Downtown Design 2023

Dubai: design is back on stage

With over 150,000 visitors expected, and 500 exhibitors from 40 countries, Dubai Design Week 2023, at its ninth iteration, is set to be the largest fair in the Middle East for design, held from 7...
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...
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: indoor-outdoor protagonists

The event par excellence on design in the Middle East is now in progress (until 12 November): Downtown Design in 2021 confirms its leading position on the market, managing once again to bring together...

10 design fairs in autumn 2021

The Salone del Mobile in Milan in September was only the beginning. After the pandemic pause, many design events are on the verge of a live comeback. From the Italian fair for the restaurant...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...