events

The most important event for creativity in the Middle East, a week of presentations, exhibitions, installations, workshops and talks: we’re talking about Dubai Design Week, from 9 to 14 November, held in the Dubai...

Connecting Minds, Creating the Future

Now that the three thematic districts have been completed, it is worth sketching a general outline of Expo 2020 Dubai, considering the recently updated figures. The 4.38 square kilometre site (2 of which for...

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...

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...

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...