Dubai Design Week - Version 4.0. Over the four years of its existence, Design Week has grown significantly, and this year more than 120 organizations participate in the large-scale creative festival, 250 events take part in the program, and Dubai at the same time proves once again that it deserves the title of the creative capital of the region.
The largest exhibition in the region Downtown design - one of the main events of the festival. Even if you are not a designer, go here for inspiration and to keep abreast of the latest interior trends. Downtown Design represents 175 brands, including 40 regional designers. New this year - Downtown Editions, - curatorial section dedicated to limited edition design.
At the main entrance visitors are greeted by an installation from Sans Souci "Coins" ("Coins"). She not only welcomes, but as if luring, captivates guests. The art installation personifies the statement: "Not all that glitters is gold." 2000 hand-crafted amber and crystal plates with an optical pattern and brass coating seduce the eye with a magical glow, like real gold.
Among the exhibitors are Arper, Artemide, Baxter, Manfredi Style, Normann Copenhagen, Puiforcat, Jan Kath, Villeroy & Boch and others. The debut section of the fair, Downtown Editions, shows limited-edition objects created by designers from the Middle East and their foreign colleagues. Designers and brands that have already gained authority, such as Aljoud Lootah, Design by Hind and Fadi Sarieddine, present the projects together with young and promising participants of Design Week in Amman, Beirut and Casablanca - Aymen Azzam, Ahmed Khouja and Soukaina Aziz El Idrissi. Together they create a picture that reflects the depth and diversity of regional design.
Andreea Braescu, Downtown Design 2018
Talata, Downtown Editions
Company Preciosa Lighting, a leading global glass manufacturer, unveiled an installation "Breath of Light" ("Breath of Light"). An interactive installation invites her to breathe life. Enough to blow once to play the perfect play of light, giving an exciting experience. Easy breathing creates a wonderful light and sound show. From your exhale, light starts to spread, covering the entire installation.
Global grad show - This is a kind of look into the future. The show features 150 promising projects from universities around the world. This is a platform for a new generation of designers representing inventions that will change and improve our tomorrow. The projects reflect pressing global issues and trends, including climate change, mass migration, data privacy and an aging population. Among the inventions there is, for example, a pen that can detect cancer cells during an operation in 10 seconds, or an electronic bracelet that will not allow a child to get lost, and it does not require a WiFi or Bluetooth connection. Particular attention is paid to the topic of artificial intelligence and automation.
The exhibition also presents the projects of the finalists of the "Progress" award - this is an award awarded by an international jury of design and innovation experts, each year it is awarded one of the Global Grad Show projects.
Abwab (from the Arabic word "door") is an architectural installation from local designers. The exhibition consists of five separate pavilions, the design of which is made of natural materials, including branches, wood and recycled paper. Each pavilion tells stories about different regions of the Middle East.
Designed by Saeed Al Madani and Hind Bind Demaitan, the Dubai Pavilion unites the past, present and future through sound, image and video research, using archival materials and personal records. Amman is represented by Hashem Zhuka and Basel Nauri, Tamara Barrage and David Hubbi are responsible for the Beirut Pavilion, Jassim Al-Nashmi, Kauter Al-Saffar and Rikardas Blazukas studied local materials and traditional techniques of Kuwait, while Lina Saleh, Ahad Alamudi and Sana Alabduleid represent the pavilion of the eastern provinces of Saudi Arabia.
Abwab 2018, Eastern provinces of KSA, Dubai Design week 2018, copyright Jalal Abuthina.
Weekend program
At the weekend, Dubai Design Week invites you to celebrate the creative holiday not only for those directly related to the industry, but also for all the residents of the city. So, part of the program will be Design souk - a festival that will combine design, trade, delicious food and interesting activities. There will also be many concert events and DJ performances.
Pop Up Studio Making space will be devoted to children's master classes, for example, on 3D printing. Workshops and performances are also planned in the studio. Tasmeem facebook, but Tashkeel will hold sessions for beginners as part of their Design + Making program in the UAE. Guests of d3 will also enjoy live music and readings, seminars from Lego and Instagram.
Circadian light synthesis - installation developed Anarchitect, located at the entrance to d3. Circadian Light Synthesis emphasizes the relationship of man with natural light - both from the sun and from the moon. In the work, various positions of the luminary are played out during the day, changes in temperature, shadow and light intensity, which resonates with human biorhythms.
Aeon (Translated from English "eternity") - the work of the famous British sculptor David Harber. The bronze sculpture appeals to the big bang theory and represents the first and last moment of the path of mankind on Earth. The energy of life explodes from the heart of the sculpture, and it is embodied in 256 gilded spikes. The author tells the story of the evolving relationship of man with the planet.
For four years, Dubai Design Week has become a platform for expressing the potential, talent and creative capabilities of foreign and local designers. Although the epicenter of the event is the Dubai Design District, the festival is much larger, with venues throughout the city, including galleries, shops, cultural and educational institutions, public spaces, universities, exhibition halls and specially created areas. As part of Dubai Design Week, the opening of the Jameel Arts Center and the holding of the first graphic design biennale in the UAE.
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