OVERVIEW:
The Highlights of Dubai Design Week 2022:
🡲 The spotlight on culture and homegrown designs at Dubai Design Week 2022
🡲 The showcase of designs that interacted and engaged at Dubai Design Week 2022
🡲 Looking Inside: Downtown Design’s Impactful Showcase during Dubai Design Week 2022
🡲 Talks, Trainings and Dialogues during Dubai Design Week 2022
🡲 Sustainability: Not an aspect but a requisite at Dubai Design Week 2022
01. The spotlight on culture and homegrown designs at Dubai Design Week 2022
This year, Dubai Design Week 2022 saw a clear focus on the culture and heritage of the Middle Eastern region. From the show-stealing ‘Once Upon A Forest’ installation, right in the middle of an intersection between the buildings to the large metal silhouettes of Al Yowlah dancers swooning with the wind, the spirit of culture formed the pulse of the event.
Installations that brought together the city’s traditional look and new-age outlook at Dubai Design Week 2022:
- OBMI’s Once Upon A Forest depicted the prominence of mangrove in Arab culture and highlighted its sustainability and longevity.
- Sara Alrayyes’ usage of nets in the Al Gargoor installation stirred the essence of fishing in the region.
- Pardgroup’s Transformation Space with Materials mimicked an Arabic-style desert souk with a colorful twist and a contemporary majlis inside.
Inside the Downtown Design tent during Dubai Design Week 2022, brands such as Home Figures, Are, Modu, Quarter Moon Studios, Trame, R’Kan Edition, Gaar, Jasmine’s Line, Halle Design, The Workshop, Karina Sukar, Jwana Hamdan, Klekktic, Form: and The Line Concept showcased designs shone light on how contemporary designers use Middle Eastern culture as muse.
Stories that stood out at Downtown Design during Dubai Design Week 2022