Dubai Design Week 2015 Guide

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

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26–31 OCT 2015

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

WHERE PASSION MEETS PURPOSE Imagine a community where the ordinary is extraordinary.

Imagine a community that hums with creative energy.

This is where creativity comes to life. This is d3.

Connect with us at 800 iamd3 and dubaidesigndistrict.com

‫حيث يلتقي‬ ‫الشغف بالهدف‬ ‫تخ َّيل مجتمعًا أبسط ما فيه يفوق المألوف‬ ‫تخ َّيل مجتمعًا تتجانس مفرداته مع الطاقات الخ َّلاقة‬ ”‫ إنه “حي دبي للتصميم‬.‫ يتحول اإلبداع إلى نمط حياة‬...‫هنا‬

:‫ أوالروابط التالية‬800 iamd3 ‫تواصلوا معنا على‬ dubaidesigndistrict.com

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

WHERE PASSION MEETS PURPOSE Imagine a community where the ordinary is extraordinary.

Imagine a community that hums with creative energy.

This is where creativity comes to life. This is d3.

Connect with us at 800 iamd3 and dubaidesigndistrict.com

‫حيث يلتقي‬ ‫الشغف بالهدف‬ ‫تخ َّيل مجتمعًا أبسط ما فيه يفوق المألوف‬ ‫تخ َّيل مجتمعًا تتجانس مفرداته مع الطاقات الخ َّلاقة‬ ”‫ إنه “حي دبي للتصميم‬.‫ يتحول اإلبداع إلى نمط حياة‬...‫هنا‬

:‫ أوالروابط التالية‬800 iamd3 ‫تواصلوا معنا على‬ dubaidesigndistrict.com

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DUBAI DESIGN WEEK 26–31 October, 2015

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

For more information visit dubaidesignweek.ae #DXBDW

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Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm.

Destination & Downtown Design

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Dubai Design District (d3) 27 October, 6pm-9pm (Trade & Public) 28-29 October, 1.30pm-6pm (Trade), 6pm-9pm (Public) 30 October, 1.30pm-9pm (Trade & Public).

Global Grad Show

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Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm.

Installations

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At Dubai Design District (d3): 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm At Al Fahidi: 26-31 October, 10am-9pm At City Walk: 26-31 October, 9am-10pm At The Beach by Meraas: 26-31 October, 9am-10pm

Talks & Workshops 124 Dubai Design District (d3) 26-31 October, see pages 126-135 for exact timings 31 October, 9am-6pm.

Workshops for Under 16s: 30 October, see pages 136-139 for exact timings

Ripe Design Market Iconic City: Brilliant Beirut

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30-31 October, 9am-6pm

Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm.

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Dubai Design District (d3)

Around the City

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26-31 October, see pages 142-169 for exact timings

BOND Creative Agency is the Dubai Design Week 2015 branding partner

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DUBAI DESIGN WEEK 26–31 October, 2015

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

For more information visit dubaidesignweek.ae #DXBDW

What to See and When 28

Abwab

Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm.

Destination & Downtown Design

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Dubai Design District (d3) 27 October, 6pm-9pm (Trade & Public) 28-29 October, 1.30pm-6pm (Trade), 6pm-9pm (Public) 30 October, 1.30pm-9pm (Trade & Public).

Global Grad Show

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Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm.

Installations

108

At Dubai Design District (d3): 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm At Al Fahidi: 26-31 October, 10am-9pm At City Walk: 26-31 October, 9am-10pm At The Beach by Meraas: 26-31 October, 9am-10pm

Talks & Workshops 124 Dubai Design District (d3) 26-31 October, see pages 126-135 for exact timings 31 October, 9am-6pm.

Workshops for Under 16s: 30 October, see pages 136-139 for exact timings

Ripe Design Market Iconic City: Brilliant Beirut

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30-31 October, 9am-6pm

Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm.

designdaysdubai.ae

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Dubai Design District (d3)

Around the City

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26-31 October, see pages 142-169 for exact timings

BOND Creative Agency is the Dubai Design Week 2015 branding partner

Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice Chairman of the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority

WELCOME WELCOME

Dubai Design Week represents the dynamic growth that the Emirate of Dubai has achieved in driving innovation, creativity and collaboration in the design sector as well as the ample opportunities that Dubai’s unique cultural disposition has to offer this significant, burgeoning industry.

As a celebration of regional and international design, the inaugural Dubai Design Week highlights the emphasis that we place in providing the creative and design community with unparalleled opportunities for growth that are possible in this field.

Hosting this flagship design event in Dubai defines our city’s credentials as a fast-emerging global creative and design capital that inspires designers from around the world, providing them with a vibrant platform for showcasing their work and fostering the next generation of regional and local design talent.

I strongly believe that design is central to any creative process; it highlights the aesthetics, character, structure and identity of all creative pursuits, which in turn contributes to the country’s rich cultural exposition.

Today, the dynamic cultural scene of Dubai offers tremendous insights not only into Arab, Islamic and Emirati perspectives in design but also into how it has welcomed international design styles to create a highly distinctive creative outlook for the city.

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DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

‫يمثل "أسبوع دبي للتصميم" االنعكاس‬ ‫للنمو الحيوي الذي حققته إمارة دبي في‬ ‫مسيرتها الطموحة نحو تشجيع االبتكار‬ ‫واإلبداع وتوثيق التعاون ضمن قطاع‬ ‫تقدمه من فرص كبيرة‬ ّ ‫ وما‬،‫التصميم‬ .‫لجميع المعنيين بهذا المجال‬

With Dubai Design Week, we are taking the lead in showcasing cutting edge global trends, in facilitating robust dialogue between design experts, and in offering accomplished professionals from around the world a sounding board to evolve and define their design identity.

The event leads to greater intercultural collaboration, and positions Dubai as city that inspires and celebrates design in all its forms. For emerging talents, Dubai Design Week provides the opportunity to meet and interact with international professionals. The rare opportunity to witness leading design creations and, in turn, discuss their work will serve as an inspiration for them to unlock their creative potential, hone their craft and develop their own design styles.

I am confident that Dubai Design Week, with culture, education and innovation as its pillars, will contribute towards achieving Dubai’s goals, to be a city of happy, creative and empowered people.

I hope you enjoy the week ahead.

Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice Chairman Dubai Culture & Arts Authority

‫ويمهد هذا الحدث الطريق أمام تعزيز‬ ‫ وسيرسخ‬،‫التعاون بين مختلف الثقافات‬ ‫مكانة دبي كمدينة تحتفي بالتصميم بكل‬ ‫ويقدم "أسبوع دبي‬ .‫توجهاته التعبيرية‬ ّ ‫للتصميم" للمواهب الناشئة فرصة اللقاء‬ ،‫والتفاعل المباشر مع الخبراء العالميين‬ ً ‫إضافة إلى مشاهدة أحدث أعمالهم‬ ً ‫حافزا لهم نحو إطالق‬ ‫ومناقشتها لتكون‬ َ ‫ملكاتهم اإلبداعية وتطوير أساليبهم‬ .‫الخاصة‬ ‫ونحن على ثقة بأن "أسبوع دبي‬ ‫ بما يحتضنه من عناصر ثقافية‬،"‫للتصميم‬ ‫ سيكون‬،‫وتعليمية وترفيهية هامة ومبتكرة‬ ً ً ‫حقيقيا للتطلعات الرامية إلى ترسيخ‬ ‫رافدا‬ ‫مكانة دبي كمدينة ينعم أهلها بالسعادة‬ ‫وتتاح أمامهم كافة فرص التطوير‬ .‫ وتزدهر فيها روح اإلبداع‬،‫والتمكين‬ ‫لطيفة بنت محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم‬ ‫نائب رئيس هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون‬

‫احتفالي ًة بأكثر التصاميم اإلقليمية‬ ‫ولكونها‬ ّ ‫ فإن الدورة األولى في‬،‫تمي ًزا‬ ّ ‫والعالمية‬ ‫"أسبوع دبي للتصميم" تسلط الضوء على‬ ‫األهمية التي نوليها لتزويد المبدعين‬ َ ‫والمصممين بفرص لتطوير‬ ‫ملكاتهم‬ ‫إن‬ َّ .‫ضمن هذا الحقل اإلبداعي المميز‬ ‫استضافة هذا الحدث الكبير في دبي هو‬ ‫خير تجسيد للمكانة المميزة التي تتمتع بها‬ ‫مدينتنا كعاصمة عالمية للتصميم واإلبداع‬ ‫تستقطب ألمع المصممين من كافة أنحاء‬ ‫حيوي ًة لعرض‬ ‫وتقدم لهم منصة‬ ،‫العالم‬ ّ ّ ‫ وهي خطوات نثق بدورها في‬،‫إبداعاتهم‬ ‫التأسيس لجيل جديد من المواهب الواعدة‬ .‫على المستويين المحلي واإلقليمي‬ ‫وال شك بأن التصميم هو جزء محوري من‬ ‫ فهو يلقي الضوء على‬،‫العملية اإلبداعية‬ ‫العناصر الجمالية ويبرز الهيكلية والشخصية‬ ‫الفنية ويرسم مالمح كافة أشكال التعبير‬ ‫ وهي المالمح التي تثري بدورها‬،‫اإلبداعي‬ ‫فإن‬ َّ ،‫ واليوم‬.‫النسيج الثقافي الفريد للدولة‬ ‫االزدهار والنمو الكبيرين اللذين يحققهما‬ ‫يقدم فرصة‬ ّ ‫المشهد الثقافي في دبي‬ ‫استثنائية للتعرف على الرؤى اإلماراتية‬ ‫الخلقة في مجال‬ ‫والعربية واإلسالمية‬ ّ ‫ وهي الرؤى التي تستقي‬،‫التصميم‬ َ ،‫األفضل من أساليب التصميم العالمية‬ ‫عمل ثقافي شديد‬ ‫مما يؤسس إلطار‬ ٍ .‫التفرد في شكله ومضمونه‬ ّ ّ "‫ونتطلع من خالل "أسبوع دبي للتصميم‬ ‫إلى تأكيد دورنا الريادي في استعراض‬ ‫ومد جسور‬ ِّ ،‫أحدث التوجهات العالمية‬ ّ ‫الحوار‬ ‫البناء وتبادل األفكار والرؤى بين خبراء‬ ‫ كما يقدم للمصممين‬،‫التصميم‬ ً ‫منطلقا‬ ‫المخضرمين من كافة أنحاء العالم‬ ‫هويتهم‬ ّ ‫نحو تطوير مهاراتهم وتأكيد‬ .‫اإلبداعية‬

‫رسالة سمو الشيخة لطيفة بنت محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم‬

WELCOME

WELCOME: PATRONAGE

‫نائب رئيس هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون‬

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Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice Chairman of the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority

WELCOME WELCOME

Dubai Design Week represents the dynamic growth that the Emirate of Dubai has achieved in driving innovation, creativity and collaboration in the design sector as well as the ample opportunities that Dubai’s unique cultural disposition has to offer this significant, burgeoning industry.

As a celebration of regional and international design, the inaugural Dubai Design Week highlights the emphasis that we place in providing the creative and design community with unparalleled opportunities for growth that are possible in this field.

Hosting this flagship design event in Dubai defines our city’s credentials as a fast-emerging global creative and design capital that inspires designers from around the world, providing them with a vibrant platform for showcasing their work and fostering the next generation of regional and local design talent.

I strongly believe that design is central to any creative process; it highlights the aesthetics, character, structure and identity of all creative pursuits, which in turn contributes to the country’s rich cultural exposition.

Today, the dynamic cultural scene of Dubai offers tremendous insights not only into Arab, Islamic and Emirati perspectives in design but also into how it has welcomed international design styles to create a highly distinctive creative outlook for the city.

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DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

‫يمثل "أسبوع دبي للتصميم" االنعكاس‬ ‫للنمو الحيوي الذي حققته إمارة دبي في‬ ‫مسيرتها الطموحة نحو تشجيع االبتكار‬ ‫واإلبداع وتوثيق التعاون ضمن قطاع‬ ‫تقدمه من فرص كبيرة‬ ّ ‫ وما‬،‫التصميم‬ .‫لجميع المعنيين بهذا المجال‬

With Dubai Design Week, we are taking the lead in showcasing cutting edge global trends, in facilitating robust dialogue between design experts, and in offering accomplished professionals from around the world a sounding board to evolve and define their design identity.

The event leads to greater intercultural collaboration, and positions Dubai as city that inspires and celebrates design in all its forms. For emerging talents, Dubai Design Week provides the opportunity to meet and interact with international professionals. The rare opportunity to witness leading design creations and, in turn, discuss their work will serve as an inspiration for them to unlock their creative potential, hone their craft and develop their own design styles.

I am confident that Dubai Design Week, with culture, education and innovation as its pillars, will contribute towards achieving Dubai’s goals, to be a city of happy, creative and empowered people.

I hope you enjoy the week ahead.

Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice Chairman Dubai Culture & Arts Authority

‫ويمهد هذا الحدث الطريق أمام تعزيز‬ ‫ وسيرسخ‬،‫التعاون بين مختلف الثقافات‬ ‫مكانة دبي كمدينة تحتفي بالتصميم بكل‬ ‫ويقدم "أسبوع دبي‬ .‫توجهاته التعبيرية‬ ّ ‫للتصميم" للمواهب الناشئة فرصة اللقاء‬ ،‫والتفاعل المباشر مع الخبراء العالميين‬ ً ‫إضافة إلى مشاهدة أحدث أعمالهم‬ ً ‫حافزا لهم نحو إطالق‬ ‫ومناقشتها لتكون‬ َ ‫ملكاتهم اإلبداعية وتطوير أساليبهم‬ .‫الخاصة‬ ‫ونحن على ثقة بأن "أسبوع دبي‬ ‫ بما يحتضنه من عناصر ثقافية‬،"‫للتصميم‬ ‫ سيكون‬،‫وتعليمية وترفيهية هامة ومبتكرة‬ ً ً ‫حقيقيا للتطلعات الرامية إلى ترسيخ‬ ‫رافدا‬ ‫مكانة دبي كمدينة ينعم أهلها بالسعادة‬ ‫وتتاح أمامهم كافة فرص التطوير‬ .‫ وتزدهر فيها روح اإلبداع‬،‫والتمكين‬ ‫لطيفة بنت محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم‬ ‫نائب رئيس هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون‬

‫احتفالي ًة بأكثر التصاميم اإلقليمية‬ ‫ولكونها‬ ّ ‫ فإن الدورة األولى في‬،‫تمي ًزا‬ ّ ‫والعالمية‬ ‫"أسبوع دبي للتصميم" تسلط الضوء على‬ ‫األهمية التي نوليها لتزويد المبدعين‬ َ ‫والمصممين بفرص لتطوير‬ ‫ملكاتهم‬ ‫إن‬ َّ .‫ضمن هذا الحقل اإلبداعي المميز‬ ‫استضافة هذا الحدث الكبير في دبي هو‬ ‫خير تجسيد للمكانة المميزة التي تتمتع بها‬ ‫مدينتنا كعاصمة عالمية للتصميم واإلبداع‬ ‫تستقطب ألمع المصممين من كافة أنحاء‬ ‫حيوي ًة لعرض‬ ‫وتقدم لهم منصة‬ ،‫العالم‬ ّ ّ ‫ وهي خطوات نثق بدورها في‬،‫إبداعاتهم‬ ‫التأسيس لجيل جديد من المواهب الواعدة‬ .‫على المستويين المحلي واإلقليمي‬ ‫وال شك بأن التصميم هو جزء محوري من‬ ‫ فهو يلقي الضوء على‬،‫العملية اإلبداعية‬ ‫العناصر الجمالية ويبرز الهيكلية والشخصية‬ ‫الفنية ويرسم مالمح كافة أشكال التعبير‬ ‫ وهي المالمح التي تثري بدورها‬،‫اإلبداعي‬ ‫فإن‬ َّ ،‫ واليوم‬.‫النسيج الثقافي الفريد للدولة‬ ‫االزدهار والنمو الكبيرين اللذين يحققهما‬ ‫يقدم فرصة‬ ّ ‫المشهد الثقافي في دبي‬ ‫استثنائية للتعرف على الرؤى اإلماراتية‬ ‫الخلقة في مجال‬ ‫والعربية واإلسالمية‬ ّ ‫ وهي الرؤى التي تستقي‬،‫التصميم‬ َ ،‫األفضل من أساليب التصميم العالمية‬ ‫عمل ثقافي شديد‬ ‫مما يؤسس إلطار‬ ٍ .‫التفرد في شكله ومضمونه‬ ّ ّ "‫ونتطلع من خالل "أسبوع دبي للتصميم‬ ‫إلى تأكيد دورنا الريادي في استعراض‬ ‫ومد جسور‬ ِّ ،‫أحدث التوجهات العالمية‬ ّ ‫الحوار‬ ‫البناء وتبادل األفكار والرؤى بين خبراء‬ ‫ كما يقدم للمصممين‬،‫التصميم‬ ً ‫منطلقا‬ ‫المخضرمين من كافة أنحاء العالم‬ ‫هويتهم‬ ّ ‫نحو تطوير مهاراتهم وتأكيد‬ .‫اإلبداعية‬

‫رسالة سمو الشيخة لطيفة بنت محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم‬

WELCOME

WELCOME: PATRONAGE

‫نائب رئيس هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون‬

WELCOME

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‫أتمنى أن تستمعوا بأسبوع دبي للتصميم‪.‬‬ ‫محمد سعيد الشحي‬ ‫المدير التنفيذي للعمليات‬ ‫لحي دبي للتصميم‬ ‫‪dubaidesigndistrict.com‬‬

‫‪We are delighted to be working‬‬ ‫‪with the Art Dubai Group‬‬ ‫‪supported by the Dubai Culture‬‬ ‫‪and Arts Authority and the Dubai‬‬ ‫‪Design and Fashion Council in‬‬ ‫‪delivering the first official Dubai‬‬ ‫‪Design Week. The region’s design‬‬ ‫‪industry has an exciting future‬‬ ‫‪and this occasion will be the‬‬ ‫‪flagship event to showcase Dubai,‬‬ ‫‪the considerable amount of talent‬‬ ‫‪located here, as well as being‬‬ ‫‪a global meeting point for the‬‬ ‫‪international design community.‬‬ ‫‪I hope you enjoy the week ahead.‬‬ ‫‪Mohammad Saeed Al Shehhi‬‬ ‫‪Chief Operating Officer, d3‬‬ ‫‪dubaidesigndistrict.com‬‬

‫‪As a dedicated community, d3‬‬ ‫‪is committed to supporting‬‬ ‫‪the sustainable growth and‬‬ ‫‪development of the design‬‬ ‫‪industry in Dubai by creating‬‬ ‫‪a living, breathing community‬‬ ‫‪that fosters innovation. We‬‬ ‫‪spoke directly to the creative‬‬ ‫‪community across the Middle‬‬ ‫‪East to ‘crowd-source’ each‬‬ ‫‪element of d3 and worked closely‬‬ ‫‪with the world’s most innovative‬‬ ‫‪architects and designers to‬‬ ‫‪ensure that the end result is‬‬ ‫‪a thriving ecosystem, where‬‬ ‫‪creative people can live, work‬‬ ‫‪and play.‬‬ ‫‪By capitalising on Dubai’s‬‬ ‫‪leadership position as the second‬‬ ‫‪largest retail destination in the‬‬ ‫‪world, d3 will continue nurturing‬‬ ‫‪the growth of the Emirate’s‬‬ ‫‪distinct design, fashion, art‬‬ ‫‪and luxury sectors, providing a‬‬ ‫‪platform from which they can‬‬ ‫‪grow their businesses and add to‬‬ ‫‪the UAE’s grass roots economy.‬‬ ‫‪Since we opened our doors to‬‬

‫‪WELCOME‬‬

‫يسعى حي دبي للتصميم لالستفادة من‬ ‫المكانة الريادية لإلمارة كونها ثاني أكبر‬ ‫وجهة في العالم لتجارة التجزئة‪،‬‬ ‫وسنواصل تشجيع نمو قطاعات التصميم‬ ‫واألزياء والسلع الفاخرة في إمارة دبي من‬ ‫خالل توفير منصة مثالية لتمكين‬ ‫الشركات من تحقيق المزيد من االزدهار‬ ‫والنمو‪ ،‬وبالتالي اإلسهام في مسيرة‬ ‫التنمية االقتصادية التي تشهدها دولة‬ ‫اإلمارات‪ .‬ومنذ اإلعالن عن انتهاء المرحلة‬ ‫األولى خالل العام الماضي‪ ،‬تم توقيع‬ ‫عقود مع أكثر من ‪ 220‬من الشركاء‬ ‫المبدعين لالنضمام إلى الحي‪ .‬وعلى‬ ‫خلفية أفق دبي المذهل‪ ،‬أبدى‬

‫يسعدنا العمل مع مجموعة (آرت دبي)‬ ‫وبدعم من هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون‪،‬‬ ‫ومجلس دبي للتصميم واألزياء لتنظيم‬ ‫أول أسبوع للتصميم في دبي‪ ،‬والذي‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫مهما لكشف المواهب‬ ‫حدثا‬ ‫سيكون‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫عالميا للعاملين في‬ ‫وتجمعا‬ ‫المحلية‬ ‫قطاع التصميم الذي ينتظره مستقبل‬ ‫مشرق في المنطقة‪ .‬ينتظر قطاع‬ ‫ً‬ ‫متميزا‪،‬‬ ‫مستقبال‬ ‫التصميم في المنطقة‬ ‫ً‬ ‫وسيشكل هذا الحدث عالمة فارقة في‬ ‫مسيرة دبي الستعراض مقوماتها‪،‬‬ ‫وتسليط الضوء على المواهب المتميزة‬ ‫فضال عن كونها نقطة‬ ‫المتواجدة فيها‪،‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫التقاء عالمية لمجتمع التصميم من جميع‬ ‫أنحاء العالم‪.‬‬

‫‪Collaboration with prestigious‬‬ ‫‪events such as Dubai Design‬‬ ‫‪Week is key to our vision of‬‬ ‫‪ensuring that d3 evolves into‬‬ ‫‪a truly integrated and global‬‬ ‫‪creative community that engages,‬‬ ‫‪inspires, and enables creative‬‬ ‫‪thinkers to thrive.‬‬

‫‪WELCOME‬‬

‫ويلتزم حي دبي للتصميم‪ ،‬الوجهة‬ ‫المتخصصة لتعزيز قطاعات التصميم‬ ‫واألزياء والسلع الفاخرة‪ ،‬بدعم التطور‬ ‫والنمو المستدام لهذه القطاعات في دبي‬ ‫من خالل توفير بيئة عمل نابضة بالحياة‪،‬‬ ‫عنوانها التميز وقوامها االبتكار‪ .‬نحن على‬ ‫تواصل مباشر ومستمر مع مجتمع اإلبداع‬ ‫من مختلف أرجاء الشرق األوسط للتوصل‬ ‫إلى فهم مستفيض حول متطلباتهم‬ ‫وضمان توفير كافة العناصر المطلوبة في‬ ‫جميع مراحل المشروع‪ .‬وقد قمنا بالعمل‬ ‫مع أبرز المصممين والمعماريين في‬ ‫العالم لتلبية متطلبات مجتمع المبدعين‬ ‫في المنطقة‪ ،‬وضمان توافر كل العوامل‬ ‫األساسية ليكون حي دبي للتصميم بيئة‬ ‫مزدهرة للمبدعين للحياة والعمل واإلبداع‪.‬‬

‫إن تعزيز تعاوننا مع الفعاليات المرموقة‬ ‫ً‬ ‫أمرا‬ ‫مثل أسبوع دبي للتصميم يعتبر‬ ‫ً‬ ‫محوريا في إطار رؤيتنا الرامية لتطوير حي‬ ‫دبي للتصميم وتحويله إلى مجمع إبداعي‬ ‫عالمي ومتكامل إلشراك وإلهام وتمكين‬ ‫المفكرين المبدعين من االزدهار‪.‬‬

‫‪WELCOME‬‬

‫ينفرد أسبوع دبي للتصميم بمفهومه‬ ‫ويشكل فرصة مثالية تسمح لجميع الزوار‬ ‫التعرف على المواهب اإلبداعية التي يزخر‬ ‫بها العالم العربي في هذا الموقع الذي‬ ‫يطمح لتعزيز مكانته كموطن لقطاع‬ ‫التصميم في منطقة الشرق األوسط‪.‬‬ ‫وكلنا حماسة الستضافة هذا الحدث الذي‬ ‫يوفر منصة جديدة للمواهب الناشئة‬ ‫والعالمية للتالقي والتواصل واإللهام‪،‬‬ ‫وبالتالي مواصلة مسيرتهم نحو تحقيق‬ ‫المزيد من التألق في عالم التصميم‪.‬‬

‫المصممون رغبة في حجز أماكنهم‬ ‫الخاصة ضمن هذا المشروع المتميز الذي‬ ‫يمتد على مساحة ‪ 21.5‬مليون قدم مربع‬ ‫من خالل تصميم بيئات مكتبية متميزة‬ ‫ضمن مجموعة كبيرة من المعارض الفنية‬ ‫ومحالت األنشطة الحرفية وأماكن تناول‬ ‫المأكوالت والمشروبات‪.‬‬

‫‪Phase 1 of d3 last year, over 220‬‬ ‫‪creative partners have signed up‬‬ ‫‪to join our community. Against a‬‬ ‫‪backdrop of the stunning Dubai‬‬ ‫‪skyline, designers have taken‬‬ ‫‪space within our 21.5 million‬‬ ‫‪square foot site and made it their‬‬ ‫‪own by creating unique office‬‬ ‫‪environments among a plethora‬‬ ‫‪of art galleries, artisanal shops‬‬ ‫‪and a unique F&B offering.‬‬

‫‪The concept of this new event‬‬ ‫‪is truly unique, offering visitors‬‬ ‫‪the chance to experience the‬‬ ‫‪Arab world’s most creative talent‬‬ ‫‪at a location that intends to‬‬ ‫‪become the Middle East’s home‬‬ ‫‪of design. We are excited to host‬‬ ‫‪a week that enables emerging‬‬ ‫‪and international talent to meet,‬‬ ‫‪collaborate and be inspired to‬‬ ‫‪continue their design journeys‬‬ ‫‪with vigor.‬‬

‫)‪Dubai Design District (d3‬‬

‫يفخر حي دبي للتصميم باستضافة أسبوع‬ ‫دبي للتصميم‪ ،‬الذي ينظم للمرة األولى‪،‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫استراتيجيا لهذا الحدث‬ ‫شريكا‬ ‫وأن يكون‬ ‫المميز في مسيرة دبي لتكون عاصمة‬ ‫التصميم والموضة والسلع الفاخرة األهم‬ ‫في العالم‪.‬‬

‫‪Dubai Design District (d3) is proud‬‬ ‫‪to be the strategic partner for the‬‬ ‫‪inaugural Dubai Design Week.‬‬ ‫‪We are delighted to host such‬‬ ‫‪a landmark moment in Dubai’s‬‬ ‫‪journey to become the emerging‬‬ ‫‪design capital of the world.‬‬

‫‪WELCOME‬‬

‫حي دبي للتصميم (‪)d3‬‬

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‫أتمنى أن تستمعوا بأسبوع دبي للتصميم‪.‬‬ ‫محمد سعيد الشحي‬ ‫المدير التنفيذي للعمليات‬ ‫لحي دبي للتصميم‬ ‫‪dubaidesigndistrict.com‬‬

‫‪We are delighted to be working‬‬ ‫‪with the Art Dubai Group‬‬ ‫‪supported by the Dubai Culture‬‬ ‫‪and Arts Authority and the Dubai‬‬ ‫‪Design and Fashion Council in‬‬ ‫‪delivering the first official Dubai‬‬ ‫‪Design Week. The region’s design‬‬ ‫‪industry has an exciting future‬‬ ‫‪and this occasion will be the‬‬ ‫‪flagship event to showcase Dubai,‬‬ ‫‪the considerable amount of talent‬‬ ‫‪located here, as well as being‬‬ ‫‪a global meeting point for the‬‬ ‫‪international design community.‬‬ ‫‪I hope you enjoy the week ahead.‬‬ ‫‪Mohammad Saeed Al Shehhi‬‬ ‫‪Chief Operating Officer, d3‬‬ ‫‪dubaidesigndistrict.com‬‬

‫‪As a dedicated community, d3‬‬ ‫‪is committed to supporting‬‬ ‫‪the sustainable growth and‬‬ ‫‪development of the design‬‬ ‫‪industry in Dubai by creating‬‬ ‫‪a living, breathing community‬‬ ‫‪that fosters innovation. We‬‬ ‫‪spoke directly to the creative‬‬ ‫‪community across the Middle‬‬ ‫‪East to ‘crowd-source’ each‬‬ ‫‪element of d3 and worked closely‬‬ ‫‪with the world’s most innovative‬‬ ‫‪architects and designers to‬‬ ‫‪ensure that the end result is‬‬ ‫‪a thriving ecosystem, where‬‬ ‫‪creative people can live, work‬‬ ‫‪and play.‬‬ ‫‪By capitalising on Dubai’s‬‬ ‫‪leadership position as the second‬‬ ‫‪largest retail destination in the‬‬ ‫‪world, d3 will continue nurturing‬‬ ‫‪the growth of the Emirate’s‬‬ ‫‪distinct design, fashion, art‬‬ ‫‪and luxury sectors, providing a‬‬ ‫‪platform from which they can‬‬ ‫‪grow their businesses and add to‬‬ ‫‪the UAE’s grass roots economy.‬‬ ‫‪Since we opened our doors to‬‬

‫‪WELCOME‬‬

‫يسعى حي دبي للتصميم لالستفادة من‬ ‫المكانة الريادية لإلمارة كونها ثاني أكبر‬ ‫وجهة في العالم لتجارة التجزئة‪،‬‬ ‫وسنواصل تشجيع نمو قطاعات التصميم‬ ‫واألزياء والسلع الفاخرة في إمارة دبي من‬ ‫خالل توفير منصة مثالية لتمكين‬ ‫الشركات من تحقيق المزيد من االزدهار‬ ‫والنمو‪ ،‬وبالتالي اإلسهام في مسيرة‬ ‫التنمية االقتصادية التي تشهدها دولة‬ ‫اإلمارات‪ .‬ومنذ اإلعالن عن انتهاء المرحلة‬ ‫األولى خالل العام الماضي‪ ،‬تم توقيع‬ ‫عقود مع أكثر من ‪ 220‬من الشركاء‬ ‫المبدعين لالنضمام إلى الحي‪ .‬وعلى‬ ‫خلفية أفق دبي المذهل‪ ،‬أبدى‬

‫يسعدنا العمل مع مجموعة (آرت دبي)‬ ‫وبدعم من هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون‪،‬‬ ‫ومجلس دبي للتصميم واألزياء لتنظيم‬ ‫أول أسبوع للتصميم في دبي‪ ،‬والذي‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫مهما لكشف المواهب‬ ‫حدثا‬ ‫سيكون‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫عالميا للعاملين في‬ ‫وتجمعا‬ ‫المحلية‬ ‫قطاع التصميم الذي ينتظره مستقبل‬ ‫مشرق في المنطقة‪ .‬ينتظر قطاع‬ ‫ً‬ ‫متميزا‪،‬‬ ‫مستقبال‬ ‫التصميم في المنطقة‬ ‫ً‬ ‫وسيشكل هذا الحدث عالمة فارقة في‬ ‫مسيرة دبي الستعراض مقوماتها‪،‬‬ ‫وتسليط الضوء على المواهب المتميزة‬ ‫فضال عن كونها نقطة‬ ‫المتواجدة فيها‪،‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫التقاء عالمية لمجتمع التصميم من جميع‬ ‫أنحاء العالم‪.‬‬

‫‪Collaboration with prestigious‬‬ ‫‪events such as Dubai Design‬‬ ‫‪Week is key to our vision of‬‬ ‫‪ensuring that d3 evolves into‬‬ ‫‪a truly integrated and global‬‬ ‫‪creative community that engages,‬‬ ‫‪inspires, and enables creative‬‬ ‫‪thinkers to thrive.‬‬

‫‪WELCOME‬‬

‫ويلتزم حي دبي للتصميم‪ ،‬الوجهة‬ ‫المتخصصة لتعزيز قطاعات التصميم‬ ‫واألزياء والسلع الفاخرة‪ ،‬بدعم التطور‬ ‫والنمو المستدام لهذه القطاعات في دبي‬ ‫من خالل توفير بيئة عمل نابضة بالحياة‪،‬‬ ‫عنوانها التميز وقوامها االبتكار‪ .‬نحن على‬ ‫تواصل مباشر ومستمر مع مجتمع اإلبداع‬ ‫من مختلف أرجاء الشرق األوسط للتوصل‬ ‫إلى فهم مستفيض حول متطلباتهم‬ ‫وضمان توفير كافة العناصر المطلوبة في‬ ‫جميع مراحل المشروع‪ .‬وقد قمنا بالعمل‬ ‫مع أبرز المصممين والمعماريين في‬ ‫العالم لتلبية متطلبات مجتمع المبدعين‬ ‫في المنطقة‪ ،‬وضمان توافر كل العوامل‬ ‫األساسية ليكون حي دبي للتصميم بيئة‬ ‫مزدهرة للمبدعين للحياة والعمل واإلبداع‪.‬‬

‫إن تعزيز تعاوننا مع الفعاليات المرموقة‬ ‫ً‬ ‫أمرا‬ ‫مثل أسبوع دبي للتصميم يعتبر‬ ‫ً‬ ‫محوريا في إطار رؤيتنا الرامية لتطوير حي‬ ‫دبي للتصميم وتحويله إلى مجمع إبداعي‬ ‫عالمي ومتكامل إلشراك وإلهام وتمكين‬ ‫المفكرين المبدعين من االزدهار‪.‬‬

‫‪WELCOME‬‬

‫ينفرد أسبوع دبي للتصميم بمفهومه‬ ‫ويشكل فرصة مثالية تسمح لجميع الزوار‬ ‫التعرف على المواهب اإلبداعية التي يزخر‬ ‫بها العالم العربي في هذا الموقع الذي‬ ‫يطمح لتعزيز مكانته كموطن لقطاع‬ ‫التصميم في منطقة الشرق األوسط‪.‬‬ ‫وكلنا حماسة الستضافة هذا الحدث الذي‬ ‫يوفر منصة جديدة للمواهب الناشئة‬ ‫والعالمية للتالقي والتواصل واإللهام‪،‬‬ ‫وبالتالي مواصلة مسيرتهم نحو تحقيق‬ ‫المزيد من التألق في عالم التصميم‪.‬‬

‫المصممون رغبة في حجز أماكنهم‬ ‫الخاصة ضمن هذا المشروع المتميز الذي‬ ‫يمتد على مساحة ‪ 21.5‬مليون قدم مربع‬ ‫من خالل تصميم بيئات مكتبية متميزة‬ ‫ضمن مجموعة كبيرة من المعارض الفنية‬ ‫ومحالت األنشطة الحرفية وأماكن تناول‬ ‫المأكوالت والمشروبات‪.‬‬

‫‪Phase 1 of d3 last year, over 220‬‬ ‫‪creative partners have signed up‬‬ ‫‪to join our community. Against a‬‬ ‫‪backdrop of the stunning Dubai‬‬ ‫‪skyline, designers have taken‬‬ ‫‪space within our 21.5 million‬‬ ‫‪square foot site and made it their‬‬ ‫‪own by creating unique office‬‬ ‫‪environments among a plethora‬‬ ‫‪of art galleries, artisanal shops‬‬ ‫‪and a unique F&B offering.‬‬

‫‪The concept of this new event‬‬ ‫‪is truly unique, offering visitors‬‬ ‫‪the chance to experience the‬‬ ‫‪Arab world’s most creative talent‬‬ ‫‪at a location that intends to‬‬ ‫‪become the Middle East’s home‬‬ ‫‪of design. We are excited to host‬‬ ‫‪a week that enables emerging‬‬ ‫‪and international talent to meet,‬‬ ‫‪collaborate and be inspired to‬‬ ‫‪continue their design journeys‬‬ ‫‪with vigor.‬‬

‫)‪Dubai Design District (d3‬‬

‫يفخر حي دبي للتصميم باستضافة أسبوع‬ ‫دبي للتصميم‪ ،‬الذي ينظم للمرة األولى‪،‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫استراتيجيا لهذا الحدث‬ ‫شريكا‬ ‫وأن يكون‬ ‫المميز في مسيرة دبي لتكون عاصمة‬ ‫التصميم والموضة والسلع الفاخرة األهم‬ ‫في العالم‪.‬‬

‫‪Dubai Design District (d3) is proud‬‬ ‫‪to be the strategic partner for the‬‬ ‫‪inaugural Dubai Design Week.‬‬ ‫‪We are delighted to host such‬‬ ‫‪a landmark moment in Dubai’s‬‬ ‫‪journey to become the emerging‬‬ ‫‪design capital of the world.‬‬

‫‪WELCOME‬‬

‫حي دبي للتصميم (‪)d3‬‬

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WELCOME WELCOME

WELCOME: THE FUTURE OF DESIGN - BRENDAN MCGETRICK

Design these days is well thought of but poorly understood. Most of us assume that a designer’s job is to make things beautifully, to elevate an ordinary object so that it sparkles. This assumption isn’t unfair but it misses something essential.

The diversity and originality of projects across Dubai Design Week reveal that the beauty of a design is often in its idea, in the impulse that the work responds to and the effectiveness of its answer. A great design delivers both a diagnosis and a cure. It identifies an unseen opportunity or unexpressed need and suggests a solution.

Dubai Design Week is not simply a showcase for beautiful objects; it is a celebration of beautiful ideas. Its enormous assortment of exhibitions, installations, and events examines design in its many forms. Some works are technologically simple, some unimaginably complex. Many are physical; some are atmospheric; a few are purely virtual. There are commercial products already on sale and visionary proposals that may never get to market.

WELCOME

Each piece of Design Week is a window to what’s happening in the world of design, whether local, regional, or international.

Together, the projects presented reveal the fascinations, fears, and ideals of the next generation of designers. But, more than that, they offer an overview of the human experience and a new toolkit for making it better.

Global Grad Show is my contribution to the rich depiction

of design being put forth at Dubai Design Week. Just as Abwab opens the door to the creativity of the MENASA region, and Destination incorporates samples of design weeks from around the world, Global Grad Show invites the world’s leading design schools and provides them a platform to exhibit their work and meet a new audience. All of these efforts respond to and draw strength from Downtown Dubai, the commercial centerpiece of Design Week and primary showcase for the kind of aesthetically adventurous products that most often spring to mind when we think of design.

Dubai Design Week is a reflection of its city’s enormous potential. Because of its position as a point of intersection, Dubai offers a level field for designers and design programs from everywhere, in a way that traditional design centres, with their established institutions and agendas, couldn't. Since the role of design is still emerging here, Dubai Design Week has the chance to establish a much richer and more inclusive interpretation that embraces imagination and inventiveness of all kinds.

Dubai is more than a city. It is a launch pad for new ideas.

It is a common ground where cultural forces meet and a tool for change. Design Week is the next step in Dubai’s improbable journey. It’s an honour to be a part.

Brendan McGetrick, Curator Global Grad Show brendan@dubaidesignweek.ae

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DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

‫نسعى من خالل «معرض الخريجين‬ ‫العالمي» إلى إغناء مشهد التصميم الثري‬ ‫الذي يطرحه ويرعاه «أسبوع دبي‬ ‫ فها هي مبادرة «أبواب» تفتح‬.»‫للتصميم‬ ‫الباب أمام اإلبداع في منطقة الشرق‬ .‫ وجنوب آسيا‬،‫ وشمال أفريقيا‬،‫األوسط‬ ‫عينات‬ ّ »‫وبدورها تتضمن «مبادرة الوجهة‬ ‫عن أسابيع التصميم من جميع أنحاء‬ ‫يتقدم «معرض الخريجين‬ ‫ وكذلك‬.‫العالم‬ ّ ‫العالمي» بالدعوة لمدارس التصميم‬ ‫الرائدة في العالم للمشاركة وعرض‬ ‫ كل هذه الجهود‬.‫لجمهور جديد‬ ‫أعمالها‬ ٍ ً ‫استجابة للدعم والتشجيع الذي‬ ‫تأتي‬ ‫يقدمه معرض «داون تاون ديزاين» على‬ ‫اعتباره المحور التجاري ضمن «أسبوع‬ ‫التصميم» والمكان األول لعرض هذا‬ ‫النوع من المنتجات الجمالية الرائعة والتي‬ ً ‫غالبا ما تتبادر إلى أذهاننا عندما نفكر‬ .‫بالتصميم‬

ً ‫مكانة كبيرة في يومنا‬ ‫يشغل التصميم‬ ‫هذا إال أن وظيفته لم تحظى بعد بالفهم‬ ‫ يفترض معظمنا أن وظيفة‬.‫الصحيح‬ ‫تتلخص في إظهار األشياء بأبهى‬ ‫المصمم‬ ّ ّ ‫عادي ومألوف‬ ‫ واالرتقاء بما هو‬،‫حلة‬ ّ ً ً ‫ليبدو ّبر‬ ‫ ال يمكن اعتبار هذا‬.‫ورائعا‬ ‫اقا‬ ‫ ولكنه يفتقد شيئا‬،‫االفتراض بالمجحف‬ ً .‫جوهريا‬

»‫هذا ويعتبر «أسبوع دبي للتصميم‬ ً ‫ حيث‬،‫انعكاسا إلمكانيات دبي الهائلة‬ ‫ من موقعها كنقطة التقاء‬-‫تقدم المدينة‬ ّ ‫ فرصة متكافئة للمصممين‬-‫وتقاطع‬ ‫ األمر‬،‫وبرامج التصميم من كل مكان‬ ‫الذي تعجز عنه مراكز التصميم التقليدية‬ .‫بمؤسساتها المخضرمة وأجنداتها الهائلة‬ ‫يمتلك «أسبوع دبي للتصميم» فرصة‬ ‫وشموال يحتضن‬ ‫غنى‬ ‫تفسير أكثر‬ ‫لتقديم‬ ً ٍ ً ‫التصورات واالبتكارات على اختالف‬ ٍ ‫منطقة ال يزال فيها دور‬ ‫أنواعها في‬ ً .‫ناشئا‬ ‫التصميم‬

‫ويتخطى «أسبوع دبي للتصميم» مجرد‬ ً ‫معرضا لألشياء الجميلة؛ فهو يحتفي‬ ‫كونه‬ ‫ مع‬،‫باألفكار الجذابة والمثيرة لالهتمام‬ ‫تشكيلة هائلة من المعارض واألعمال‬ ‫التركيبية والفعاليات التي تحاكي التصميم‬ ‫ حيث تتخذ المشاريع‬.‫بأشكاله المتعددة‬ ‫أشكاال عديدة؛‬ ‫المشاركة في المعرض‬ ً ،‫بعضها بسيط من الناحية التقنية‬ ٍ ‫لدرجة يصعب‬ ‫معقد‬ ‫والبعض اآلخر‬ ٌ ‫ فالمشاريع في معظمها تأخذ‬.‫تصورها‬ ً ّ ‫ أما‬،‫ماديا‬ ‫المتبقية فهي‬ ‫القلة‬ ‫شكال‬ ّ ً ‫ فهناك منتجات تجارية جاهزة‬.‫نظرية بحتة‬ ّ ‫تجسد مقترحات نظرية حالمة‬ ‫للبيع وأخرى‬ ّ .‫ال يستوعبها السوق‬

‫وبذلك نجد دبي تتجاوز كونها مجرد مدينة؛‬ ‫لتكون منصة ونقطة انطالق لألفكار‬ ‫ إنها أرضية مشتركة تلتقي فيه‬.‫الجديدة‬ .‫ كما أنها أداة للتغيير‬،‫القوى الثقافية‬ ‫يعتبر «أسبوع التصميم» الخطوة التالية‬ ‫في رحلة دبي التي تنطوي على الكثير من‬ ‫ وإنه لشرف كبير لي أن أكون‬.‫التحديات‬ ً .‫جزءا منها‬ ،‫بريندن مك غيتريك‬ ‫الخريجين العالمي‬ ّ ّ ‫القيم الفني في معرض‬ brendan@dubaidesignweek.ae

‫تنوع وأصالة المشاريع في‬ ّ ‫يعكس‬ ‫«أسبوع دبي للتصميم» حقيقة أن جمال‬ ‫التصميم في معظم األحيان يكمن‬ ‫ وفي الدافع الذي‬،‫بالفكرة التي يقدمها‬ ‫ينطوي عليه العمل؛ أي مدى فعاليته‬ .‫واستجابته للغرض الذي صمم من أجله‬ ‫فالتصميم الرائع هو ذاك الذي ينجح في‬ ‫تقديم التشخيص والعالج من خالل تحديد‬ ‫الفرص الجديدة أو الحاجات غير المتوقعة‬ .‫واقتراح الحلول‬

ّ ‫يشكل المعرض بكل مكنوناته نافذة‬ ‫لعرض أحدث التطورات في عالم‬ .‫ والعالمي‬،‫اإلقليمي‬ ،‫المحلي‬ ‫التصميم‬ ّ ّ ‫وتكشف المشاريع المقدمة عن‬ ‫ومثل الجيل القادم‬ ُ ،‫ ومخاوف‬،‫اهتمامات‬ ‫تقدم‬ ّ ‫ فإنها‬،‫ وعالوةً عليه‬.‫من المصممين‬ ،‫لمحة عامة عن التجربة اإلنسانية‬ ‫ومجموعة أدوات جديدة بهدف‬ .‫بها‬ ‫االرتقاء‬

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WELCOME: THE FUTURE OF DESIGN - BRENDAN MCGETRICK

Design these days is well thought of but poorly understood. Most of us assume that a designer’s job is to make things beautifully, to elevate an ordinary object so that it sparkles. This assumption isn’t unfair but it misses something essential.

The diversity and originality of projects across Dubai Design Week reveal that the beauty of a design is often in its idea, in the impulse that the work responds to and the effectiveness of its answer. A great design delivers both a diagnosis and a cure. It identifies an unseen opportunity or unexpressed need and suggests a solution.

Dubai Design Week is not simply a showcase for beautiful objects; it is a celebration of beautiful ideas. Its enormous assortment of exhibitions, installations, and events examines design in its many forms. Some works are technologically simple, some unimaginably complex. Many are physical; some are atmospheric; a few are purely virtual. There are commercial products already on sale and visionary proposals that may never get to market.

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Each piece of Design Week is a window to what’s happening in the world of design, whether local, regional, or international.

Together, the projects presented reveal the fascinations, fears, and ideals of the next generation of designers. But, more than that, they offer an overview of the human experience and a new toolkit for making it better.

Global Grad Show is my contribution to the rich depiction

of design being put forth at Dubai Design Week. Just as Abwab opens the door to the creativity of the MENASA region, and Destination incorporates samples of design weeks from around the world, Global Grad Show invites the world’s leading design schools and provides them a platform to exhibit their work and meet a new audience. All of these efforts respond to and draw strength from Downtown Dubai, the commercial centerpiece of Design Week and primary showcase for the kind of aesthetically adventurous products that most often spring to mind when we think of design.

Dubai Design Week is a reflection of its city’s enormous potential. Because of its position as a point of intersection, Dubai offers a level field for designers and design programs from everywhere, in a way that traditional design centres, with their established institutions and agendas, couldn't. Since the role of design is still emerging here, Dubai Design Week has the chance to establish a much richer and more inclusive interpretation that embraces imagination and inventiveness of all kinds.

Dubai is more than a city. It is a launch pad for new ideas.

It is a common ground where cultural forces meet and a tool for change. Design Week is the next step in Dubai’s improbable journey. It’s an honour to be a part.

Brendan McGetrick, Curator Global Grad Show brendan@dubaidesignweek.ae

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‫نسعى من خالل «معرض الخريجين‬ ‫العالمي» إلى إغناء مشهد التصميم الثري‬ ‫الذي يطرحه ويرعاه «أسبوع دبي‬ ‫ فها هي مبادرة «أبواب» تفتح‬.»‫للتصميم‬ ‫الباب أمام اإلبداع في منطقة الشرق‬ .‫ وجنوب آسيا‬،‫ وشمال أفريقيا‬،‫األوسط‬ ‫عينات‬ ّ »‫وبدورها تتضمن «مبادرة الوجهة‬ ‫عن أسابيع التصميم من جميع أنحاء‬ ‫يتقدم «معرض الخريجين‬ ‫ وكذلك‬.‫العالم‬ ّ ‫العالمي» بالدعوة لمدارس التصميم‬ ‫الرائدة في العالم للمشاركة وعرض‬ ‫ كل هذه الجهود‬.‫لجمهور جديد‬ ‫أعمالها‬ ٍ ً ‫استجابة للدعم والتشجيع الذي‬ ‫تأتي‬ ‫يقدمه معرض «داون تاون ديزاين» على‬ ‫اعتباره المحور التجاري ضمن «أسبوع‬ ‫التصميم» والمكان األول لعرض هذا‬ ‫النوع من المنتجات الجمالية الرائعة والتي‬ ً ‫غالبا ما تتبادر إلى أذهاننا عندما نفكر‬ .‫بالتصميم‬

ً ‫مكانة كبيرة في يومنا‬ ‫يشغل التصميم‬ ‫هذا إال أن وظيفته لم تحظى بعد بالفهم‬ ‫ يفترض معظمنا أن وظيفة‬.‫الصحيح‬ ‫تتلخص في إظهار األشياء بأبهى‬ ‫المصمم‬ ّ ّ ‫عادي ومألوف‬ ‫ واالرتقاء بما هو‬،‫حلة‬ ّ ً ً ‫ليبدو ّبر‬ ‫ ال يمكن اعتبار هذا‬.‫ورائعا‬ ‫اقا‬ ‫ ولكنه يفتقد شيئا‬،‫االفتراض بالمجحف‬ ً .‫جوهريا‬

»‫هذا ويعتبر «أسبوع دبي للتصميم‬ ً ‫ حيث‬،‫انعكاسا إلمكانيات دبي الهائلة‬ ‫ من موقعها كنقطة التقاء‬-‫تقدم المدينة‬ ّ ‫ فرصة متكافئة للمصممين‬-‫وتقاطع‬ ‫ األمر‬،‫وبرامج التصميم من كل مكان‬ ‫الذي تعجز عنه مراكز التصميم التقليدية‬ .‫بمؤسساتها المخضرمة وأجنداتها الهائلة‬ ‫يمتلك «أسبوع دبي للتصميم» فرصة‬ ‫وشموال يحتضن‬ ‫غنى‬ ‫تفسير أكثر‬ ‫لتقديم‬ ً ٍ ً ‫التصورات واالبتكارات على اختالف‬ ٍ ‫منطقة ال يزال فيها دور‬ ‫أنواعها في‬ ً .‫ناشئا‬ ‫التصميم‬

‫ويتخطى «أسبوع دبي للتصميم» مجرد‬ ً ‫معرضا لألشياء الجميلة؛ فهو يحتفي‬ ‫كونه‬ ‫ مع‬،‫باألفكار الجذابة والمثيرة لالهتمام‬ ‫تشكيلة هائلة من المعارض واألعمال‬ ‫التركيبية والفعاليات التي تحاكي التصميم‬ ‫ حيث تتخذ المشاريع‬.‫بأشكاله المتعددة‬ ‫أشكاال عديدة؛‬ ‫المشاركة في المعرض‬ ً ،‫بعضها بسيط من الناحية التقنية‬ ٍ ‫لدرجة يصعب‬ ‫معقد‬ ‫والبعض اآلخر‬ ٌ ‫ فالمشاريع في معظمها تأخذ‬.‫تصورها‬ ً ّ ‫ أما‬،‫ماديا‬ ‫المتبقية فهي‬ ‫القلة‬ ‫شكال‬ ّ ً ‫ فهناك منتجات تجارية جاهزة‬.‫نظرية بحتة‬ ّ ‫تجسد مقترحات نظرية حالمة‬ ‫للبيع وأخرى‬ ّ .‫ال يستوعبها السوق‬

‫وبذلك نجد دبي تتجاوز كونها مجرد مدينة؛‬ ‫لتكون منصة ونقطة انطالق لألفكار‬ ‫ إنها أرضية مشتركة تلتقي فيه‬.‫الجديدة‬ .‫ كما أنها أداة للتغيير‬،‫القوى الثقافية‬ ‫يعتبر «أسبوع التصميم» الخطوة التالية‬ ‫في رحلة دبي التي تنطوي على الكثير من‬ ‫ وإنه لشرف كبير لي أن أكون‬.‫التحديات‬ ً .‫جزءا منها‬ ،‫بريندن مك غيتريك‬ ‫الخريجين العالمي‬ ّ ّ ‫القيم الفني في معرض‬ brendan@dubaidesignweek.ae

‫تنوع وأصالة المشاريع في‬ ّ ‫يعكس‬ ‫«أسبوع دبي للتصميم» حقيقة أن جمال‬ ‫التصميم في معظم األحيان يكمن‬ ‫ وفي الدافع الذي‬،‫بالفكرة التي يقدمها‬ ‫ينطوي عليه العمل؛ أي مدى فعاليته‬ .‫واستجابته للغرض الذي صمم من أجله‬ ‫فالتصميم الرائع هو ذاك الذي ينجح في‬ ‫تقديم التشخيص والعالج من خالل تحديد‬ ‫الفرص الجديدة أو الحاجات غير المتوقعة‬ .‫واقتراح الحلول‬

ّ ‫يشكل المعرض بكل مكنوناته نافذة‬ ‫لعرض أحدث التطورات في عالم‬ .‫ والعالمي‬،‫اإلقليمي‬ ،‫المحلي‬ ‫التصميم‬ ّ ّ ‫وتكشف المشاريع المقدمة عن‬ ‫ومثل الجيل القادم‬ ُ ،‫ ومخاوف‬،‫اهتمامات‬ ‫تقدم‬ ّ ‫ فإنها‬،‫ وعالوةً عليه‬.‫من المصممين‬ ،‫لمحة عامة عن التجربة اإلنسانية‬ ‫ومجموعة أدوات جديدة بهدف‬ .‫بها‬ ‫االرتقاء‬

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Dubai Culture & Arts Authority

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WELCOME: DUBAI CULTURE & ARTS AUTHORITY

Dubai Culture represents the city’s soul, celebrates its identity, promotes cultural exchange & innovation, and positions Dubai on the global cultural map. Its initiatives are aligned with the Dubai Plan 2021 to achieve a city of happy, creative and empowered people.

others. Other key initiatives are: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Patrons of the Arts Awards; Dubai International Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition; Dubai Festival for Youth Theatre; and Dubai Next, a collective of highly interactive discussions and cultural talks.

Dubai Culture provides a significant platform for driving artistic diversity and innovation regionally and globally, and plays a pivotal role in driving awareness and strengthening the Emirati heritage.

Dubai Culture’s Strategic Projects include: The Dubai Metro Museum Project, in collaboration with the Roads & Transport Authority, to transform six Dubai Metro stations into museums; Al Maktoum Hospital Museum that chronicles the historical evolution of the first hospital in Dubai; and projects for the Beautification of Dubai.

Dubai Culture Initiatives include the Dubai Art Season comprising diverse activities including: SIKKA Art Fair, Design Days Dubai, Art Dubai; and Middle East Film & Comic Con, among

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‫"هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون" (دبي‬ ‫للثقافة) هي الهيئة المعنية بشؤون‬ ‫ وقد تم‬،‫الثقافة والتراث في اإلمارة‬ ‫ من قبل‬2008 ‫ مارس‬8 ‫تأسيسها في‬ ‫صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل‬ ‫ نائب رئيس الدولة رئيس مجلس‬،‫مكتوم‬ .‫ رعاه الله‬،‫الوزراء حاكم دبي‬

The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated authority for heritage and culture, was launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai on March 8, 2008.

Dubai Culture’s Arts Services portfolio comprises multifaceted services to identify, encourage, nurture, and build Emirati talent across the four main disciplines of arts including visual arts, performing arts, film, and literature.

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Dubai Culture also manages a portfolio of eight Dubai Public Library branches as well as 17 key heritage sites. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Dubai Culture has launched cultural centres at six public schools, to strengthen the awareness on Emirati heritage. dubaiculture.gov.ae

‫لألفالم والقصص المصورة (كوميك‬ ‫كون)"؛ إضافة إلى "جائزة الشيخ محمد‬ "‫بن راشد آل مكتوم لداعمي الفنون‬ "‫و"معرض دبي الدولي للخط العربي‬ ‫و"مهرجان دبي لمسرح الشباب" وجلسات‬ .‫"دبي قادمة" الثقافية التفاعلية‬ ‫كما تشمل قائمة المشاريع االستراتيجية‬ ،"‫للهيئة مشروع "متحف مترو دبي‬ ‫بالتعاون مع هيئة الطرق والمواصالت‬ ‫ بهدف تحويل ست من محطات‬،‫في دبي‬ ‫المترو إلى متاحف؛ و"متحف مستشفى‬ ّ ‫آل مكتوم" الذي‬ ‫يوثق مراحل تطور أول‬ ‫مستشفى نظامي في دبي؛ ومشروع‬ .‫تجميل مرافق دبي‬ ‫وتتولى "دبي للثقافة" إدارة مكتبة دبي‬ ً 17 ‫إضافة إلى‬ ،‫العامة بفروعها الثمانية‬ ً ً ً ‫ ومن‬.‫وتاريخيا في المدينة‬ ‫تراثيا‬ ‫موقعا‬ ‫ أطلقت‬،‫خالل تعاونها مع وزارة التعليم‬ ‫الهيئة مراكز التنمية التراثية في ست‬ ‫ لتعزيز وعي التالميذ‬،‫مدارس حكومية‬ .‫اإلماراتيين واهتمامهم بتراثهم الوطني‬ dubaiculture.gov.ae

ّ ‫تمثل "دبي للثقافة" روح المدينة وتحرص‬ ‫باستمرار على االحتفاء بهويتها الثقافية‬ ‫ بالتزامن مع مد جسور الحوار‬،‫الفريدة‬ ّ ،‫البناء بين الثقافات وتشجيع االبتكار‬ ‫لتأكيد الموقع المميز لدبي ضمن المشهد‬ ‫ وتنسجم مبادرات الهيئة‬.‫الثقافي العالمي‬ ‫في مضمونها وأهدافها مع خطة دبي‬ ‫ الرامية إلى ترسيخ مكانة دبي‬2021 ‫ ويحظون‬،‫كمدينة يعيش أهلها سعداء‬ ‫ وتحفل‬،‫بفرص تتيح لهم تطوير ذواتهم‬ .‫جنباتها بالروح اإلبداعية المميزة‬ ‫وتقدم "دبي للثقافة" منصة هامة إلثراء‬ ّ ‫التنوع الفني واالبتكار على المستويين‬ ‫ وتساهم بدور‬،‫اإلقليمي والعالمي‬ ‫جوهري في تسليط الضوء على غنى‬ .‫التراث الثقافي واإلبداعي اإلماراتي‬ ‫ومن خالل محفظة الخدمات المتكاملة‬ ‫ تعمل "دبي للثقافة" على‬،‫التي تقدمها‬ ‫اكتشاف المواهب اإلماراتية الواعدة‬ ً ‫قدما نحو‬ ‫ورعايتها وتشجيعها للمضي‬ ‫إنجاز إبداعات مميزة في أربعة مجاالت‬ ‫رئيسية تشمل الفنون البصرية وفنون‬ .‫األداء واألفالم واآلداب‬ ‫كال من‬ ً "‫وتتضمن مبادرات "دبي للثقافة‬ ‫"موسم دبي الفني" الذي يشمل "معرض‬ "‫ دبي‬-‫ و"أيام التصميم‬،"‫سكة الفني‬ ‫و"آرت دبي" و"معرض الشرق األوسط‬

‫هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون‬

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Dubai Culture represents the city’s soul, celebrates its identity, promotes cultural exchange & innovation, and positions Dubai on the global cultural map. Its initiatives are aligned with the Dubai Plan 2021 to achieve a city of happy, creative and empowered people.

others. Other key initiatives are: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Patrons of the Arts Awards; Dubai International Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition; Dubai Festival for Youth Theatre; and Dubai Next, a collective of highly interactive discussions and cultural talks.

Dubai Culture provides a significant platform for driving artistic diversity and innovation regionally and globally, and plays a pivotal role in driving awareness and strengthening the Emirati heritage.

Dubai Culture’s Strategic Projects include: The Dubai Metro Museum Project, in collaboration with the Roads & Transport Authority, to transform six Dubai Metro stations into museums; Al Maktoum Hospital Museum that chronicles the historical evolution of the first hospital in Dubai; and projects for the Beautification of Dubai.

Dubai Culture Initiatives include the Dubai Art Season comprising diverse activities including: SIKKA Art Fair, Design Days Dubai, Art Dubai; and Middle East Film & Comic Con, among

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‫"هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون" (دبي‬ ‫للثقافة) هي الهيئة المعنية بشؤون‬ ‫ وقد تم‬،‫الثقافة والتراث في اإلمارة‬ ‫ من قبل‬2008 ‫ مارس‬8 ‫تأسيسها في‬ ‫صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل‬ ‫ نائب رئيس الدولة رئيس مجلس‬،‫مكتوم‬ .‫ رعاه الله‬،‫الوزراء حاكم دبي‬

The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated authority for heritage and culture, was launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai on March 8, 2008.

Dubai Culture’s Arts Services portfolio comprises multifaceted services to identify, encourage, nurture, and build Emirati talent across the four main disciplines of arts including visual arts, performing arts, film, and literature.

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Dubai Culture also manages a portfolio of eight Dubai Public Library branches as well as 17 key heritage sites. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Dubai Culture has launched cultural centres at six public schools, to strengthen the awareness on Emirati heritage. dubaiculture.gov.ae

‫لألفالم والقصص المصورة (كوميك‬ ‫كون)"؛ إضافة إلى "جائزة الشيخ محمد‬ "‫بن راشد آل مكتوم لداعمي الفنون‬ "‫و"معرض دبي الدولي للخط العربي‬ ‫و"مهرجان دبي لمسرح الشباب" وجلسات‬ .‫"دبي قادمة" الثقافية التفاعلية‬ ‫كما تشمل قائمة المشاريع االستراتيجية‬ ،"‫للهيئة مشروع "متحف مترو دبي‬ ‫بالتعاون مع هيئة الطرق والمواصالت‬ ‫ بهدف تحويل ست من محطات‬،‫في دبي‬ ‫المترو إلى متاحف؛ و"متحف مستشفى‬ ّ ‫آل مكتوم" الذي‬ ‫يوثق مراحل تطور أول‬ ‫مستشفى نظامي في دبي؛ ومشروع‬ .‫تجميل مرافق دبي‬ ‫وتتولى "دبي للثقافة" إدارة مكتبة دبي‬ ً 17 ‫إضافة إلى‬ ،‫العامة بفروعها الثمانية‬ ً ً ً ‫ ومن‬.‫وتاريخيا في المدينة‬ ‫تراثيا‬ ‫موقعا‬ ‫ أطلقت‬،‫خالل تعاونها مع وزارة التعليم‬ ‫الهيئة مراكز التنمية التراثية في ست‬ ‫ لتعزيز وعي التالميذ‬،‫مدارس حكومية‬ .‫اإلماراتيين واهتمامهم بتراثهم الوطني‬ dubaiculture.gov.ae

ّ ‫تمثل "دبي للثقافة" روح المدينة وتحرص‬ ‫باستمرار على االحتفاء بهويتها الثقافية‬ ‫ بالتزامن مع مد جسور الحوار‬،‫الفريدة‬ ّ ،‫البناء بين الثقافات وتشجيع االبتكار‬ ‫لتأكيد الموقع المميز لدبي ضمن المشهد‬ ‫ وتنسجم مبادرات الهيئة‬.‫الثقافي العالمي‬ ‫في مضمونها وأهدافها مع خطة دبي‬ ‫ الرامية إلى ترسيخ مكانة دبي‬2021 ‫ ويحظون‬،‫كمدينة يعيش أهلها سعداء‬ ‫ وتحفل‬،‫بفرص تتيح لهم تطوير ذواتهم‬ .‫جنباتها بالروح اإلبداعية المميزة‬ ‫وتقدم "دبي للثقافة" منصة هامة إلثراء‬ ّ ‫التنوع الفني واالبتكار على المستويين‬ ‫ وتساهم بدور‬،‫اإلقليمي والعالمي‬ ‫جوهري في تسليط الضوء على غنى‬ .‫التراث الثقافي واإلبداعي اإلماراتي‬ ‫ومن خالل محفظة الخدمات المتكاملة‬ ‫ تعمل "دبي للثقافة" على‬،‫التي تقدمها‬ ‫اكتشاف المواهب اإلماراتية الواعدة‬ ً ‫قدما نحو‬ ‫ورعايتها وتشجيعها للمضي‬ ‫إنجاز إبداعات مميزة في أربعة مجاالت‬ ‫رئيسية تشمل الفنون البصرية وفنون‬ .‫األداء واألفالم واآلداب‬ ‫كال من‬ ً "‫وتتضمن مبادرات "دبي للثقافة‬ ‫"موسم دبي الفني" الذي يشمل "معرض‬ "‫ دبي‬-‫ و"أيام التصميم‬،"‫سكة الفني‬ ‫و"آرت دبي" و"معرض الشرق األوسط‬

‫هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون‬

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Dubai Design Week is owned and managed by Art Dubai fair FZ LLC (The Art Dubai Group), a joint venture company between the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Middle East Fairs Ltd.

to exhibit their works at fairs and beyond. In addition, its thought-leadership programs have promoted Dubai as a centre for knowledge and innovation in the creative industries in the Middle East.

For the past decade, the Art Dubai Group has played a key role in the Emirate’s journey towards becoming a leading global destination for arts and design through producing the highly successfully and internationally recognised annual art and design fairs - Art Dubai, Design Days Dubai and Downtown Design. Dubai Design Week joins Art Week as the company’s second city-wide festival that are collaborative ventures, showcasing a broad programme of creative and cultural events and programming across Dubai, the UAE and beyond. Together, these Art Dubai Group run fairs and festivals help to shine the international spotlight on Dubai and position the city as an international destination of culture.

By working with its key stakeholders, both government and corporate, The Art Dubai Group continues to be key catalyst in the growth of Dubai’s creative industries.

The Art Dubai Group also runs the most extensive non– commercial programme of any art or design fair worldwide through education and commissioning local designers and artists: To date, more than 5,000 people, including over 3,000 children, have taken part in its education programmes in art and design and over 100 artists and designers have received commissions, offering them the opportunity

artdubai.ae artsalon.ae artweek.ae designdaysdubai.ae downtowndesign.com globalgradshow.com Art Dubai Group Initiatives:

GALLERIES: CONTEMPORARY, MODERN, MARKER: THE PHILIPPINES • GLOBAL ART FORUM • THE ABRAAJ GROUP ART PRIZE • ART DUBAI PROJECTS: COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES, FILM,RADIO • EDUCATION Ten years ago, Pluto the planet became Pluto the dwarf planet. In 2016, Art Dubai celebrates its tenth edition.

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Dubai Design Week is owned and managed by Art Dubai fair FZ LLC (The Art Dubai Group), a joint venture company between the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Middle East Fairs Ltd.

to exhibit their works at fairs and beyond. In addition, its thought-leadership programs have promoted Dubai as a centre for knowledge and innovation in the creative industries in the Middle East.

For the past decade, the Art Dubai Group has played a key role in the Emirate’s journey towards becoming a leading global destination for arts and design through producing the highly successfully and internationally recognised annual art and design fairs - Art Dubai, Design Days Dubai and Downtown Design. Dubai Design Week joins Art Week as the company’s second city-wide festival that are collaborative ventures, showcasing a broad programme of creative and cultural events and programming across Dubai, the UAE and beyond. Together, these Art Dubai Group run fairs and festivals help to shine the international spotlight on Dubai and position the city as an international destination of culture.

By working with its key stakeholders, both government and corporate, The Art Dubai Group continues to be key catalyst in the growth of Dubai’s creative industries.

The Art Dubai Group also runs the most extensive non– commercial programme of any art or design fair worldwide through education and commissioning local designers and artists: To date, more than 5,000 people, including over 3,000 children, have taken part in its education programmes in art and design and over 100 artists and designers have received commissions, offering them the opportunity

artdubai.ae artsalon.ae artweek.ae designdaysdubai.ae downtowndesign.com globalgradshow.com Art Dubai Group Initiatives:

GALLERIES: CONTEMPORARY, MODERN, MARKER: THE PHILIPPINES • GLOBAL ART FORUM • THE ABRAAJ GROUP ART PRIZE • ART DUBAI PROJECTS: COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES, FILM,RADIO • EDUCATION Ten years ago, Pluto the planet became Pluto the dwarf planet. In 2016, Art Dubai celebrates its tenth edition.

Dubai Design and Fashion Council

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"‫تأسس "مجلس دبي للتصميم واألزياء‬ ‫بناء على مرسوم تنفيذي‬ ً 2014 ‫في العام‬ ‫ بهدف االرتقاء‬،‫صادر عن حكومة دبي‬ ‫بمكانة دبي كوجهة إقليمية وعالمية‬ ‫ تستقطب وتطور‬،‫للتصميم واألزياء‬ ‫المواهب المحلية واإلقليمية وتنشيء‬ ‫صناعة مستدامة تدعم قطاعي التجارة‬ .‫والسياحة‬

The Dubai Design and Fashion Council (DDFC) was established by the Dubai Government in 2014 to promote Dubai as a hub for fashion and design, attract and develop local and regional talent and create a sustainable industry that stimulates trade and tourism.

Through educational outreach and mentorship programmes, DDFC offers support to emerging designers and talent.

By hosting a range of activities such as monthly DDFC Talks and the Urban Majlis discussion forum, DDFC unites the region’s design industry to share skills, debate and exchange ideas. To recognize excellence within the industry and support emerging designers and talent, DDFC supports a series of awards in partnership with leading organizations, including our own Style.com/Arabia – DDFC Fashion Prize and the global International Woolmark Prize, in addition to the upcoming Vogue Fashion Dubai Experience.

Grassroots level engagement and education is key to establishing a long term and sustainable design industry and DDFC is actively initiating impactful programs. Through working closely with the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) and UAE universities, structured design education programmes and workshops for school children and students are being developed and rolled out.

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skilled workforce that meets the needs of the growing design industry in the region, DDFC has initiated the Dubai School of Design which is set to be launched in the near future.

Aligned with our mandate to establish Dubai as the Region’s leading voice in the field of design and fashion, an integral aspect of DDFC’s work involves creating thought-leadership papers and studies that can be recognized globally such as the MENA Design Outlook. This groundbreaking research, which will be announced at a press conference during the inaugural edition of Dubai Design Week, for the first time investigates and analyses the Middle East’s design industry, benchmarking the state of design businesses today and identifying emerging trends.

DDFC is proud to be supporting Dubai Design Week which will provide a global platform for regional talent. This initiative marks a pivotal point in establishing a world-class design community in Dubai and being the catalyst that elevates the emirate’s design industry to the international stage.

‫وبالتوازي مع التزام مجلس دبي للتصميم‬ ‫واألزياء للترويج لدبي كوجهة للتصميم‬ ‫ يوفر‬،‫واألزياء على مستوى المنطقة‬ ً ‫أيضا دراسات وأبحاث معترف‬ ‫المجلس‬ ً ‫عالميا حول الفكر القيادي من أبرزها‬ ‫بها‬ ‫"تقرير آفاق التصميم في الشرق األوسط‬ ‫ وهو التقرير الذي سيتم‬."‫وشمال أفريقيا‬ ‫اإلعالن عنه في مؤتمر صحفي خالل‬ ،‫الدورة االفتتاحية ألسبوع دبي للتصميم‬ ‫والذي سيقدم معلومات تحليلية حول‬ ‫واقع قطاع التصميم في منطقة الشرق‬ ‫ كما سيسلط الضوء على وضع‬،‫األوسط‬ ‫شركات التصميم في الوقت الراهن‬ ‫وسيحدد االتجاهات الناشئة في‬ .‫القطاع‬ ‫هذا‬ ‫ويفخر مجلس دبي للتصميم واألزياء‬ ‫بدعم أسبوع دبي للتصميم الذي سيوفر‬ ‫ وتمثل‬.‫منصة عالمية للمواهب اإلقليمية‬ ‫هذه المبادرة نقطة محورية تسهم في‬ ‫وضع القواعد األساسية إلنشاء مجتمع‬ ‫تصميم من الطراز العالمي في دبي يلعب‬ ‫دوره التحفيزي في تطوير قطاع التصميم‬ .‫وصوال إلى العالمية‬ ‫في اإلمارة‬ ً

‫ويقدم مجلس دبي للتصميم واألزياء‬ ‫الدعم للمصممين والمواهب الناشئة من‬ ‫خالل مجموعة من برامج التواصل‬ ‫ كما يجمع المجلس‬.‫التعليمية واإلرشادية‬ ‫العاملين والمهتمين بقطاع التصميم من‬ ‫حول المنطقة عبر استضافة مجموعة من‬ ‫األنشطة مثل حوارات مجلس دبي‬ ‫للتصميم واألزياء ومنتدى النقاش‬ ‫ وذلك لتبادل‬،"‫"المجلس الحضري‬ ‫ وتفعيل الحوار ومشاركة‬،‫المهارات‬ ‫ وبهدف التميز في هذا القطاع‬.‫األفكار‬ ،‫ودعم المصممين والمواهب الناشئة‬ ‫يدعم المجلس مجموعة من الجوائز‬ ‫باالشتراك مع عدد من المؤسسات‬ ‫ من بينها جائزة األزياء المقدمة من‬،‫الرائدة‬ ‫ ومجلس دبي‬Style.com/Arabia ‫ وجائزة وولمارك‬،‫للتصميم واألزياء‬ ‫ باإلضافة إلى "تجربة الموضة‬،‫العالمية‬ ‫من فوغ في دبي" التي ستقام في‬ .‫الحق‬ ‫وقت‬ ‫ويعتبر تفعيل دور ومشاركة المواهب‬ ً ً ‫جوهريا لتأسيس‬ ‫أمرا‬ ‫الناشئة والتعليم‬ ،‫صناعة تصميم طويلة األجل ومستدامة‬ ‫ولطالما بادر مجلس دبي للتصميم‬ .‫واألزياء بتنفيذ برامج تخدم هذا الهدف‬ ‫ويعمل المجلس بشكل وثيق مع هيئة‬ )KHDA( ‫المعرفة والتنمية البشرية‬ ‫والمؤسسات التعليمية والجامعات‬ ‫اإلماراتية لتطوير وتنفيذ برامج تعليمية‬ ‫وورش عمل متخصصة للطالب في مجال‬ ‫ ولضمان‬،‫ وباإلضافة إلى ذلك‬.‫التصميم‬ ‫تحقيق هدف دبي الساعي لبناء مجتمع‬ ‫تصميم مؤهل وماهر يستطيع تلبية‬ ‫احتياجات صناعة التصميم المتنامية في‬ ‫ أنشأ مجلس دبي للتصميم‬،‫المنطقة‬ ‫ والتي من‬،‫واألزياء كلية دبي للتصميم‬ .‫المقرر أن تنطلق في المستقبل القريب‬

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"‫تأسس "مجلس دبي للتصميم واألزياء‬ ‫بناء على مرسوم تنفيذي‬ ً 2014 ‫في العام‬ ‫ بهدف االرتقاء‬،‫صادر عن حكومة دبي‬ ‫بمكانة دبي كوجهة إقليمية وعالمية‬ ‫ تستقطب وتطور‬،‫للتصميم واألزياء‬ ‫المواهب المحلية واإلقليمية وتنشيء‬ ‫صناعة مستدامة تدعم قطاعي التجارة‬ .‫والسياحة‬

The Dubai Design and Fashion Council (DDFC) was established by the Dubai Government in 2014 to promote Dubai as a hub for fashion and design, attract and develop local and regional talent and create a sustainable industry that stimulates trade and tourism.

Through educational outreach and mentorship programmes, DDFC offers support to emerging designers and talent.

By hosting a range of activities such as monthly DDFC Talks and the Urban Majlis discussion forum, DDFC unites the region’s design industry to share skills, debate and exchange ideas. To recognize excellence within the industry and support emerging designers and talent, DDFC supports a series of awards in partnership with leading organizations, including our own Style.com/Arabia – DDFC Fashion Prize and the global International Woolmark Prize, in addition to the upcoming Vogue Fashion Dubai Experience.

Grassroots level engagement and education is key to establishing a long term and sustainable design industry and DDFC is actively initiating impactful programs. Through working closely with the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) and UAE universities, structured design education programmes and workshops for school children and students are being developed and rolled out.

Furthermore, in order to ensure Dubai cultivates a qualified and

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skilled workforce that meets the needs of the growing design industry in the region, DDFC has initiated the Dubai School of Design which is set to be launched in the near future.

Aligned with our mandate to establish Dubai as the Region’s leading voice in the field of design and fashion, an integral aspect of DDFC’s work involves creating thought-leadership papers and studies that can be recognized globally such as the MENA Design Outlook. This groundbreaking research, which will be announced at a press conference during the inaugural edition of Dubai Design Week, for the first time investigates and analyses the Middle East’s design industry, benchmarking the state of design businesses today and identifying emerging trends.

DDFC is proud to be supporting Dubai Design Week which will provide a global platform for regional talent. This initiative marks a pivotal point in establishing a world-class design community in Dubai and being the catalyst that elevates the emirate’s design industry to the international stage.

‫وبالتوازي مع التزام مجلس دبي للتصميم‬ ‫واألزياء للترويج لدبي كوجهة للتصميم‬ ‫ يوفر‬،‫واألزياء على مستوى المنطقة‬ ً ‫أيضا دراسات وأبحاث معترف‬ ‫المجلس‬ ً ‫عالميا حول الفكر القيادي من أبرزها‬ ‫بها‬ ‫"تقرير آفاق التصميم في الشرق األوسط‬ ‫ وهو التقرير الذي سيتم‬."‫وشمال أفريقيا‬ ‫اإلعالن عنه في مؤتمر صحفي خالل‬ ،‫الدورة االفتتاحية ألسبوع دبي للتصميم‬ ‫والذي سيقدم معلومات تحليلية حول‬ ‫واقع قطاع التصميم في منطقة الشرق‬ ‫ كما سيسلط الضوء على وضع‬،‫األوسط‬ ‫شركات التصميم في الوقت الراهن‬ ‫وسيحدد االتجاهات الناشئة في‬ .‫القطاع‬ ‫هذا‬ ‫ويفخر مجلس دبي للتصميم واألزياء‬ ‫بدعم أسبوع دبي للتصميم الذي سيوفر‬ ‫ وتمثل‬.‫منصة عالمية للمواهب اإلقليمية‬ ‫هذه المبادرة نقطة محورية تسهم في‬ ‫وضع القواعد األساسية إلنشاء مجتمع‬ ‫تصميم من الطراز العالمي في دبي يلعب‬ ‫دوره التحفيزي في تطوير قطاع التصميم‬ .‫وصوال إلى العالمية‬ ‫في اإلمارة‬ ً

‫ويقدم مجلس دبي للتصميم واألزياء‬ ‫الدعم للمصممين والمواهب الناشئة من‬ ‫خالل مجموعة من برامج التواصل‬ ‫ كما يجمع المجلس‬.‫التعليمية واإلرشادية‬ ‫العاملين والمهتمين بقطاع التصميم من‬ ‫حول المنطقة عبر استضافة مجموعة من‬ ‫األنشطة مثل حوارات مجلس دبي‬ ‫للتصميم واألزياء ومنتدى النقاش‬ ‫ وذلك لتبادل‬،"‫"المجلس الحضري‬ ‫ وتفعيل الحوار ومشاركة‬،‫المهارات‬ ‫ وبهدف التميز في هذا القطاع‬.‫األفكار‬ ،‫ودعم المصممين والمواهب الناشئة‬ ‫يدعم المجلس مجموعة من الجوائز‬ ‫باالشتراك مع عدد من المؤسسات‬ ‫ من بينها جائزة األزياء المقدمة من‬،‫الرائدة‬ ‫ ومجلس دبي‬Style.com/Arabia ‫ وجائزة وولمارك‬،‫للتصميم واألزياء‬ ‫ باإلضافة إلى "تجربة الموضة‬،‫العالمية‬ ‫من فوغ في دبي" التي ستقام في‬ .‫الحق‬ ‫وقت‬ ‫ويعتبر تفعيل دور ومشاركة المواهب‬ ً ً ‫جوهريا لتأسيس‬ ‫أمرا‬ ‫الناشئة والتعليم‬ ،‫صناعة تصميم طويلة األجل ومستدامة‬ ‫ولطالما بادر مجلس دبي للتصميم‬ .‫واألزياء بتنفيذ برامج تخدم هذا الهدف‬ ‫ويعمل المجلس بشكل وثيق مع هيئة‬ )KHDA( ‫المعرفة والتنمية البشرية‬ ‫والمؤسسات التعليمية والجامعات‬ ‫اإلماراتية لتطوير وتنفيذ برامج تعليمية‬ ‫وورش عمل متخصصة للطالب في مجال‬ ‫ ولضمان‬،‫ وباإلضافة إلى ذلك‬.‫التصميم‬ ‫تحقيق هدف دبي الساعي لبناء مجتمع‬ ‫تصميم مؤهل وماهر يستطيع تلبية‬ ‫احتياجات صناعة التصميم المتنامية في‬ ‫ أنشأ مجلس دبي للتصميم‬،‫المنطقة‬ ‫ والتي من‬،‫واألزياء كلية دبي للتصميم‬ .‫المقرر أن تنطلق في المستقبل القريب‬

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Downtown Design

Iconic City: Brilliant Beirut

Talks & Workshops

Abwab, meaning ‘doors’ in Arabic, will showcase emerging and established talent from the region within individual pavilions under the central theme ‘Games: The Element of Play in Culture’. In 2015 Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the UAE have been invited to participate.

The only platform for the region’s trade professionals to discover original, high quality design from all over the world.

The Fair takes place at d3 and presents an edited roster of brands across furniture, lighting, bathrooms, kitchens, textiles and accessories.

Dubai Design Week's inaugural featured Iconic City exhibition, this year focusing on Beirut, documents the development of design in the Lebanese capital over the past seven decades since independence and illustrates how the city, with its melange of cultures has produced worldrenowned designers and remains at the forefront of design in the region.

A programme of educational talks, lectures and workshops will cover an extensive range of design topics to support and promote local talent to an international audience, while encouraging a greater interest in the region’s design activity.

Walkways and open spaces in Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

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Destination A collaboration with six international design weeks; Beijing, Helsinki, Istanbul, Melbourne, Mexico City and San Francisco. Destination sees each present their most exciting emerging brands. The showcase will be exhibited at Downtown Design.

Downtown Design tent, Dubai Design District (d3) 27 October 6pm-9pm (Trade & Public) 28-29 October 1.30pm-6pm (Trade) 6pm-9pm (Public) 30 October 1.30pm-9pm (Trade & Public)

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Downtown Design tent, Dubai Design District (d3) 27 October 6pm-9pm (Trade & Public) 28-29 October 1.30pm-6pm (Trade) 6pm-9pm (Public) 30 October 1.30pm-9pm (Trade & Public)

Global Grad Show Asserting Dubai’s position as a global hub for innovation and meeting point for design, the world’s most exciting design students come together for a first-of-its-kind ‘global degree show’, representing 10 worldleading design universities.

Building 6, Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

Building 7, Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

Installations Placed in locations across the city, a series of world premieres by international, regional and local designers will challenge convention and explore innovation, illustrating Dubai’s creative diversity as it engages and inspires.

Multiple locations, see individual listings 26-31 October

Within Dubai Design District (d3), visit dubaidesignweek.ae/ 2015-programme for programme updates 26-31 October

Around The City Engaging the Dubai design community through participatory events, visitors will see designers, retailers, design brands, galleries, restaurants, universities and institutions independently stage an event or installation.

Multiple locations, see individual listings 26-31 October

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Abwab

Downtown Design

Iconic City: Brilliant Beirut

Talks & Workshops

Abwab, meaning ‘doors’ in Arabic, will showcase emerging and established talent from the region within individual pavilions under the central theme ‘Games: The Element of Play in Culture’. In 2015 Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the UAE have been invited to participate.

The only platform for the region’s trade professionals to discover original, high quality design from all over the world.

The Fair takes place at d3 and presents an edited roster of brands across furniture, lighting, bathrooms, kitchens, textiles and accessories.

Dubai Design Week's inaugural featured Iconic City exhibition, this year focusing on Beirut, documents the development of design in the Lebanese capital over the past seven decades since independence and illustrates how the city, with its melange of cultures has produced worldrenowned designers and remains at the forefront of design in the region.

A programme of educational talks, lectures and workshops will cover an extensive range of design topics to support and promote local talent to an international audience, while encouraging a greater interest in the region’s design activity.

Walkways and open spaces in Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

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Destination A collaboration with six international design weeks; Beijing, Helsinki, Istanbul, Melbourne, Mexico City and San Francisco. Destination sees each present their most exciting emerging brands. The showcase will be exhibited at Downtown Design.

Downtown Design tent, Dubai Design District (d3) 27 October 6pm-9pm (Trade & Public) 28-29 October 1.30pm-6pm (Trade) 6pm-9pm (Public) 30 October 1.30pm-9pm (Trade & Public)

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Downtown Design tent, Dubai Design District (d3) 27 October 6pm-9pm (Trade & Public) 28-29 October 1.30pm-6pm (Trade) 6pm-9pm (Public) 30 October 1.30pm-9pm (Trade & Public)

Global Grad Show Asserting Dubai’s position as a global hub for innovation and meeting point for design, the world’s most exciting design students come together for a first-of-its-kind ‘global degree show’, representing 10 worldleading design universities.

Building 6, Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

Building 7, Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

Installations Placed in locations across the city, a series of world premieres by international, regional and local designers will challenge convention and explore innovation, illustrating Dubai’s creative diversity as it engages and inspires.

Multiple locations, see individual listings 26-31 October

Within Dubai Design District (d3), visit dubaidesignweek.ae/ 2015-programme for programme updates 26-31 October

Around The City Engaging the Dubai design community through participatory events, visitors will see designers, retailers, design brands, galleries, restaurants, universities and institutions independently stage an event or installation.

Multiple locations, see individual listings 26-31 October

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Exhibits at ‘Wasl’ in Beijing

Exhibition of Design from the Emirates ‘Wasl’ is the first international exhibition of design from the Emirates and will be a touring exhibition to give a global platform to UAEbased design. ‘Wasl’’s first installment took place at Beijing Design Week in September 2015 as part of Dubai’s participation as the design week’s Guest City; an initiative to forge inter-city cooperation and establish a global creative cities network. The exhibition reflects a young and inspired country steeped in cultural heritage; with Dubai as its dynamic metropolis with a fast-growing creative industry.

Aljoud Lootah, Unfolding Unity Image Courtesy of Aljoud Lootah

Established by the Art Dubai Group, ‘Wasl’ at Beijing Design Week 2015 was staged in partnership with Dubai Design Week, Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Falcon and Associates, and art and design institutions Tashkeel and 1971 – Design Space.

Curated by Mouza Almatrooshi, ‘Wasl’ united works from both emerging and established UAEbased designers presented in three subchapters – Nature States, Domesticity and Urban Metropolis – to portray the diversity of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates.

Constructed Feast - Image Courtesy of Tinkah

Architecture + Other Things, Shelter 0 Image Courtesy of 1971 - Design Space

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Exhibits at ‘Wasl’ in Beijing

Exhibition of Design from the Emirates ‘Wasl’ is the first international exhibition of design from the Emirates and will be a touring exhibition to give a global platform to UAEbased design. ‘Wasl’’s first installment took place at Beijing Design Week in September 2015 as part of Dubai’s participation as the design week’s Guest City; an initiative to forge inter-city cooperation and establish a global creative cities network. The exhibition reflects a young and inspired country steeped in cultural heritage; with Dubai as its dynamic metropolis with a fast-growing creative industry.

Aljoud Lootah, Unfolding Unity Image Courtesy of Aljoud Lootah

Established by the Art Dubai Group, ‘Wasl’ at Beijing Design Week 2015 was staged in partnership with Dubai Design Week, Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Falcon and Associates, and art and design institutions Tashkeel and 1971 – Design Space.

Curated by Mouza Almatrooshi, ‘Wasl’ united works from both emerging and established UAEbased designers presented in three subchapters – Nature States, Domesticity and Urban Metropolis – to portray the diversity of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates.

Constructed Feast - Image Courtesy of Tinkah

Architecture + Other Things, Shelter 0 Image Courtesy of 1971 - Design Space

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ELY X HOUSE Visit the Elyx bar at Dubai Design Week, Dubai Design District, Building 8.

Ripe Market

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27th - 30th October, 6pm to 1am.

Now in its fourth year, the Ripe Food and Craft Market is an unique mix of local artisans, small businesses, family activities and food options that has become a key weekly event in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

The Ripe Design Market brings the region’s best local, small businesses, comprising of artists, designers, and culinary delights together to the gourds of Dubai Design District (d3) to showcase their work in a relaxed, family atmosphere.

The market includes entertainment from local artists, activations, pop-up shops and workshops for children, presented by the makers and designers themselves. The two day event will take place on Friday 30th October and Saturday 31st October 2015 from 9am – 6pm at Dubai Design District (d3).

30 & 31 October, 9am-6pm Dubai Design District (d3) ripeme.com

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ELY X HOUSE Visit the Elyx bar at Dubai Design Week, Dubai Design District, Building 8.

Ripe Market

WELCOME

27th - 30th October, 6pm to 1am.

Now in its fourth year, the Ripe Food and Craft Market is an unique mix of local artisans, small businesses, family activities and food options that has become a key weekly event in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

The Ripe Design Market brings the region’s best local, small businesses, comprising of artists, designers, and culinary delights together to the gourds of Dubai Design District (d3) to showcase their work in a relaxed, family atmosphere.

The market includes entertainment from local artists, activations, pop-up shops and workshops for children, presented by the makers and designers themselves. The two day event will take place on Friday 30th October and Saturday 31st October 2015 from 9am – 6pm at Dubai Design District (d3).

30 & 31 October, 9am-6pm Dubai Design District (d3) ripeme.com

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A major Dubai Design Week initiative, Abwab is a series of six pavilions built to celebrate and showcase the work of the most exciting designers, studios and curators from six different countries in the MENASA region.

Abwab, which means ‘doors’ in Arabic, acts as a direct portal to the region’s local design talent. A curator from each participating country leads the designers to generate never-before-seen design content under one unifying theme, this year's being Games: The Element of Play in Culture.

In 2015, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the UAE have been invited to present the best of their country's design. Integrated into the walkways and open areas of Dubai Design District (d3), the Abwab pavilions have been designed by Dubai-based architecture and design studio Loci Architecture + Design.

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26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm Dubai Design District (d3) open spaces

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Abwab

ABWAB

A major Dubai Design Week initiative, Abwab is a series of six pavilions built to celebrate and showcase the work of the most exciting designers, studios and curators from six different countries in the MENASA region.

Abwab, which means ‘doors’ in Arabic, acts as a direct portal to the region’s local design talent. A curator from each participating country leads the designers to generate never-before-seen design content under one unifying theme, this year's being Games: The Element of Play in Culture.

In 2015, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the UAE have been invited to present the best of their country's design. Integrated into the walkways and open areas of Dubai Design District (d3), the Abwab pavilions have been designed by Dubai-based architecture and design studio Loci Architecture + Design.

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26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm Dubai Design District (d3) open spaces

32 Jordan

34 Kuwait

36 Pakistan

38 Saudi Arabia

40 Tunisia

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About the Abwab Pavilions

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About the Abwab Pavilions The concept of play and culture can be interpreted in many ways. It has definitely played a role in the design phase of the project and has led to ideas both directly and indirectly. Many of these ideas made their way into the final design and guided the thought process throughout. The focal material used is sand and, in itself, sand is a playful material – the way it moves, accumulates, shifts and the endless playful interactions we have with it as children.

Using sand to compose the skin contextualises the pavilions.

Sand, an abundant yet underused local material, is adapted to perform as intelligent climate control and act as a veil between the exhibit and audiences before entry. The architects adopted new techniques and modelled real-size mock-ups to achieve the final results.

The intention was ultimately to create a flexible space for the exhibitors, so that they are free to choose multiple scenarios to suit their curation as they wish, without too many restrictions.

Possibilities range from the option to integrate our facade into the interior space, by eliminating the internal walls, or fully to isolate the exhibit.

With location and geographical context at the heart of the work, each project adopts a certain style that does not feel alien to its environment. Nonetheless, minimal, modern and functional design are the overarching themes of our work.

Loci

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Loci is the realisation of a design studio that is passionate about the context in which it operates.

Loci utilises the design team’s global experience and knowledge

to promote regional design that relates to a project’s place and immediate local context, hence their motto ‘Think Glocal’.

At the heart of Loci’s ethos is the belief that design is not an imported technology but rather one that sprouts from its context. With this in mind, they approached each design opportunity with a deep focus on its geographic, climatic, cultural, historical and socioeconomic context.

Hani Fallaha Architect / Partner Hamad Khoory Architect / Partner Hamza Omari Industrial Designer loci.ae Info@loci.ae

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About the Abwab Pavilions

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About the Abwab Pavilions The concept of play and culture can be interpreted in many ways. It has definitely played a role in the design phase of the project and has led to ideas both directly and indirectly. Many of these ideas made their way into the final design and guided the thought process throughout. The focal material used is sand and, in itself, sand is a playful material – the way it moves, accumulates, shifts and the endless playful interactions we have with it as children.

Using sand to compose the skin contextualises the pavilions.

Sand, an abundant yet underused local material, is adapted to perform as intelligent climate control and act as a veil between the exhibit and audiences before entry. The architects adopted new techniques and modelled real-size mock-ups to achieve the final results.

The intention was ultimately to create a flexible space for the exhibitors, so that they are free to choose multiple scenarios to suit their curation as they wish, without too many restrictions.

Possibilities range from the option to integrate our facade into the interior space, by eliminating the internal walls, or fully to isolate the exhibit.

With location and geographical context at the heart of the work, each project adopts a certain style that does not feel alien to its environment. Nonetheless, minimal, modern and functional design are the overarching themes of our work.

Loci

ABWAB

Loci is the realisation of a design studio that is passionate about the context in which it operates.

Loci utilises the design team’s global experience and knowledge

to promote regional design that relates to a project’s place and immediate local context, hence their motto ‘Think Glocal’.

At the heart of Loci’s ethos is the belief that design is not an imported technology but rather one that sprouts from its context. With this in mind, they approached each design opportunity with a deep focus on its geographic, climatic, cultural, historical and socioeconomic context.

Hani Fallaha Architect / Partner Hamad Khoory Architect / Partner Hamza Omari Industrial Designer loci.ae Info@loci.ae

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Jordan

With play and imagination in mind, Jordan’s designers are drawing on the swing, or ‘murjeiha’, to represent their collective childhood. Paradoxes form the basis of their new design of the swing: Imagination versus reality; cradle versus stand still; mental versus physical power; visibility versus invisibility; unfurling versus weaving; and finally, mindfulness versus mindlessness.

Curator: Arini

Designers:

Arini Creative Platforms is a nonprofit institution that curates and promotes workshops and studies in design, architecture and urbanism. It was founded by Mohammad Aljabi, Heba Najada and Liyan Jabi-Arini.

Dina Haddadin is an architect and self-taught visual artist, who works with various techniques, from traditional to the experimental, to create multilayered works.

Omar Al-Zo’bi is a graphic designer, who is driven by a passion for experimentalism, arabic letters and brand experiences. Omar is the founder of the online magazine, Daftar.

Rand El Haj Hasan is especially interested in vernacular architecture and its development into contemporary use. She travels far and wide to enrich her architectural palette.

Rula Yaghmour is an architect and designer, and contributor to INTERRUPTIONS, an independent non-profit initiative that enables non-standardised experimentation in architecture, design and culture.

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the untitled swing project

dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/jordan herskhazeen.com

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Drawings by Rand El Haj Hasan

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Jordan

With play and imagination in mind, Jordan’s designers are drawing on the swing, or ‘murjeiha’, to represent their collective childhood. Paradoxes form the basis of their new design of the swing: Imagination versus reality; cradle versus stand still; mental versus physical power; visibility versus invisibility; unfurling versus weaving; and finally, mindfulness versus mindlessness.

Curator: Arini

Designers:

Arini Creative Platforms is a nonprofit institution that curates and promotes workshops and studies in design, architecture and urbanism. It was founded by Mohammad Aljabi, Heba Najada and Liyan Jabi-Arini.

Dina Haddadin is an architect and self-taught visual artist, who works with various techniques, from traditional to the experimental, to create multilayered works.

Omar Al-Zo’bi is a graphic designer, who is driven by a passion for experimentalism, arabic letters and brand experiences. Omar is the founder of the online magazine, Daftar.

Rand El Haj Hasan is especially interested in vernacular architecture and its development into contemporary use. She travels far and wide to enrich her architectural palette.

Rula Yaghmour is an architect and designer, and contributor to INTERRUPTIONS, an independent non-profit initiative that enables non-standardised experimentation in architecture, design and culture.

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the untitled swing project

dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/jordan herskhazeen.com

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arini.org

Drawings by Rand El Haj Hasan

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Kuwait

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tagga ib tagga The Kuwait Pavilion, titled ‘tagga ib tagga’ or ‘move-by-move’, uses pictograms, spatial concepts and various forms to inform. Efficient design is used to communicate documentation and detail of historic games of Kuwait, to express the timelessness of their teachings, which although they may appear local, or are given local names, are common to multiple cultures.

Pictograms parallel the concept of play and its universality. Play is dependent on observing and connecting. The designed pictograms lend themselves to the physicality of the games and movement, which in fact function as an antithesis of the illustrious flatness of the figures.

Pictograms are prehistoric in nature. Cave drawings, hieroglyphics and calligraphy are forms that automatically lend themselves to the discussion of a visual language that transcends time and place.

By investigating the careful documentation of games in ‘Our Traditional Kuwaiti Games’, a book by Ayoub Hussein Ayoub, they can identify revolutions, discoveries and evolutions that have taken place in Kuwait’s cultural landscape. In play, there are no demarcation lines, there is merely a physiological need to entertain and challenge the self, the other, the imagination and the environment.

Curator: Waleed Shaalan Waleed Shaalan is an architect, artist and storyteller. He is passionate about photography and travel, having crossed Europe, Iran, South Africa Turkey the US and the Middle East on his motorcycle, writing travel articles along the way.

Designers: Osama Hadeed is an architect and animation enthusiast from Kuwait. He took part in the country's first appearance at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2012.

Liane Al Ghusain is a widely published writer and was recently a Forum Fellow at Art Dubai 2015.

She has worked on various film, culture and visual arts projects.

Abdulaziz M. AlKandari is an architect and co-founder of yourAOK Network, which helps to empower designers and artists, publishes Pages Magazine, and organises workshops and the Benchmark forum.

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Supported by Dahan Contracting dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/kuwait Sketches by Osama Hadeed

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tagga ib tagga The Kuwait Pavilion, titled ‘tagga ib tagga’ or ‘move-by-move’, uses pictograms, spatial concepts and various forms to inform. Efficient design is used to communicate documentation and detail of historic games of Kuwait, to express the timelessness of their teachings, which although they may appear local, or are given local names, are common to multiple cultures.

Pictograms parallel the concept of play and its universality. Play is dependent on observing and connecting. The designed pictograms lend themselves to the physicality of the games and movement, which in fact function as an antithesis of the illustrious flatness of the figures.

Pictograms are prehistoric in nature. Cave drawings, hieroglyphics and calligraphy are forms that automatically lend themselves to the discussion of a visual language that transcends time and place.

By investigating the careful documentation of games in ‘Our Traditional Kuwaiti Games’, a book by Ayoub Hussein Ayoub, they can identify revolutions, discoveries and evolutions that have taken place in Kuwait’s cultural landscape. In play, there are no demarcation lines, there is merely a physiological need to entertain and challenge the self, the other, the imagination and the environment.

Curator: Waleed Shaalan Waleed Shaalan is an architect, artist and storyteller. He is passionate about photography and travel, having crossed Europe, Iran, South Africa Turkey the US and the Middle East on his motorcycle, writing travel articles along the way.

Designers: Osama Hadeed is an architect and animation enthusiast from Kuwait. He took part in the country's first appearance at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2012.

Liane Al Ghusain is a widely published writer and was recently a Forum Fellow at Art Dubai 2015.

She has worked on various film, culture and visual arts projects.

Abdulaziz M. AlKandari is an architect and co-founder of yourAOK Network, which helps to empower designers and artists, publishes Pages Magazine, and organises workshops and the Benchmark forum.

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Supported by Dahan Contracting dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/kuwait Sketches by Osama Hadeed

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Daalaan

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The Pakistan Pavilion acts as a portal. Visitors are invited to enter the reinterpreted courtyard, a place where every Pakistani child and adult has the space to entertain and interact with each other. Daalaan is a space where all doors open, capturing glimpses and moments of games in action. The tangle of ‘maanja’ where kites are being flown, the flick of the finger whilst playing ‘kancha’, the twirling of the ‘latoo’, and the swift throw of the ball to scatter all the ‘pittu’ pieces. Through Daalaan, viewers will feel the energy that our otherwise simple games contain.

Incorporating a single dying craft into their installation, with every intention of turning it into a graphic and modern final piece, they rely on the process of printing with natural dyes to tell tales of the earthy nostalgia of their Daalaan. Experimentation with various organic shades, ranging from henna to terracotta, allows them to achieve the perfect earthy, ethnic tone, reminiscent of our “Wattan Ki Mitti” (the earth of our country).

Enter the crafted playground of Pakistan.

Hina Fancy (screen printing) works as a teacher and independent print designer specialising in print in Islamabad.

She has exhibited her art in Islamabad, Karachi and Pen.

Curator: Salman Jawed Salman Jawed is co-founder of Coalesce Design Studios, a house of multidisciplinary designers who go beyond form and function to interpret an intangible into a tangible built product.

Designers: Ali S Husain is a Karachi-based graphic designer. His style is illustrative, minimalistic and edgy.

He has recently launched a line of paper products, which aim to change the face of graphic design in Pakistan.

Faiza Adamjee is a thinker. A graphic designer by background, she has moved away from design and now focuses on big ideas, concepts and copywriting.

Mustafa Mehdi is an architect by profession, who also practises graphic design, photography and product design. He is co-founder of Coalesce Design Studio.

Artists: Hamza Masood Khan (sketches) is an architect and multidisciplinary artist.

Atmosphere, intangibility, existentialism and mystery are prominent features of his work.

Zaid Hameed (ceramics) is a textile designer by profession, who celebrates the indigenous crafts of Pakistan. He fuses traditional techniques and patterns with contemporary techniques and forms, helping to revive the dying art of ceramics in Sindh.

Student Team: Saad Khurshid, a graphic designer and illustrator from Karachi, Saad is modernist at heart; her grid-based work involves the use of bold colours and simple shapes.

Muniba Rashid, a graphic design and printmaking student, Muniba works in various mediums including print, digital and handmade crafts.

Supported by Coalesce Design Studio, Jafferjees, Paperworks and Ego dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/pakistan coalesce.pk

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Daalaan

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The Pakistan Pavilion acts as a portal. Visitors are invited to enter the reinterpreted courtyard, a place where every Pakistani child and adult has the space to entertain and interact with each other. Daalaan is a space where all doors open, capturing glimpses and moments of games in action. The tangle of ‘maanja’ where kites are being flown, the flick of the finger whilst playing ‘kancha’, the twirling of the ‘latoo’, and the swift throw of the ball to scatter all the ‘pittu’ pieces. Through Daalaan, viewers will feel the energy that our otherwise simple games contain.

Incorporating a single dying craft into their installation, with every intention of turning it into a graphic and modern final piece, they rely on the process of printing with natural dyes to tell tales of the earthy nostalgia of their Daalaan. Experimentation with various organic shades, ranging from henna to terracotta, allows them to achieve the perfect earthy, ethnic tone, reminiscent of our “Wattan Ki Mitti” (the earth of our country).

Enter the crafted playground of Pakistan.

Hina Fancy (screen printing) works as a teacher and independent print designer specialising in print in Islamabad.

She has exhibited her art in Islamabad, Karachi and Pen.

Curator: Salman Jawed Salman Jawed is co-founder of Coalesce Design Studios, a house of multidisciplinary designers who go beyond form and function to interpret an intangible into a tangible built product.

Designers: Ali S Husain is a Karachi-based graphic designer. His style is illustrative, minimalistic and edgy.

He has recently launched a line of paper products, which aim to change the face of graphic design in Pakistan.

Faiza Adamjee is a thinker. A graphic designer by background, she has moved away from design and now focuses on big ideas, concepts and copywriting.

Mustafa Mehdi is an architect by profession, who also practises graphic design, photography and product design. He is co-founder of Coalesce Design Studio.

Artists: Hamza Masood Khan (sketches) is an architect and multidisciplinary artist.

Atmosphere, intangibility, existentialism and mystery are prominent features of his work.

Zaid Hameed (ceramics) is a textile designer by profession, who celebrates the indigenous crafts of Pakistan. He fuses traditional techniques and patterns with contemporary techniques and forms, helping to revive the dying art of ceramics in Sindh.

Student Team: Saad Khurshid, a graphic designer and illustrator from Karachi, Saad is modernist at heart; her grid-based work involves the use of bold colours and simple shapes.

Muniba Rashid, a graphic design and printmaking student, Muniba works in various mediums including print, digital and handmade crafts.

Supported by Coalesce Design Studio, Jafferjees, Paperworks and Ego dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/pakistan coalesce.pk

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Saudi Arabia

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UM TS3 The Saudi Pavilion has chosen the game known as UM TSE’ (‫ ٔام تسعة‬/ pronounced in the Saudi dialect as ‫ ٔام تسعة‬Um Tis‘.

Um Tis‘ is embedded in the local culture and was first played using local materials of sand and stone.

The elements used to play this game have developed into wood, plastic, and digital form.

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Choosing to spell the game’s name as UM TS3, the designers evoke gaming and the digital world. The emphasis of the pavilion is on texture, interaction, lighting and sound. Today’s

gaming world is limited to joysticks and a screen, restricting real-world interaction. The concept of the Saudi Pavilion is to reconnect the designers and their audience with their tactile historic culture to propose new ways forward.

Curators: Basma and Noura Bouzo Basma and Noura Bouzo, owners and co-founders of Oasis Magazine and Saudi Design Week, have been directly involved in the progress of the art and design scene in Saudi Arabia.

Designers: Ayah Al Bitar is a product and furniture designer, who merges tradition and modernity to create products that are a combination of the East and the West.

Abdulaziz Al-Azem, the Parisborn architectural lighting design expert, is a leading figure in his field, with a list of iconic projects to his name that includes expos, businesses, private residences and mosques.

Khaled S. AlTassan is principal of FORMA Design Architects + Engineers, an International Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects, (Middle East Chapter), and a certified Professional Engineer.

Alaa Alghufaili, an architect and industrial designer, serves as a lecturer of architecture at King Saud University and is inspired by the integration of Islamic patterns and modern architecture.

Supported by Saudi Aramco / King Abdulaziz Cultural Center, Cities (Riyadh, Dubai) and Haya Design (Branding Sponsor)

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Saudi Arabia

ABWAB

UM TS3 The Saudi Pavilion has chosen the game known as UM TSE’ (‫ ٔام تسعة‬/ pronounced in the Saudi dialect as ‫ ٔام تسعة‬Um Tis‘.

Um Tis‘ is embedded in the local culture and was first played using local materials of sand and stone.

The elements used to play this game have developed into wood, plastic, and digital form.

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Choosing to spell the game’s name as UM TS3, the designers evoke gaming and the digital world. The emphasis of the pavilion is on texture, interaction, lighting and sound. Today’s

gaming world is limited to joysticks and a screen, restricting real-world interaction. The concept of the Saudi Pavilion is to reconnect the designers and their audience with their tactile historic culture to propose new ways forward.

Curators: Basma and Noura Bouzo Basma and Noura Bouzo, owners and co-founders of Oasis Magazine and Saudi Design Week, have been directly involved in the progress of the art and design scene in Saudi Arabia.

Designers: Ayah Al Bitar is a product and furniture designer, who merges tradition and modernity to create products that are a combination of the East and the West.

Abdulaziz Al-Azem, the Parisborn architectural lighting design expert, is a leading figure in his field, with a list of iconic projects to his name that includes expos, businesses, private residences and mosques.

Khaled S. AlTassan is principal of FORMA Design Architects + Engineers, an International Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects, (Middle East Chapter), and a certified Professional Engineer.

Alaa Alghufaili, an architect and industrial designer, serves as a lecturer of architecture at King Saud University and is inspired by the integration of Islamic patterns and modern architecture.

Supported by Saudi Aramco / King Abdulaziz Cultural Center, Cities (Riyadh, Dubai) and Haya Design (Branding Sponsor)

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dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/saudiarabia oasis-mag.com saudidesignweek.com

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Tunisia

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999 The Tunisian Pavilion summons the act of play as a form of abandonment and release from reality. This is a form of game that stimulates the mind to promote invention. It is a parallel moment in time, a self-expansion in a universe governed by new codes. Tunisia’s 999 creates a play-set and setting for play by assembling a 2D oval-shaped element that becomes a three-dimensional puzzle. Silence in concentration, white-noise frequencies are marked onto each individual unit, resulting in sound becoming visually and spatially perceivable.

The assembly system allows for the creation of multiple shapes.

Governed by freedom, the structure cannot be experienced the same way twice. Everything is a kinetic construction, in both form and substance. It is in constant motion.

Curator: Chacha Atallah

Designers:

Working internationally as an architect, Chacha has also designed a collection for SLOW, a young furniture and contemporary objects publishing house based in Tunisia. Several of her creations have previously been showcased at Dubai’s Downtown Design.

Haythem Zakaria’s plastic creations are infused with Sufi spirituality and are created with unconventional visual techniques, such as glitch, meta-image and cine-process.

Karim Ben Amor is an architect and co-founder of ATELIER13 studio, who experiments with photography and art installation, and has participated in several international art projects.

Supported by Hela Brigui Hmida, Khansa Ghribi, Nawel Khelil, Slow Maison d’Edition and Selma Feriani Gallery dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/tunisia fa-architectes.com

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slowedition.com

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Tunisia

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999 The Tunisian Pavilion summons the act of play as a form of abandonment and release from reality. This is a form of game that stimulates the mind to promote invention. It is a parallel moment in time, a self-expansion in a universe governed by new codes. Tunisia’s 999 creates a play-set and setting for play by assembling a 2D oval-shaped element that becomes a three-dimensional puzzle. Silence in concentration, white-noise frequencies are marked onto each individual unit, resulting in sound becoming visually and spatially perceivable.

The assembly system allows for the creation of multiple shapes.

Governed by freedom, the structure cannot be experienced the same way twice. Everything is a kinetic construction, in both form and substance. It is in constant motion.

Curator: Chacha Atallah

Designers:

Working internationally as an architect, Chacha has also designed a collection for SLOW, a young furniture and contemporary objects publishing house based in Tunisia. Several of her creations have previously been showcased at Dubai’s Downtown Design.

Haythem Zakaria’s plastic creations are infused with Sufi spirituality and are created with unconventional visual techniques, such as glitch, meta-image and cine-process.

Karim Ben Amor is an architect and co-founder of ATELIER13 studio, who experiments with photography and art installation, and has participated in several international art projects.

Supported by Hela Brigui Hmida, Khansa Ghribi, Nawel Khelil, Slow Maison d’Edition and Selma Feriani Gallery dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/tunisia fa-architectes.com

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slowedition.com

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ABWAB: UAE

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UAE All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy

Curator: Möbius Design Studio

The UAE Pavilion calls upon multiple designers individually and collaboratively. Every project is a reinterpretation of a memory, of a game, of something that we held as children in a playground while imagining stories and running with make-believe friends. The results tackle elements of play as transitory experience, hoping to bear an impression, summon participation and invite sensory stimulation.

Möbius Design Studio is based in Dubai. With a longstanding passion for visual communication, its founders, Hadeyeh Badri, Hala Al-Ani and Riem Ibrahim, balance studio-initiated research and commissioned work.

The varied experiences housed in the UAE pavilion share time and timelessness, whether in handcrafted silhouette stories, through amplified sounds of a universal game, in the digital reflections that straddle future and past, or in the studies of temporary play spaces. All will result in everlasting impact.

Designers: Afra Bin Dhaher is a communication designer and visual artist. Afra’s creative practice involves informing viewers, translating experiences and portraying emotions.

Architecture + Other Things, a collaborative and interdisciplinary platform, was co-founded by Faysal Tabbarah, Khawla Al Hashimi and Nada Taryam.

WTD Magazine is an architecture and design magazine where the space maker, the detail enthusiast, the cynic, the idealist and the indecisive initiate a conversation.

Ammar Kalo + Michael Jake Newsum. A teacher and director of CAAD Labs at the American University of Sharjah, Ammar’s area of research includes developing new robotic fabrication processes and material design investigations.

Newsum is the robotics lab coordinator at SCI-Arc. His current work focuses on developing human machine interfaces, as well as consulting to help make technology approachable for designers.

Supported by Tashkeel dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/unitedarab-emirates mobius-studio.com

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UAE All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy

Curator: Möbius Design Studio

The UAE Pavilion calls upon multiple designers individually and collaboratively. Every project is a reinterpretation of a memory, of a game, of something that we held as children in a playground while imagining stories and running with make-believe friends. The results tackle elements of play as transitory experience, hoping to bear an impression, summon participation and invite sensory stimulation.

Möbius Design Studio is based in Dubai. With a longstanding passion for visual communication, its founders, Hadeyeh Badri, Hala Al-Ani and Riem Ibrahim, balance studio-initiated research and commissioned work.

The varied experiences housed in the UAE pavilion share time and timelessness, whether in handcrafted silhouette stories, through amplified sounds of a universal game, in the digital reflections that straddle future and past, or in the studies of temporary play spaces. All will result in everlasting impact.

Designers: Afra Bin Dhaher is a communication designer and visual artist. Afra’s creative practice involves informing viewers, translating experiences and portraying emotions.

Architecture + Other Things, a collaborative and interdisciplinary platform, was co-founded by Faysal Tabbarah, Khawla Al Hashimi and Nada Taryam.

WTD Magazine is an architecture and design magazine where the space maker, the detail enthusiast, the cynic, the idealist and the indecisive initiate a conversation.

Ammar Kalo + Michael Jake Newsum. A teacher and director of CAAD Labs at the American University of Sharjah, Ammar’s area of research includes developing new robotic fabrication processes and material design investigations.

Newsum is the robotics lab coordinator at SCI-Arc. His current work focuses on developing human machine interfaces, as well as consulting to help make technology approachable for designers.

Supported by Tashkeel dubaidesignweek.ae/ projects/abwab/unitedarab-emirates mobius-studio.com

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Destination Dubai Design Week has partnered with six international design weeks to showcase innovative young brands from a diversity of global cities - Beijing, Helsinki, Istanbul, Melbourne, Mexico City and San Francisco. Held under the banner of 'Destination' at Downtown Design, each participating city will present a collection of three brands, representing the spirit of the city to which they belong.

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30 October: Dubai Design District (d3), Downtown Design tent 1.30pm–9pm Trade and Public visitors

Melbourne International Design Week

To register as a trade visitor please visit: downtowndesign.com/visit/registration Public tickets can be purchased at the entrance to Downtown Design

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DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

Destination Dubai Design Week has partnered with six international design weeks to showcase innovative young brands from a diversity of global cities - Beijing, Helsinki, Istanbul, Melbourne, Mexico City and San Francisco. Held under the banner of 'Destination' at Downtown Design, each participating city will present a collection of three brands, representing the spirit of the city to which they belong.

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27 October: Dubai Design District (d3), Downtown Design tent 6pm–9pm Trade and Public visitors

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28-29 October: Dubai Design District (d3), Downtown Design tent 1.30pm–6pm Trade visitors 6pm–9pm Public visitors

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30 October: Dubai Design District (d3), Downtown Design tent 1.30pm–9pm Trade and Public visitors

Melbourne International Design Week

To register as a trade visitor please visit: downtowndesign.com/visit/registration Public tickets can be purchased at the entrance to Downtown Design

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DESTINATION: ABIERTO MEXICANO DE DISEÑO

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Abierto Mexicano De Diseño

Abierto Mexicano de Diseño is the first international design festival in Mexico and the only one of its type in Latin America. The festival is dedicated to celebrating all aspects of design, aiming to bring them closer to society. At Dubai Design Week, Abierto Mexicano de Diseño will present Ediciones Jalapa, LCMX and Tributo. abiertodediseno.mx

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Ediciones Jalapa Ediciones Jalapa creates contemporary design editions, conceived by national and international designers that reflect Mexican society, from the craft economy to the usefulness or pertinence of objects. For Dubai Design Week, Ediciones Jalapa is creating an exclusive collection of objects, retaking previous work with artisans from across Mexico. edicionesjalapa.com

LCMX (La Carpintería MX)

Tributo

LCMX is a design and architecture studio and workshop, founded by brothers Ricardo and Otniel Rodríguez Elías. Specialising in solid wood, LCMX aims to constantly optimise the design and functionality of its products and projects, which has included the design and construction of varied spaces, including bars, museums, restaurants, offices and private houses. LCMX products also form part of private design collections and public galleries.

Tributo fuses tradition with modernity in contemporary design objects to emphasise emotional journeys through craftsmanship; mapping the diversity of design and craft found across Mexico. A platform for the high qualivty creative work, Tributo’s first collection comprises design objects that have been produced by the hands of more than 10 artisans and 10 designers, involving four states of Mexico; Jalisco, Michoacán, State of Mexico and Hidalgo.

rosa@edicionesjalapa.com

lc-mx.com

+521 55 1451 5314

contacto@lacarpinteria.mx +52 55 5082 3049

tributo.mx info@tributo.mx

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+52 33 1524 0944

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Abierto Mexicano De Diseño

Abierto Mexicano de Diseño is the first international design festival in Mexico and the only one of its type in Latin America. The festival is dedicated to celebrating all aspects of design, aiming to bring them closer to society. At Dubai Design Week, Abierto Mexicano de Diseño will present Ediciones Jalapa, LCMX and Tributo. abiertodediseno.mx

DESTINATION

Ediciones Jalapa Ediciones Jalapa creates contemporary design editions, conceived by national and international designers that reflect Mexican society, from the craft economy to the usefulness or pertinence of objects. For Dubai Design Week, Ediciones Jalapa is creating an exclusive collection of objects, retaking previous work with artisans from across Mexico. edicionesjalapa.com

LCMX (La Carpintería MX)

Tributo

LCMX is a design and architecture studio and workshop, founded by brothers Ricardo and Otniel Rodríguez Elías. Specialising in solid wood, LCMX aims to constantly optimise the design and functionality of its products and projects, which has included the design and construction of varied spaces, including bars, museums, restaurants, offices and private houses. LCMX products also form part of private design collections and public galleries.

Tributo fuses tradition with modernity in contemporary design objects to emphasise emotional journeys through craftsmanship; mapping the diversity of design and craft found across Mexico. A platform for the high qualivty creative work, Tributo’s first collection comprises design objects that have been produced by the hands of more than 10 artisans and 10 designers, involving four states of Mexico; Jalisco, Michoacán, State of Mexico and Hidalgo.

rosa@edicionesjalapa.com

lc-mx.com

+521 55 1451 5314

contacto@lacarpinteria.mx +52 55 5082 3049

tributo.mx info@tributo.mx

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+52 33 1524 0944

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Beijing Design Week

Beijing Design Week (BJDW) is a citywide event that nurtures a culture of design in a Chinese context. BJDW features hundreds of international exhibitions, public events and trading platforms, while offering an expansive overview of China's transforming design landscape. The festival serves as a laboratory for innovative perspectives that, from industry to academia, inspire and shape contemporary design discourse and practice. bjdw.org

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Benwu Studio Benwu Studio creates a platform for collaboration with designers and artists worldwide to realise objects for artistic stylish living.

Its edition brand, Apartment Shanghai is a petit lifestyle brand of fashionable, functional objects that can fit stylish small homes and carry an identity of authentic Chinese DNA, encountering the future with modern design language. benwustudio.com hwang@benwustudio.com +1 507 313 2640

EOQ

Zaozuo

Hong Kong brand, EOQ, is rooted in a spirit of enquiry and industrial adventure. Deliberately positioned within easy reach of the new frontier of manufacturing and innovation, EOQ delivers classic design principles using a new and constantly evolving vocabulary.

The brand aims to deliver perfectly executed future classics and is committed to offering the highest quality, using the most sustainable methods.

Beijing-based Zaozuo creates high quality furniture, textiles and decorative objects to explore new home living possibilities, while responding to contemporary life and the needs of an ever-growing generation of young Chinese urbanites. Zaozuo’s products are manufactured in China and designed by an international roster of designers. The brand’s mission to empower as many people as possible to enjoy quality modern design.

eoq-design.com matt@eoq-design.com +852 6897 3556

zaozuo.com contact@zaozuo.com

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+86 10 6477 5789

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Beijing Design Week

Beijing Design Week (BJDW) is a citywide event that nurtures a culture of design in a Chinese context. BJDW features hundreds of international exhibitions, public events and trading platforms, while offering an expansive overview of China's transforming design landscape. The festival serves as a laboratory for innovative perspectives that, from industry to academia, inspire and shape contemporary design discourse and practice. bjdw.org

DESTINATION

Benwu Studio Benwu Studio creates a platform for collaboration with designers and artists worldwide to realise objects for artistic stylish living.

Its edition brand, Apartment Shanghai is a petit lifestyle brand of fashionable, functional objects that can fit stylish small homes and carry an identity of authentic Chinese DNA, encountering the future with modern design language. benwustudio.com hwang@benwustudio.com +1 507 313 2640

EOQ

Zaozuo

Hong Kong brand, EOQ, is rooted in a spirit of enquiry and industrial adventure. Deliberately positioned within easy reach of the new frontier of manufacturing and innovation, EOQ delivers classic design principles using a new and constantly evolving vocabulary.

The brand aims to deliver perfectly executed future classics and is committed to offering the highest quality, using the most sustainable methods.

Beijing-based Zaozuo creates high quality furniture, textiles and decorative objects to explore new home living possibilities, while responding to contemporary life and the needs of an ever-growing generation of young Chinese urbanites. Zaozuo’s products are manufactured in China and designed by an international roster of designers. The brand’s mission to empower as many people as possible to enjoy quality modern design.

eoq-design.com matt@eoq-design.com +852 6897 3556

zaozuo.com contact@zaozuo.com

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+86 10 6477 5789

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Helsinki Design Week

Founded in 2005, Helsinki Design Week is the largest design festival in the Nordic countries.

The multidisciplinary festival is a platform for design from varied fields, including fashion, architecture and urban culture. It presents the new faces and phenomena of design, while promoting design internationally in collaboration with various partners.

The festival offers Helsinki’s citizens the opportunity to participate in developing and discussing the city and its culture. helsinkidesignweek.com

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Week

Johanna Gullichsen Welcome to a world of modern woven textiles. Since 1989, the design brand, Johanna Gullichsen has been committed to honest design and a modern interpretation of Scandinavian textile traditions. The brand’s respect for the environment, materials and people help it create unmistakable and authentic designs. johannagullichsen.com

Nikari

Saas Instruments

Nikari Oy, founded in Finland in 1967, is a manufacturer of sustainable, contemporary wood design products of exquisite quality. Characterised by an ambitious and contemporary approach, the design of Nikari furniture is deeply rooted in the Nordic tradition. Restrained and serene, it respects the essence of wood and craftsmanship. Nikari collaborates with international designers and its award-winning collection is constantly evolving.

Saas Instruments is an advanced lighting solutions company manufacturing hi-tech lighting components and fixtures. To quote renowned Scandinavian designer, Ilkka Suppanen: “Being from the north we appreciate the subtleties of light. It is like poetry.

And poetry is a precise form. You cannot take out or add a word without destroying the balance.

It’s the most challenging form of literature. SAAS are poets in their field. They create poetic situations.”

info@johannagullichsen.com +358 9 637 917

nikari.fi nikari@nikari.fi +358 10 315 1310

saas.fi hokke@saas.fi

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+358 9 686 0610

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Helsinki Design Week

Founded in 2005, Helsinki Design Week is the largest design festival in the Nordic countries.

The multidisciplinary festival is a platform for design from varied fields, including fashion, architecture and urban culture. It presents the new faces and phenomena of design, while promoting design internationally in collaboration with various partners.

The festival offers Helsinki’s citizens the opportunity to participate in developing and discussing the city and its culture. helsinkidesignweek.com

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Week

Johanna Gullichsen Welcome to a world of modern woven textiles. Since 1989, the design brand, Johanna Gullichsen has been committed to honest design and a modern interpretation of Scandinavian textile traditions. The brand’s respect for the environment, materials and people help it create unmistakable and authentic designs. johannagullichsen.com

Nikari

Saas Instruments

Nikari Oy, founded in Finland in 1967, is a manufacturer of sustainable, contemporary wood design products of exquisite quality. Characterised by an ambitious and contemporary approach, the design of Nikari furniture is deeply rooted in the Nordic tradition. Restrained and serene, it respects the essence of wood and craftsmanship. Nikari collaborates with international designers and its award-winning collection is constantly evolving.

Saas Instruments is an advanced lighting solutions company manufacturing hi-tech lighting components and fixtures. To quote renowned Scandinavian designer, Ilkka Suppanen: “Being from the north we appreciate the subtleties of light. It is like poetry.

And poetry is a precise form. You cannot take out or add a word without destroying the balance.

It’s the most challenging form of literature. SAAS are poets in their field. They create poetic situations.”

info@johannagullichsen.com +358 9 637 917

nikari.fi nikari@nikari.fi +358 10 315 1310

saas.fi hokke@saas.fi

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+358 9 686 0610

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Istanbul Design Week

Launched in 2005, Istanbul Design Week (IDW) provides a unique design experience to the city, bringing local and international designers, students and business together through a series of exhibitions, conferences, street events and workshops. IDW takes place around a multi-dimensional framework, focusing on the main theme of ‘City and Design’. istanbuldesignweek.com

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DAY Studio DAY studio and consultancy develops furniture, lighting and accessories, as well as industrial products and packaging. DAY fuses its Turkish origins with a contemporary approach to create timeless objects of design.

It’s most recent project, Avlu, focuses on the product culture and handcraft potential of Istanbul, with the aim to establish a dialogue on the contemporary design language of the locality. day-studio.com info@day-studio.com

DESTINATION

+90 536 495 1208

Escapefromsofa

Halit Berker

Escapefromsofa is a design studio focusing on various design needs, such as interiors and product design. Escapefromsofa nurtures contextual and contemporary values, striving to create rich experiences with a humble approach towards design, taking into account the disparities in our everyday lives. Believing in simplicity and details, Escapefromsofa works with emerging materials and technology.

A rising star of Turkish furniture design, Halit Berker, a former art director at global advertising agencies, studied visual arts in San Francisco. Upon returning to Istanbul, he turned his hand to interiors and furniture design, first as a hobby and then after considerable success, launching his eponymous brand fulltime.

Now a team of three, Halit Berker creates retro-modern furniture designs, which can be custom made according to clients’ needs.

escapefromsofa.com

halitberker.com

mk@escapefromsofa.com

halit@berkerdesign.com

+90 212 252 3340

+90 212 265 2863

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Istanbul Design Week

Launched in 2005, Istanbul Design Week (IDW) provides a unique design experience to the city, bringing local and international designers, students and business together through a series of exhibitions, conferences, street events and workshops. IDW takes place around a multi-dimensional framework, focusing on the main theme of ‘City and Design’. istanbuldesignweek.com

DESTINATION

DAY Studio DAY studio and consultancy develops furniture, lighting and accessories, as well as industrial products and packaging. DAY fuses its Turkish origins with a contemporary approach to create timeless objects of design.

It’s most recent project, Avlu, focuses on the product culture and handcraft potential of Istanbul, with the aim to establish a dialogue on the contemporary design language of the locality. day-studio.com info@day-studio.com

DESTINATION

+90 536 495 1208

Escapefromsofa

Halit Berker

Escapefromsofa is a design studio focusing on various design needs, such as interiors and product design. Escapefromsofa nurtures contextual and contemporary values, striving to create rich experiences with a humble approach towards design, taking into account the disparities in our everyday lives. Believing in simplicity and details, Escapefromsofa works with emerging materials and technology.

A rising star of Turkish furniture design, Halit Berker, a former art director at global advertising agencies, studied visual arts in San Francisco. Upon returning to Istanbul, he turned his hand to interiors and furniture design, first as a hobby and then after considerable success, launching his eponymous brand fulltime.

Now a team of three, Halit Berker creates retro-modern furniture designs, which can be custom made according to clients’ needs.

escapefromsofa.com

halitberker.com

mk@escapefromsofa.com

halit@berkerdesign.com

+90 212 252 3340

+90 212 265 2863

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Melbourne International Design Week Melbourne International Design Week highlights the role of design as a catalyst for innovation, linking creativity with business, technology and the community. The public programme celebrates the impact of local and international design by showcasing excellence across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including built environment, communication, product and industrial, digital and interactive and strategic design. designmattersvictoria.com

DESTINATION

Andre Hnatojko Co-founder of the award-winning design collective, LAB DE STU, Andre Hnatojko has won multiple design awards and launched his flagship product, the POPPER pendant, with Swarovski in 2012.

In 2015, the young designer begins two additional adventures; the opening of design gallery, 1-OK CLUB, at the National Gallery of Victoria and of A OFFICIAL, a state-of-the-art atelier space for the creation of new collections. labdestu.com.au andre@labdestu.com.au

DESTINATION

+61 4 0916 7189

Christopher Boots

Ben-Tovim Design

Christopher Boots is driven by a love of nature and light, expressed through designing and creating beautiful, unique handmade lighting that draws on a variety of techniques from a team of artisans. The studio mixes materials and processes, experimenting with techniques old and new. Combining these with an investigative sensibility results in an often unexpected aesthetic that retains traditional elements of form, proportion and scale.

Industrial designer, Jonathan Ben-Tovim, conceives, designs and hand makes unique furniture and lighting pieces. A master’s degree in design at the renowned Design Academy Eindhoven, followed by a number of years working in a London industrial design studio, led to the birth of B-TD. The designer explores a patchwork of cultural exposure and experiences in his designs, utilising cutting-edge technology and elemental materials. b-td.com

christopherboots.com sales@christopherboots.com +61 3 9417 6501

info@b-td.com +61 309016 3322

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Melbourne International Design Week Melbourne International Design Week highlights the role of design as a catalyst for innovation, linking creativity with business, technology and the community. The public programme celebrates the impact of local and international design by showcasing excellence across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including built environment, communication, product and industrial, digital and interactive and strategic design. designmattersvictoria.com

DESTINATION

Andre Hnatojko Co-founder of the award-winning design collective, LAB DE STU, Andre Hnatojko has won multiple design awards and launched his flagship product, the POPPER pendant, with Swarovski in 2012.

In 2015, the young designer begins two additional adventures; the opening of design gallery, 1-OK CLUB, at the National Gallery of Victoria and of A OFFICIAL, a state-of-the-art atelier space for the creation of new collections. labdestu.com.au andre@labdestu.com.au

DESTINATION

+61 4 0916 7189

Christopher Boots

Ben-Tovim Design

Christopher Boots is driven by a love of nature and light, expressed through designing and creating beautiful, unique handmade lighting that draws on a variety of techniques from a team of artisans. The studio mixes materials and processes, experimenting with techniques old and new. Combining these with an investigative sensibility results in an often unexpected aesthetic that retains traditional elements of form, proportion and scale.

Industrial designer, Jonathan Ben-Tovim, conceives, designs and hand makes unique furniture and lighting pieces. A master’s degree in design at the renowned Design Academy Eindhoven, followed by a number of years working in a London industrial design studio, led to the birth of B-TD. The designer explores a patchwork of cultural exposure and experiences in his designs, utilising cutting-edge technology and elemental materials. b-td.com

christopherboots.com sales@christopherboots.com +61 3 9417 6501

info@b-td.com +61 309016 3322

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San Francisco Design Week

Known globally as a hub for innovation, San Francisco and Silicon Valley are changing the landscape of everyday life by creating designdriven products. San Francisco Design Week celebrates the Bay Area's unique culture and entrepreneurial spirit, bringing together world renowned designers, entrepreneurs, thought leaders and design enthusiasts to explore San Francisco's broad influence on the design world and beyond. sfdesignweek.org

DESTINATION

Galanter and Jones Galanter & Jones create heated outdoor furniture, the first and only of its kind. The pieces combine quality craftsmanship with energy-efficient technology in one stylish package. Described as the simplest and most welcome innovation in garden furniture ever seen, the heated seating warms your entire body with its comfortable and ergonomic design. galanterandjones.com miranda @galanterandjones.com

DESTINATION

+1 415 264 1738

Lumio

Council Design

Lumio was born of a desire to offer people the freedom to experience beautiful lighting wherever they are; a design unconstrained by space or power source. Minimalist in design, the Lumio lamp takes a familiar form —of a book —and creates a mesmerising sculptural light when open. The user has the ability to endlessly adapt its shape to meet their changing needs.

As the name suggests, Council was born from the notion of collaboration—its collections reflect the contributions of designers from around the world. Producing singular pieces, the brand aims to make each one the purest expression of its original design concept.

Council’s collection is created for a discerning customer, who values quality, craftsmanship, authenticity, and, above all, good design.

hellolumio.com info@hellolumio.com

councildesign.com info@councildesign.com +1 415 550 1750

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San Francisco Design Week

Known globally as a hub for innovation, San Francisco and Silicon Valley are changing the landscape of everyday life by creating designdriven products. San Francisco Design Week celebrates the Bay Area's unique culture and entrepreneurial spirit, bringing together world renowned designers, entrepreneurs, thought leaders and design enthusiasts to explore San Francisco's broad influence on the design world and beyond. sfdesignweek.org

DESTINATION

Galanter and Jones Galanter & Jones create heated outdoor furniture, the first and only of its kind. The pieces combine quality craftsmanship with energy-efficient technology in one stylish package. Described as the simplest and most welcome innovation in garden furniture ever seen, the heated seating warms your entire body with its comfortable and ergonomic design. galanterandjones.com miranda @galanterandjones.com

DESTINATION

+1 415 264 1738

Lumio

Council Design

Lumio was born of a desire to offer people the freedom to experience beautiful lighting wherever they are; a design unconstrained by space or power source. Minimalist in design, the Lumio lamp takes a familiar form —of a book —and creates a mesmerising sculptural light when open. The user has the ability to endlessly adapt its shape to meet their changing needs.

As the name suggests, Council was born from the notion of collaboration—its collections reflect the contributions of designers from around the world. Producing singular pieces, the brand aims to make each one the purest expression of its original design concept.

Council’s collection is created for a discerning customer, who values quality, craftsmanship, authenticity, and, above all, good design.

hellolumio.com info@hellolumio.com

councildesign.com info@councildesign.com +1 415 550 1750

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Downtown Design

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DOWNTOWN DESIGN

The 2015 list of exhibitors includes: Downtown Design is held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Chairman, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, and is the only platform in the Middle East for the region’s trade professionals to discover original, high quality design from all over the world.

Doubling in size from last year, Downtown Design will take place for the first time at Dubai Design District from 27th to 30th October and is the commercial centerpiece for the inaugural Dubai Design Week, offering the opportunity for a larger number of high quality brands from around the world to connect with the regional market.

This year, the fair will host over 90 brands from 25 different countries, across more than 15 different product categories. Visitors will be able to discover an exciting mix of contemporary products from iconic international brands, through to unique pieces by emerging designers who will showcase for the very first time on the international design circuit.

AATI

GEORG JENSEN

MUNNA

AKROS

GINGER & JAGGER

MUUBS

ANDRE HNATOJKO

GROHE

NAKKASH GALLERY

ANTIDOTE

GUFRAM

NEO

ANTONIO LUPI

HACKER

NIKARI

ARCLINEA

HAKWOOD

PLANIKA

BEN-TOVIM DESIGN

HALIT BERKER

PRECIOSA

BENWU STUDIO

HANSGROHE

ROLF BENZ

BOLON

HELLO LUMIO

SAAS INSTRUMENTS

BROKIS

HERMAN MILLER

SAMOVAR CARPETS

CAPSULE ARTS

IBDAA

SERRALUNGA

CHABROS

ILLULIAN

SMARIN

CHRISTOFLE

ITALIAN LUXURY INTERIORS

STUDIO M

CHRISTOPHER BOOTS COUNCIL DESIGN DAY STUDIO DECOUSSEMAECKER ECO SMART FIRE EDICIONES JALAPA ELICA ENVOY ME EOQ ESCAPEFROMSOFA

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In partnership with

ESSENZA ETQAAN GAGGENAU GALANTER & JONES

IWAN MAKTABI JOHANNA GULLICHSEN JOTUN KARTELL KOHLER KVADRAT LALIQUE LASVIT LATVIA PAVILION LCMX LEMA LLADRO MOROSO

SVEN M TASCHEN THE RUG COMPANY THG PARIS TRIBUTO USM VIN DE GARDE VILLE VENETE WALTER KNOLL WHITE ALMONDS WILKHAHN ZAOZUO AND ZIP INDUSTRIES

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DOWNTOWN DESIGN

The 2015 list of exhibitors includes: Downtown Design is held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Chairman, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, and is the only platform in the Middle East for the region’s trade professionals to discover original, high quality design from all over the world.

Doubling in size from last year, Downtown Design will take place for the first time at Dubai Design District from 27th to 30th October and is the commercial centerpiece for the inaugural Dubai Design Week, offering the opportunity for a larger number of high quality brands from around the world to connect with the regional market.

This year, the fair will host over 90 brands from 25 different countries, across more than 15 different product categories. Visitors will be able to discover an exciting mix of contemporary products from iconic international brands, through to unique pieces by emerging designers who will showcase for the very first time on the international design circuit.

AATI

GEORG JENSEN

MUNNA

AKROS

GINGER & JAGGER

MUUBS

ANDRE HNATOJKO

GROHE

NAKKASH GALLERY

ANTIDOTE

GUFRAM

NEO

ANTONIO LUPI

HACKER

NIKARI

ARCLINEA

HAKWOOD

PLANIKA

BEN-TOVIM DESIGN

HALIT BERKER

PRECIOSA

BENWU STUDIO

HANSGROHE

ROLF BENZ

BOLON

HELLO LUMIO

SAAS INSTRUMENTS

BROKIS

HERMAN MILLER

SAMOVAR CARPETS

CAPSULE ARTS

IBDAA

SERRALUNGA

CHABROS

ILLULIAN

SMARIN

CHRISTOFLE

ITALIAN LUXURY INTERIORS

STUDIO M

CHRISTOPHER BOOTS COUNCIL DESIGN DAY STUDIO DECOUSSEMAECKER ECO SMART FIRE EDICIONES JALAPA ELICA ENVOY ME EOQ ESCAPEFROMSOFA

DOWNTOWN DESIGN

In partnership with

ESSENZA ETQAAN GAGGENAU GALANTER & JONES

IWAN MAKTABI JOHANNA GULLICHSEN JOTUN KARTELL KOHLER KVADRAT LALIQUE LASVIT LATVIA PAVILION LCMX LEMA LLADRO MOROSO

SVEN M TASCHEN THE RUG COMPANY THG PARIS TRIBUTO USM VIN DE GARDE VILLE VENETE WALTER KNOLL WHITE ALMONDS WILKHAHN ZAOZUO AND ZIP INDUSTRIES

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Smarin presented by Antidote

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DOWNTOWN DESIGN

A new feature is the Destination initiative, designed to highlight Dubai’s mission to become a global design hub. This year, Downtown Design will host six different design weeks: Helsinki, Beijing, Mexico, Melbourne, San Francisco and Istanbul – each one bringing three of their most exciting young design brands – those that best embody their native material and crafts, while possessing both regional appeal and commercial potential.

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Christofle

The public programme will take place in the auditorium of Downtown Design. Set with a wide perspective to include broader design topics for a more consumer-led Dubai Design Week audience, there will be a set of inspiring talks and panel discussions specifically for the region’s architecture and design community. With a wide breadth of industry topics including colour trends, spatial experience, product innovation and Dubai’s evolving architectural landscape; the programme promises to share knowledge and insight on the region’s continually changing world of design.

Emphasising the fair's position as a platform for business, the newly expanded Buyer Programme offers brands the opportunity to engage with the region's key architects and interior designers. With the event becoming a focal point of the design calendar, Downtown Design has become a must for the Middle East's leading industry professionals. downtowndesign.com info@downtowndesign.com

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Smarin presented by Antidote

DOWNTOWN DESIGN

DOWNTOWN DESIGN

A new feature is the Destination initiative, designed to highlight Dubai’s mission to become a global design hub. This year, Downtown Design will host six different design weeks: Helsinki, Beijing, Mexico, Melbourne, San Francisco and Istanbul – each one bringing three of their most exciting young design brands – those that best embody their native material and crafts, while possessing both regional appeal and commercial potential.

By Etqaan

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Christofle

The public programme will take place in the auditorium of Downtown Design. Set with a wide perspective to include broader design topics for a more consumer-led Dubai Design Week audience, there will be a set of inspiring talks and panel discussions specifically for the region’s architecture and design community. With a wide breadth of industry topics including colour trends, spatial experience, product innovation and Dubai’s evolving architectural landscape; the programme promises to share knowledge and insight on the region’s continually changing world of design.

Emphasising the fair's position as a platform for business, the newly expanded Buyer Programme offers brands the opportunity to engage with the region's key architects and interior designers. With the event becoming a focal point of the design calendar, Downtown Design has become a must for the Middle East's leading industry professionals. downtowndesign.com info@downtowndesign.com

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Downtown Design Public Programme

5pm–5:45pm Design Talk

Perspectives of Architecture, Design & Construction Speakers:

Wednesday DOWNTOWN DESIGN

28 October 2pm–2:45pm Design Talk

Colour and the Human Experience Jotun's colour expert Lisbeth Larsen offers insight into the inspirations and trends that inform the creation of next year's colour palette.

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DOWNTOWN DESIGN

3pm–3:45pm Design Talk

'Design Is…' A Presentation of International AwardWinning Design Projects Exploring the principles behind the world's most successful design projects, from Australia to Brazil. Presented by the International Interior Design Association and the Society of British Interior Design.

4pm–4:45pm Panel Discussion

3pm–3:45pm Business Insights

Adapting International Trendsfor the Modern Middle Eastern Lifestyle

Evolution of Design in Dubai

Panelists:

George Kahler, Kahler Design Bettina Hermann, Rolf Benz Louise Langkilde, Georg Jensen Mauro Marelli, Lema The panel will debate the importance of cultural and social factors in adapting global trends for the modern Middle Eastern lifestyle.

Robert Booth of Ellington Properties decodes Dubai's changing landscape to uncover how the rapid pace of development has given rise to an iconic city.

4pm–4:45pm Panel Discussion

The Modern Bathroom: Innovation Through Design & Material Panelists:

Thursday 29 October 2pm–2:45pm Panel Discussion

Lighting: Creating the Ultimate Experience Panelists:

Pallavi Dean, Pallavi Dean Interiors Martin Fryzelka, Preciosa Petra Krausova, Newintage-Lasvit Representative of Brokis Lighting The panel will reveal how innovation, craftsmanship and creativity inform modern lighting design, playing on architectural elements, materials and process to establish our emotional experience of a space.

Ellen Bishop, Bishop Design Daniel Brohn, Kohler Antoine Khalife, Grohe Levant And Gulf Coast Dirk Schilmoeller, Hansgrohe Today’s bathroom has been revolutionised by great leaps in technology and the changing aspirations of the consumer.

Three of the sectors leading brands showcase how their innovations are responding to a lifestyle focused on wellness and sustainability.

Jacqui Shaddock, H2R Design Husain Roomi, H2R Design Boutique architectural firm H2R on the challenge of developing creative design projects in the region. From concept to completion they suggest solutions for maintaining strong vision and social responsibility.

FRIDAY 30 October 2pm–2:45pm Panel Discussion

Interior Design 2016: The Difference is in the Details Panelists:

Kristina Zanic, Kristina Zanic Consultants Sara Farah, White Almonds Jesper Sander Andersen, Kvadrat Maharam The panel discuss how textiles, tableware and accessories contribute to a coherent interior design concept. Referring to the tomorrow’s trends they will provide a broad picture of how every accent gives added value to the design outcome.

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Downtown Design Public Programme

5pm–5:45pm Design Talk

Perspectives of Architecture, Design & Construction Speakers:

Wednesday DOWNTOWN DESIGN

28 October 2pm–2:45pm Design Talk

Colour and the Human Experience Jotun's colour expert Lisbeth Larsen offers insight into the inspirations and trends that inform the creation of next year's colour palette.

DOWNTOWN DESIGN

DOWNTOWN DESIGN

3pm–3:45pm Design Talk

'Design Is…' A Presentation of International AwardWinning Design Projects Exploring the principles behind the world's most successful design projects, from Australia to Brazil. Presented by the International Interior Design Association and the Society of British Interior Design.

4pm–4:45pm Panel Discussion

3pm–3:45pm Business Insights

Adapting International Trendsfor the Modern Middle Eastern Lifestyle

Evolution of Design in Dubai

Panelists:

George Kahler, Kahler Design Bettina Hermann, Rolf Benz Louise Langkilde, Georg Jensen Mauro Marelli, Lema The panel will debate the importance of cultural and social factors in adapting global trends for the modern Middle Eastern lifestyle.

Robert Booth of Ellington Properties decodes Dubai's changing landscape to uncover how the rapid pace of development has given rise to an iconic city.

4pm–4:45pm Panel Discussion

The Modern Bathroom: Innovation Through Design & Material Panelists:

Thursday 29 October 2pm–2:45pm Panel Discussion

Lighting: Creating the Ultimate Experience Panelists:

Pallavi Dean, Pallavi Dean Interiors Martin Fryzelka, Preciosa Petra Krausova, Newintage-Lasvit Representative of Brokis Lighting The panel will reveal how innovation, craftsmanship and creativity inform modern lighting design, playing on architectural elements, materials and process to establish our emotional experience of a space.

Ellen Bishop, Bishop Design Daniel Brohn, Kohler Antoine Khalife, Grohe Levant And Gulf Coast Dirk Schilmoeller, Hansgrohe Today’s bathroom has been revolutionised by great leaps in technology and the changing aspirations of the consumer.

Three of the sectors leading brands showcase how their innovations are responding to a lifestyle focused on wellness and sustainability.

Jacqui Shaddock, H2R Design Husain Roomi, H2R Design Boutique architectural firm H2R on the challenge of developing creative design projects in the region. From concept to completion they suggest solutions for maintaining strong vision and social responsibility.

FRIDAY 30 October 2pm–2:45pm Panel Discussion

Interior Design 2016: The Difference is in the Details Panelists:

Kristina Zanic, Kristina Zanic Consultants Sara Farah, White Almonds Jesper Sander Andersen, Kvadrat Maharam The panel discuss how textiles, tableware and accessories contribute to a coherent interior design concept. Referring to the tomorrow’s trends they will provide a broad picture of how every accent gives added value to the design outcome.

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3pm–3:45pm Panel Discussion

5pm–5:45pm Panel Discussion

The Domestic Revolution: A New Kitchen Experience

How To Grow Your Own Design Brand

Panelists:

Sharon Jutla, Studio Hba Wilfried Plaickner, Arclinea Steven Pardoe, Hacker Kitchens Representative Of Gaggenau

DOWNTOWN DESIGN

DOWNTOWN DESIGN

The heart of the home has been reconceptualised to meet the demands of a busy modern lifestyle. The panel draw from their own brands to reveal how international dining trends, advances in engineered materials and a thirst for luxury is changing the way we cook, eat and live.

4pm–4:45pm Design Talk

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Panelists:

Viktor Udzenija, Viktor Udzenija Architecture + Design Bruno Guellaf, Studio Bruno Guellaf Laura Noriego, Tributo Moderated by Fair Director, Rue Kothari, the panelists will each share their experiences of creating a successful design business, developing their brand identity and growing their influence in the regional market.

Museum chair by Vetrogiardini (at the Italian Luxury Interiors Pavilion)

For programme updates please visit downtowndesign.com

Happiness by Design: Mastering Workplace Performance Oliver Baxter, insight programme manager at Herman Miller presents the science behind making employees happy in the workplace. The session explores how design affects employee performance and findings from new research with the Centre For Neuroeconomic Studies.

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3pm–3:45pm Panel Discussion

5pm–5:45pm Panel Discussion

The Domestic Revolution: A New Kitchen Experience

How To Grow Your Own Design Brand

Panelists:

Sharon Jutla, Studio Hba Wilfried Plaickner, Arclinea Steven Pardoe, Hacker Kitchens Representative Of Gaggenau

DOWNTOWN DESIGN

DOWNTOWN DESIGN

The heart of the home has been reconceptualised to meet the demands of a busy modern lifestyle. The panel draw from their own brands to reveal how international dining trends, advances in engineered materials and a thirst for luxury is changing the way we cook, eat and live.

4pm–4:45pm Design Talk

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

Panelists:

Viktor Udzenija, Viktor Udzenija Architecture + Design Bruno Guellaf, Studio Bruno Guellaf Laura Noriego, Tributo Moderated by Fair Director, Rue Kothari, the panelists will each share their experiences of creating a successful design business, developing their brand identity and growing their influence in the regional market.

Museum chair by Vetrogiardini (at the Italian Luxury Interiors Pavilion)

For programme updates please visit downtowndesign.com

Happiness by Design: Mastering Workplace Performance Oliver Baxter, insight programme manager at Herman Miller presents the science behind making employees happy in the workplace. The session explores how design affects employee performance and findings from new research with the Centre For Neuroeconomic Studies.

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Global Grad Show Global Grad Show is a world-first exhibition of the most innovative projects from the world’s leading design schools; an unprecedented overview of the world’s emerging designers and the technologies that will shape the future.

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Comprised of 47 projects, Global Grad Show is organised into six categories - Construction, Health, Home, Memory, Play and Work. Representatives from each participating university, including some of the exhibiting designers, will be present at the exhibition, providing direct contact to the next generation of elite designers which they belong.

Health

Participating Universities:

Memory

Royal College of Art

ECAL

MIT Media Lab: Mediated Matter Group Tangible Media Group

Keio Graduate School of Media Design

Pratt Institute Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Eindhoven University of Technology KAIST Tsinghua University

National University of Singapore 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm Dubai Design District (d3), Building 6

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Global Grad Show Global Grad Show is a world-first exhibition of the most innovative projects from the world’s leading design schools; an unprecedented overview of the world’s emerging designers and the technologies that will shape the future.

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Construction

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Comprised of 47 projects, Global Grad Show is organised into six categories - Construction, Health, Home, Memory, Play and Work. Representatives from each participating university, including some of the exhibiting designers, will be present at the exhibition, providing direct contact to the next generation of elite designers which they belong.

Health

Participating Universities:

Memory

Royal College of Art

ECAL

MIT Media Lab: Mediated Matter Group Tangible Media Group

Keio Graduate School of Media Design

Pratt Institute Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Eindhoven University of Technology KAIST Tsinghua University

National University of Singapore 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm Dubai Design District (d3), Building 6

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84 88 Play

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Aldana Ferrer Garcia, More Sky*

Morten Grønning, Happaratus

Chao Chen, Water Reaction*

Top view of the Silk Pavilion as approximately

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1,500 silkworms construct the fibrous composite.

More Sky

Happaratus

Water Reaction

Silk Pavilion

Designed by: Aldana Ferrer Garcia

Designed by: Morten Grønning Nielsen

Designed by: Chao Chen

Designed by: Mediated Matter Group

University: Pratt Institute

University: Royal College of Art

University: Royal College of Art

University: MIT Media Lab

More Sky is an experiment in expanding architectural space, reimaging the window niche by expanding it outward to create a cozy corner that provides visual relief and access to sunlight and fresh air. Designed at the threshold between industrial design and architecture, More Sky is both an object and a space, pushing the limits of the typical apartment to suggest an easy solution to the constraints of dense urban living.

Happaratus is a ‘power glove’ that makes it possible to shape and sculpt hard materials by hands.

Developed in close collaboration with artisans and craft experts from various disciplines, the project takes an experimental approach to increasing the power and creative capabilities of the human hand as a crafting tool, with the potential for changing both tools and workflows in future craft practice.

Water Reaction is an organic architectural surface that reacts to water by curling inward into various geometric shapes, revealing a colored surface underneath. Applied to building scale, this shape-shifting material subtly transforms into a brightly patterned facade on rainy days.

This work is part of a series of explorations into how the built environment can mimic the responsiveness and flexibility found in nature.

The Silk Pavilion explores the relationship between digital and biological fabrication on product and architectural scales. The primary structure was created of polygonal panels made of silk threads generated by a machine.

Inspired by the silkworm’s ability to generate a 3D cocoon from a single silk thread, the overall geometry of the pavilion was created using an algorithm that assigns a single continuous thread across patches, providing various degrees of density.

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aldanaferrergarcia.com

groenning.me

chaochen-design.com

* Aldana Ferrer Garcia, Pratt

* Chao Chen owns all the photos

Institute. Patent Pending

and prototypes/products of Water Reaction project

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Construction

Aldana Ferrer Garcia, More Sky*

Morten Grønning, Happaratus

Chao Chen, Water Reaction*

Top view of the Silk Pavilion as approximately

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1,500 silkworms construct the fibrous composite.

More Sky

Happaratus

Water Reaction

Silk Pavilion

Designed by: Aldana Ferrer Garcia

Designed by: Morten Grønning Nielsen

Designed by: Chao Chen

Designed by: Mediated Matter Group

University: Pratt Institute

University: Royal College of Art

University: Royal College of Art

University: MIT Media Lab

More Sky is an experiment in expanding architectural space, reimaging the window niche by expanding it outward to create a cozy corner that provides visual relief and access to sunlight and fresh air. Designed at the threshold between industrial design and architecture, More Sky is both an object and a space, pushing the limits of the typical apartment to suggest an easy solution to the constraints of dense urban living.

Happaratus is a ‘power glove’ that makes it possible to shape and sculpt hard materials by hands.

Developed in close collaboration with artisans and craft experts from various disciplines, the project takes an experimental approach to increasing the power and creative capabilities of the human hand as a crafting tool, with the potential for changing both tools and workflows in future craft practice.

Water Reaction is an organic architectural surface that reacts to water by curling inward into various geometric shapes, revealing a colored surface underneath. Applied to building scale, this shape-shifting material subtly transforms into a brightly patterned facade on rainy days.

This work is part of a series of explorations into how the built environment can mimic the responsiveness and flexibility found in nature.

The Silk Pavilion explores the relationship between digital and biological fabrication on product and architectural scales. The primary structure was created of polygonal panels made of silk threads generated by a machine.

Inspired by the silkworm’s ability to generate a 3D cocoon from a single silk thread, the overall geometry of the pavilion was created using an algorithm that assigns a single continuous thread across patches, providing various degrees of density.

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aldanaferrergarcia.com

groenning.me

chaochen-design.com

* Aldana Ferrer Garcia, Pratt

* Chao Chen owns all the photos

Institute. Patent Pending

and prototypes/products of Water Reaction project

matter.media.mit.edu

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Health

Wu Cailin Elyn, Dex*

Frances Yan, ONIXX

Tangible Media Group, BioLogic

Bin Yu, BioMirror

Dex

ONIXX

BioLogic

BioMirror

Designed by: Wu Caili Elyn

Designed by: Frances Yan

Designed by: Tangible Media Group

University: National University of Singapore

University: Royal College of Art

University: MIT Media Lab

Designed by: Bin Yu (with Alissa van Asseldonk and Nienke Bongers)

Dex is an integrated healthcare system for diabetic patients. It consists of a pair of smart insoles that is paired with a health monitoring system and a suite of foot focused games to encourage the use of exercise to manage diabetic conditions through the gamification of fitness routines. The insole’s design offers flexibility in the placement of the sensors to suit different foot types.

ONIXX is an ergonomic textile that generates energy through the user’s natural body movement, using the lightweight and versatile properties of dielectric elastomers. It is a personal and effortless green energy solution.

This first version of ONIXX targets nature enthusiasts, motivated by community-oriented and sustainable lifestyle habits.

However, the project’s future 2030 vision involves a greater sharing platform in which wearers of all kinds contribute to a new source of democratised and crowd sourced human generated energy.

BioLogic is the first selftransforming garment that reacts in symbiosis with the human body. The bio-hybrid garment is based on the natural phenomenon of hygromorphic transformation and uses living cells as nanosensors and nanoactuators that are stimulated by body temperature and humidity change. A bio-printing system and design simulation software were developed to simulate the functional transformation and fabrication of the BioLogic’s smart, living materials.

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francesyan.com

tangible.media.mit.edu

University: Eindhoven University of Technology BioMirror is a set of interactive surfaces that respond to users’ heartbeats, respiration and autonomic nervous system activities. As a traditional mirror reflects one’s outside appearance, BioMirror reflects human internal bodily processes. The surface is complex paper-based structure with repetitive incisions created by laser cutting. The rear serves as a medium to transform force from servomotors, vibration motors or fans into an action, stimulating the patterns on the surface to vibrate, swing, bulge or rotate to display physiological information in dynamic physical form. bin8090.wordpress.com alissanienke.nl

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Health

Wu Cailin Elyn, Dex*

Frances Yan, ONIXX

Tangible Media Group, BioLogic

Bin Yu, BioMirror

Dex

ONIXX

BioLogic

BioMirror

Designed by: Wu Caili Elyn

Designed by: Frances Yan

Designed by: Tangible Media Group

University: National University of Singapore

University: Royal College of Art

University: MIT Media Lab

Designed by: Bin Yu (with Alissa van Asseldonk and Nienke Bongers)

Dex is an integrated healthcare system for diabetic patients. It consists of a pair of smart insoles that is paired with a health monitoring system and a suite of foot focused games to encourage the use of exercise to manage diabetic conditions through the gamification of fitness routines. The insole’s design offers flexibility in the placement of the sensors to suit different foot types.

ONIXX is an ergonomic textile that generates energy through the user’s natural body movement, using the lightweight and versatile properties of dielectric elastomers. It is a personal and effortless green energy solution.

This first version of ONIXX targets nature enthusiasts, motivated by community-oriented and sustainable lifestyle habits.

However, the project’s future 2030 vision involves a greater sharing platform in which wearers of all kinds contribute to a new source of democratised and crowd sourced human generated energy.

BioLogic is the first selftransforming garment that reacts in symbiosis with the human body. The bio-hybrid garment is based on the natural phenomenon of hygromorphic transformation and uses living cells as nanosensors and nanoactuators that are stimulated by body temperature and humidity change. A bio-printing system and design simulation software were developed to simulate the functional transformation and fabrication of the BioLogic’s smart, living materials.

behance.net/elynwu * Property of the Division of GLOBAL GRAD SHOW

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Industrial Design and Environment of the National University of Singapore

francesyan.com

tangible.media.mit.edu

University: Eindhoven University of Technology BioMirror is a set of interactive surfaces that respond to users’ heartbeats, respiration and autonomic nervous system activities. As a traditional mirror reflects one’s outside appearance, BioMirror reflects human internal bodily processes. The surface is complex paper-based structure with repetitive incisions created by laser cutting. The rear serves as a medium to transform force from servomotors, vibration motors or fans into an action, stimulating the patterns on the surface to vibrate, swing, bulge or rotate to display physiological information in dynamic physical form. bin8090.wordpress.com alissanienke.nl

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Allison Rowe, Simi*

Vidhi Mehta, Post/Biotics*

Jordane Vernet, Sterilux, ECAL*

HeartBloom

Simi

Post/Biotics

Sterilux

Designed by: Bin Yu (with Rogier Arents)

Designed by: Allison Rowe

Designed by: Vidhi Mehta

Designed by: Jordane Vernet

University: Eindhoven University of Technology

University: Royal College of Art

University: Royal College of Art

University: ECAL

Simi is a health management tool for woman based on hormone monitoring. It combines user information with known clinical correlations to provide personalised medical and lifestyle predictions and advice.

Simi consists of a saliva-based hormone monitor and a data analytics backend. The algorithms combine user information with a database of medical knowledge– a step towards computer-aided.

Behind the scenes, the system is scanning the data for new clinical correlations that might lead to breakthrough medical advancements.

Post/Biotics is a toolkit that empowers citizen scientists to reduce sole reliance on pharmaceutical companies to develop new antibiotics. Post/ Biotics distributes empirical research to students and a popup lab allows them to participate in discovering substances with antimicrobial values by testing locally available plants and soils.

It’s a vision for open source drug discovery and showcases how availability of scientific tools can change how society learns, creates and adds to scientific knowledge.

Sterilux is an innovation in sterilising medical tools that uses up to 1000 times less water and 100 times less energy than conventional methods. The design uses the chemical composition of ambient air together with UV lights to generate, and then destroy, the sterilisation gas Ozone. The medical tools are directly laid into a SteriBox. The SteriBox provides both a sterilisation box and a durable storage container, resistant to external constraints in order to guarantee the long-term sterility of the tools.

Bin Yu and Rogier Arents,

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HeartBloom

HeartBloom is a biofeedback device that collects heart rate data and visualises it with the assistance of a pen plotter. The path and rhythm of the pen’s movements are dynamically coupled to physiological information, such as heart rate variability, creating a new means for visualising and monitoring personal medical information.

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bin8090.wordpress.com

allisonmrowe.com * Copyright 2015, Allison Rowe

vidhimehta.in postbiotics.wordpress.com * Post/Biotics is a project by Vidhi Mehta

sterilux.ch * STERILUX, Design: ECAL/ Jordane Vernet

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Allison Rowe, Simi*

Vidhi Mehta, Post/Biotics*

Jordane Vernet, Sterilux, ECAL*

HeartBloom

Simi

Post/Biotics

Sterilux

Designed by: Bin Yu (with Rogier Arents)

Designed by: Allison Rowe

Designed by: Vidhi Mehta

Designed by: Jordane Vernet

University: Eindhoven University of Technology

University: Royal College of Art

University: Royal College of Art

University: ECAL

Simi is a health management tool for woman based on hormone monitoring. It combines user information with known clinical correlations to provide personalised medical and lifestyle predictions and advice.

Simi consists of a saliva-based hormone monitor and a data analytics backend. The algorithms combine user information with a database of medical knowledge– a step towards computer-aided.

Behind the scenes, the system is scanning the data for new clinical correlations that might lead to breakthrough medical advancements.

Post/Biotics is a toolkit that empowers citizen scientists to reduce sole reliance on pharmaceutical companies to develop new antibiotics. Post/ Biotics distributes empirical research to students and a popup lab allows them to participate in discovering substances with antimicrobial values by testing locally available plants and soils.

It’s a vision for open source drug discovery and showcases how availability of scientific tools can change how society learns, creates and adds to scientific knowledge.

Sterilux is an innovation in sterilising medical tools that uses up to 1000 times less water and 100 times less energy than conventional methods. The design uses the chemical composition of ambient air together with UV lights to generate, and then destroy, the sterilisation gas Ozone. The medical tools are directly laid into a SteriBox. The SteriBox provides both a sterilisation box and a durable storage container, resistant to external constraints in order to guarantee the long-term sterility of the tools.

Bin Yu and Rogier Arents,

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HeartBloom

HeartBloom is a biofeedback device that collects heart rate data and visualises it with the assistance of a pen plotter. The path and rhythm of the pen’s movements are dynamically coupled to physiological information, such as heart rate variability, creating a new means for visualising and monitoring personal medical information.

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bin8090.wordpress.com

allisonmrowe.com * Copyright 2015, Allison Rowe

vidhimehta.in postbiotics.wordpress.com * Post/Biotics is a project by Vidhi Mehta

sterilux.ch * STERILUX, Design: ECAL/ Jordane Vernet

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Tan Cheng Yan, ER+*

Chiam Yong Sheng, Kevin, Flex*

Ineke Neutlings, Sonostopp*

Hsin-Hua (Sheana) Yu.Aura.2015

ER+

Flex

Sonostapp

Aura

Designed by: Tan Cheng Yang, Alvin

Designed by: Chiam Yong Sheng, Kevin

Designed by: Ineke Neutelings - Sonostapp

Designed by: Sheana Yu

University: National University of Singapore

University: National University of Singapore

University: Royal College of Art

ER+ is a first aid bag designed to aid medics in emergency rescues.

It changes form to cater to the shifting needs of the medics, providing a backpack when on the move, a toolkit when treating victims and a modular unit when transporting. Designed for the Singapore Red Cross, ER+ facilitates faster and more precise first aid provision in times of crisis.

Flex seeks to redefine mobility for the elderly through the notion of dynamic walking. Flex applies an elastic shoe design to a walking cane that blossoms on contact with the ground. This expansion of the cane’s base increases surface contact, making it more stable - a reliable anchor for the next step. Meanwhile, an internal spring mechanism helps provide additional cushioning and allows the cane’s blossoming base to return to a streamlined profile while off the ground.

University: Eindhoven University of Technology

alvintanzy.com * Property of the Division of Industrial Design and Environment GLOBAL GRAD SHOW

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of the National University of Singapore

Sonostapp is a prosthetic limb designed to provide people with a lower extremity amputation with an alternative sensory stimulus.

Using a thin insole between the shoe and the foot, it measures the applied pressure underneath a prosthetic leg. This information is communicated to the user via audio feedback, which helps improve their balance while walking, to unwind their foot in a natural way and to learn how to weight-load each leg.

Aura is an enhanced personal air purifier that generates a stream of clean air for its users.

Using a built-in air quality sensor, Aura also tracks the level of air pollution. This data raises awareness and enables users to take alternative measures to avoid highly polluted areas.

As the network of Aura users expands, a live feed of crowd sourced pollution information will generate a reliable real time forecast.

Sheanayu.com

behance.net/kevinchiam

Ineke.co

* Property of the Division of

* (2015) Industrial Design

Industrial Design and Environment

Department as Eindhocen University

of the National University

of Technology

of Singapore

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Tan Cheng Yan, ER+*

Chiam Yong Sheng, Kevin, Flex*

Ineke Neutlings, Sonostopp*

Hsin-Hua (Sheana) Yu.Aura.2015

ER+

Flex

Sonostapp

Aura

Designed by: Tan Cheng Yang, Alvin

Designed by: Chiam Yong Sheng, Kevin

Designed by: Ineke Neutelings - Sonostapp

Designed by: Sheana Yu

University: National University of Singapore

University: National University of Singapore

University: Royal College of Art

ER+ is a first aid bag designed to aid medics in emergency rescues.

It changes form to cater to the shifting needs of the medics, providing a backpack when on the move, a toolkit when treating victims and a modular unit when transporting. Designed for the Singapore Red Cross, ER+ facilitates faster and more precise first aid provision in times of crisis.

Flex seeks to redefine mobility for the elderly through the notion of dynamic walking. Flex applies an elastic shoe design to a walking cane that blossoms on contact with the ground. This expansion of the cane’s base increases surface contact, making it more stable - a reliable anchor for the next step. Meanwhile, an internal spring mechanism helps provide additional cushioning and allows the cane’s blossoming base to return to a streamlined profile while off the ground.

University: Eindhoven University of Technology

alvintanzy.com * Property of the Division of Industrial Design and Environment GLOBAL GRAD SHOW

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of the National University of Singapore

Sonostapp is a prosthetic limb designed to provide people with a lower extremity amputation with an alternative sensory stimulus.

Using a thin insole between the shoe and the foot, it measures the applied pressure underneath a prosthetic leg. This information is communicated to the user via audio feedback, which helps improve their balance while walking, to unwind their foot in a natural way and to learn how to weight-load each leg.

Aura is an enhanced personal air purifier that generates a stream of clean air for its users.

Using a built-in air quality sensor, Aura also tracks the level of air pollution. This data raises awareness and enables users to take alternative measures to avoid highly polluted areas.

As the network of Aura users expands, a live feed of crowd sourced pollution information will generate a reliable real time forecast.

Sheanayu.com

behance.net/kevinchiam

Ineke.co

* Property of the Division of

* (2015) Industrial Design

Industrial Design and Environment

Department as Eindhocen University

of the National University

of Technology

of Singapore

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Jon Kuster, Open Water Guard*

Land Rover Samerim*

Open Water Guard

Land Rover Samerim

Designed by: Jon Kuster

Designed by: Supaluck Benyasam, Pere Bruach, YiHui Guo, Florian Kainz, Tony Lien, Jiye Moon and Ed Tam

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University: Royal College of Art Open Water Guard is an emergency rescue system designed to save cruise ship passengers, who have fallen overboard. Due to the difficulty of stopping and turning around a cruise ship, it takes more than seven hours to recover a passenger. Open Water Guard reduces this time to minutes.

When a passenger goes overboard, a drone is dispatched, locating the passenger and releasing a light-weight, selfinflating life raft to provide protection until help arrives.

University: Royal College of Art Land Rover Samerim is a remote controlled mobile support clinic designed to visit remote locations and enter high-risk arenas. It is a single rapid response medical vehicle that combines off road capabilities, space of consultation and medical assessment, connectivity to remote experts, energy self-sufficiency, chemical analysis capability and ease of decontamination.

Vehicledesignlab.com

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rca.ac.uk/students/ jon-kuster/ * ŠJon Kuster

* Land Rover: Tony Lien, Yihui Guo, Florian Kainz, Ed Tam, Belle Benyasarn, Pere Bruach, Jiye Moon

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Jon Kuster, Open Water Guard*

Land Rover Samerim*

Open Water Guard

Land Rover Samerim

Designed by: Jon Kuster

Designed by: Supaluck Benyasam, Pere Bruach, YiHui Guo, Florian Kainz, Tony Lien, Jiye Moon and Ed Tam

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University: Royal College of Art Open Water Guard is an emergency rescue system designed to save cruise ship passengers, who have fallen overboard. Due to the difficulty of stopping and turning around a cruise ship, it takes more than seven hours to recover a passenger. Open Water Guard reduces this time to minutes.

When a passenger goes overboard, a drone is dispatched, locating the passenger and releasing a light-weight, selfinflating life raft to provide protection until help arrives.

University: Royal College of Art Land Rover Samerim is a remote controlled mobile support clinic designed to visit remote locations and enter high-risk arenas. It is a single rapid response medical vehicle that combines off road capabilities, space of consultation and medical assessment, connectivity to remote experts, energy self-sufficiency, chemical analysis capability and ease of decontamination.

Vehicledesignlab.com

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rca.ac.uk/students/ jon-kuster/ * ŠJon Kuster

* Land Rover: Tony Lien, Yihui Guo, Florian Kainz, Ed Tam, Belle Benyasarn, Pere Bruach, Jiye Moon

www.designboom.com/shop

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Home

Julian Bowerman, Connoisseur

Connoisseur Designed by: Julian Bowerman

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University: Hong Kong Polytechnic University Connoisseur is a grinder that enriches the coffee making experience at home. Amongst its delights is a sound cone that emits a delicate tingling when beans are poured into the hopper, a cooling system that minimises grinding heat, (preserving taste and aroma) and a chrome-plated container that elevates the coffee from an everyday foodstuff to a singular treasure. polyu.edu.hk

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Olivia Hwayoung Kim, Silk-sa:

Kim Dohyeong, Kim Eunjin, Kim

Cross-Cultural Dining Experience*

Shin, Scent Clock

Sik-sa: Cross-Cultural Dining Experience

Scent Clock

Involuntary Pleasures

Designed by: Kim Dohyeong, Kim Eunjin, Kim Shin

Designed by: Ted Wiles

Designed by: Olivia Hwayoung Kim University: Pratt Institute Sik-sa: Cross-Cultural Dining Experience is a guideline for introducing new dining cultures. Through diagrammatic illustrations and specifically designed dinner sets, including prescriptive place mats, Sik-sa provides a comfortable condition to explore a new tradition and reflect on one’s own. By approaching people through the universal experience of eating, the design helps users to understand, experience, and to communicate with other cultures. pratt.edu * Olivia Hwayoung Kim / Pratt Institute

University: KAIST Scent Clock provides a new way to tell time through fragrance. A wall clock extension, it releases fragrance at pre-determined times. Attached to the face of analog clocks, interchangeable scent chips help to alter the fragrance. Scent Clock recognises the hour on which it is positioned with the help of a sensor that detects reflected light, diffusing the scent at the prescribed time. id.kaist.ac.kr do998.com

Ted Wiles, Involuntary Pleasures

University: Royal College of Art Involuntary Pleasures is a four-part series of electronic products that require physical interaction for engagement, creating chemical changes within users’ brains, to trigger feelings of delight and happiness.

Victory Alarm Clock, to turn off the Victory Alarm Clock the user must hold the two actuators and adopt a victory pose, increasing testosterone and reducing cortisol. The Hugging Toaster requires the user to embrace it with a hug for the duration of cooking, increasing levels of dopamine and serotonin. tedwiles.com

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Julian Bowerman, Connoisseur

Connoisseur Designed by: Julian Bowerman

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University: Hong Kong Polytechnic University Connoisseur is a grinder that enriches the coffee making experience at home. Amongst its delights is a sound cone that emits a delicate tingling when beans are poured into the hopper, a cooling system that minimises grinding heat, (preserving taste and aroma) and a chrome-plated container that elevates the coffee from an everyday foodstuff to a singular treasure. polyu.edu.hk

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Olivia Hwayoung Kim, Silk-sa:

Kim Dohyeong, Kim Eunjin, Kim

Cross-Cultural Dining Experience*

Shin, Scent Clock

Sik-sa: Cross-Cultural Dining Experience

Scent Clock

Involuntary Pleasures

Designed by: Kim Dohyeong, Kim Eunjin, Kim Shin

Designed by: Ted Wiles

Designed by: Olivia Hwayoung Kim University: Pratt Institute Sik-sa: Cross-Cultural Dining Experience is a guideline for introducing new dining cultures. Through diagrammatic illustrations and specifically designed dinner sets, including prescriptive place mats, Sik-sa provides a comfortable condition to explore a new tradition and reflect on one’s own. By approaching people through the universal experience of eating, the design helps users to understand, experience, and to communicate with other cultures. pratt.edu * Olivia Hwayoung Kim / Pratt Institute

University: KAIST Scent Clock provides a new way to tell time through fragrance. A wall clock extension, it releases fragrance at pre-determined times. Attached to the face of analog clocks, interchangeable scent chips help to alter the fragrance. Scent Clock recognises the hour on which it is positioned with the help of a sensor that detects reflected light, diffusing the scent at the prescribed time. id.kaist.ac.kr do998.com

Ted Wiles, Involuntary Pleasures

University: Royal College of Art Involuntary Pleasures is a four-part series of electronic products that require physical interaction for engagement, creating chemical changes within users’ brains, to trigger feelings of delight and happiness.

Victory Alarm Clock, to turn off the Victory Alarm Clock the user must hold the two actuators and adopt a victory pose, increasing testosterone and reducing cortisol. The Hugging Toaster requires the user to embrace it with a hug for the duration of cooking, increasing levels of dopamine and serotonin. tedwiles.com

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Akihiko Takashima, Tomosuke Maeda, Satoshi Murata, Yizhang Zhu, Liu

Chhavi Oswa, Slow Clock

Ghost in the House

Slow Clock

Designed by: Akihiko Takashima, Tomosuke Maeda, Satoshi Murata, Yizhang Zhu, Liu Pengjun

Designed by: Chhavi Oswal

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University: Keio Graduate School of Media Design Ghost in the House is a system of interactive furniture that allows you to communicate with your belongings and feel less alone. Monitoring behavior, it expresses affection, concern, and interest, connecting emotionally and meddling in users’ lives; worrying as loving parent would.

When a user’s behaviour upsets the system, they can improve its mood, simply by offering affection, by hugging a pillow or offering a kind word.

University: Hong Kong Polytechnic University Slow Clock applies technology to encourage a slower, more considered and reflective approach to life. Designed to be the hub of a smart home, the wall clock is inspired by the six domains of well-being.

When it determines that any dimension for a balanced life is neglected, it emits a sound and creates a combination of words, reminding the user to take time to eat, sleep, exercise etc.

The concept also extends to a telephone application. polyu.edu.hk

kmd.keio.ac.jp

Sin Nu Siu, Mobile Usage Behavior

Hon Ka Chun, MONO

at Bedtime

Pengjun, Ghost in the House

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Mobile Usage Behavior at Bedtime Designed by: Sin Na Siu, Trina University: Hong Kong Polytechnic University Mobile Usage Behavior at Bedtime is a combination smart pillow and mobile app that records sleep quality and provides information on improving sleep and avoiding the negative effects of mobile use. Synched to the app, the pillow records the time and depth of sleep and acts as an alarm. Once the user has left the bed, it synchs the information to the app, to provide a report and tips on how to sleep better. behance.net/trinassn

MONO Designed by: Hon Ka Chun University: Hong Kong Polytechnic University MONO is an interactive mindfulness system that encourages meditative exercises just prior to sleep. Consisting of: a wearable device measuring heart and respiration rates, as well as sleep patterns; a clock projector producing relaxing visuals, scents, and sounds; and a smartphone app that connects the components and provides a log of activities. MONO transforms a bedroom into an immersive meditative environment, encouraging a clearer mind and better sleep. honkachun.com

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Akihiko Takashima, Tomosuke Maeda, Satoshi Murata, Yizhang Zhu, Liu

Chhavi Oswa, Slow Clock

Ghost in the House

Slow Clock

Designed by: Akihiko Takashima, Tomosuke Maeda, Satoshi Murata, Yizhang Zhu, Liu Pengjun

Designed by: Chhavi Oswal

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University: Keio Graduate School of Media Design Ghost in the House is a system of interactive furniture that allows you to communicate with your belongings and feel less alone. Monitoring behavior, it expresses affection, concern, and interest, connecting emotionally and meddling in users’ lives; worrying as loving parent would.

When a user’s behaviour upsets the system, they can improve its mood, simply by offering affection, by hugging a pillow or offering a kind word.

University: Hong Kong Polytechnic University Slow Clock applies technology to encourage a slower, more considered and reflective approach to life. Designed to be the hub of a smart home, the wall clock is inspired by the six domains of well-being.

When it determines that any dimension for a balanced life is neglected, it emits a sound and creates a combination of words, reminding the user to take time to eat, sleep, exercise etc.

The concept also extends to a telephone application. polyu.edu.hk

kmd.keio.ac.jp

Sin Nu Siu, Mobile Usage Behavior

Hon Ka Chun, MONO

at Bedtime

Pengjun, Ghost in the House

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Mobile Usage Behavior at Bedtime Designed by: Sin Na Siu, Trina University: Hong Kong Polytechnic University Mobile Usage Behavior at Bedtime is a combination smart pillow and mobile app that records sleep quality and provides information on improving sleep and avoiding the negative effects of mobile use. Synched to the app, the pillow records the time and depth of sleep and acts as an alarm. Once the user has left the bed, it synchs the information to the app, to provide a report and tips on how to sleep better. behance.net/trinassn

MONO Designed by: Hon Ka Chun University: Hong Kong Polytechnic University MONO is an interactive mindfulness system that encourages meditative exercises just prior to sleep. Consisting of: a wearable device measuring heart and respiration rates, as well as sleep patterns; a clock projector producing relaxing visuals, scents, and sounds; and a smartphone app that connects the components and provides a log of activities. MONO transforms a bedroom into an immersive meditative environment, encouraging a clearer mind and better sleep. honkachun.com

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Koraldo Kajanaku,

Emily Tang, Libue

Liminal Autohabitat

Liminal Autohabitat Designed by: Koraldo Kajanaku

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University: Royal College of Art Liminal Autohabitat is a network of travel pods that combines the flexibility of a car, the efficiency of trains, and the intelligence of the Internet. For super commuters, Liminal makes sleeping on the way to and from work as easy as hailing a pod through the app.

The network also provides service pods for showers and quick breaks, and gently wakes users as they arrive at their destination, providing more time for rest or other forms of relaxation.

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koraldo.com

Libue: The Toilet for Parkinson’s Patients and their Family Members Designed by: Emily Tang University: Hong Kong Polytechnic University Libue is a redesigned toilet for Parkinson's patients and their family members that increases the independence of patients, reduces the burden for family members and provides a solution that can be easily integrated in existing homes without additional construction. Libue challenges the conventional design of toilets; it’s easily accessible for patients, while it’s functionality and flexibility also makes use by other family members. emilytangstudio.com

TICKING OF TIME

From October 26 to December 31, 2015 " The Ticking of Time", part of Dubai Design Week 2015.

Curated by Cyril Zammit ( Art Dubai Group) ‘The Gallery’ at Emaar Pavilion Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, Downtown Dubai Saturday - Thursday: 9am to 6pm T: +971 4 3675585 www.emaargallery.com

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Koraldo Kajanaku,

Emily Tang, Libue

Liminal Autohabitat

Liminal Autohabitat Designed by: Koraldo Kajanaku

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University: Royal College of Art Liminal Autohabitat is a network of travel pods that combines the flexibility of a car, the efficiency of trains, and the intelligence of the Internet. For super commuters, Liminal makes sleeping on the way to and from work as easy as hailing a pod through the app.

The network also provides service pods for showers and quick breaks, and gently wakes users as they arrive at their destination, providing more time for rest or other forms of relaxation.

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koraldo.com

Libue: The Toilet for Parkinson’s Patients and their Family Members Designed by: Emily Tang University: Hong Kong Polytechnic University Libue is a redesigned toilet for Parkinson's patients and their family members that increases the independence of patients, reduces the burden for family members and provides a solution that can be easily integrated in existing homes without additional construction. Libue challenges the conventional design of toilets; it’s easily accessible for patients, while it’s functionality and flexibility also makes use by other family members. emilytangstudio.com

TICKING OF TIME

From October 26 to December 31, 2015 " The Ticking of Time", part of Dubai Design Week 2015.

Curated by Cyril Zammit ( Art Dubai Group) ‘The Gallery’ at Emaar Pavilion Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, Downtown Dubai Saturday - Thursday: 9am to 6pm T: +971 4 3675585 www.emaargallery.com

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Im Jong-uk, Bae Hyun-joo, Kim

#THESELFIEPROJECT*

#UNSHAPE*

Wei-Che Chang, Sello

Min-hwan, Memory Lamp

Memory Lamp

#THESELFIEPROJECT

#UNSHAPE

Sello

Designed by: Im Jong-uk, Bae Hyun-joo, Kim Min-hwan

Designed by: Kevin Gouriou, Calypso Mahieu

Designed by: Jules Moskovtchenko, Angélique Stehli, Sunil Vallu

Designed by: Wei-Che Chang

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University: KAIST Memory Lamp is a DIY lighting system designed to capture its user’s memories. Created as an open source effort to inject new life into an everyday object, users need only an IKEA LAMPAN lamp, 3D printed joints and digital files to transform a common table lamp into a new medium of communication. With easily updatable files, the content of lamp evolves over time to reflect the life of its users.

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kaist.ac.kr

University: ECAL #THESELFIEPROJECT is a series of machines inspired by DIY and open source culture. Easily constructed, each machine hacks into and reinterprets the camera function of the smartphone to create interesting and playful images. selfie-project.com * #THESELFIEPRJECT, Design: ECAL/ Kevin Gouriou and Calypso Mahieu

University: ECAL A digital mirror for scanning yourself and collaging your guests, #UNSHAPE is a poetic combination of a mirror and a scanner. It is designed to encourage interaction between the viewer’s movement and time. Realistic, distorted selfportraits or exquisite cadavers can be created by interacting with the installation. Visitors are invited to directly experiment with #UNSHAPE, opening up the possibility to discover new interactive and fun ways of having their picture taken 3.0 style. ecal.ch * #UNSHAPE, Design: ECAL/ Jules Moskovtchenko, Angélique Stehli and Sunil Vallu

University: Royal College of Art Sello is an intelligent patternchanging stamp that connects your personal digital cloud to your physical workspace. Even in this digital age, we still rely on physical notes, especially when we are thinking, conceiving and planning. The Sello digital stamp allows you to combine digital and analogue information in one place to provide a richer, smarter and more tangible experience. rca.ac.uk

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Im Jong-uk, Bae Hyun-joo, Kim

#THESELFIEPROJECT*

#UNSHAPE*

Wei-Che Chang, Sello

Min-hwan, Memory Lamp

Memory Lamp

#THESELFIEPROJECT

#UNSHAPE

Sello

Designed by: Im Jong-uk, Bae Hyun-joo, Kim Min-hwan

Designed by: Kevin Gouriou, Calypso Mahieu

Designed by: Jules Moskovtchenko, Angélique Stehli, Sunil Vallu

Designed by: Wei-Che Chang

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University: KAIST Memory Lamp is a DIY lighting system designed to capture its user’s memories. Created as an open source effort to inject new life into an everyday object, users need only an IKEA LAMPAN lamp, 3D printed joints and digital files to transform a common table lamp into a new medium of communication. With easily updatable files, the content of lamp evolves over time to reflect the life of its users.

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kaist.ac.kr

University: ECAL #THESELFIEPROJECT is a series of machines inspired by DIY and open source culture. Easily constructed, each machine hacks into and reinterprets the camera function of the smartphone to create interesting and playful images. selfie-project.com * #THESELFIEPRJECT, Design: ECAL/ Kevin Gouriou and Calypso Mahieu

University: ECAL A digital mirror for scanning yourself and collaging your guests, #UNSHAPE is a poetic combination of a mirror and a scanner. It is designed to encourage interaction between the viewer’s movement and time. Realistic, distorted selfportraits or exquisite cadavers can be created by interacting with the installation. Visitors are invited to directly experiment with #UNSHAPE, opening up the possibility to discover new interactive and fun ways of having their picture taken 3.0 style. ecal.ch * #UNSHAPE, Design: ECAL/ Jules Moskovtchenko, Angélique Stehli and Sunil Vallu

University: Royal College of Art Sello is an intelligent patternchanging stamp that connects your personal digital cloud to your physical workspace. Even in this digital age, we still rely on physical notes, especially when we are thinking, conceiving and planning. The Sello digital stamp allows you to combine digital and analogue information in one place to provide a richer, smarter and more tangible experience. rca.ac.uk

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Farewill*

Setareh Shamdani, Di.tect*

Farewill

Di.tect

Designed by: Antton Peña, Koraldo Kajanaku, Daniel Garrett

Designed by: Setareh Shamdani

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University: Royal College of Art Farewill is an online service designed to reinvent the traditional process of making wills and advance care plans to suit 21st century. The project’s online platform allows wills to exists as a living document, accessible at any time through an intuitive interface. At any point, documents created with Farewill can be printed at home, signed and made legally enforceable. farewill.com * By Koraldo Kajanaku, Antton GLOBAL GRAD SHOW

Peña, Daniel Garrett, and Tom Rogers

University: Royal College of Art Di.tect is a personal digital detective that allows users to clearly understand their online persona and gives them more control over their data. The project challenges the existing notion that digital content must be perpetually available and accessible to all. Di.tect proposes an information rights management system—enabling individuals to retract information they no longer wish to share, offering control over online presence and encouraging social responsibility on the web. setareh-shamdani.com * ©Setreh Shamdani

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Farewill*

Setareh Shamdani, Di.tect*

Farewill

Di.tect

Designed by: Antton Peña, Koraldo Kajanaku, Daniel Garrett

Designed by: Setareh Shamdani

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University: Royal College of Art Farewill is an online service designed to reinvent the traditional process of making wills and advance care plans to suit 21st century. The project’s online platform allows wills to exists as a living document, accessible at any time through an intuitive interface. At any point, documents created with Farewill can be printed at home, signed and made legally enforceable. farewill.com * By Koraldo Kajanaku, Antton GLOBAL GRAD SHOW

Peña, Daniel Garrett, and Tom Rogers

University: Royal College of Art Di.tect is a personal digital detective that allows users to clearly understand their online persona and gives them more control over their data. The project challenges the existing notion that digital content must be perpetually available and accessible to all. Di.tect proposes an information rights management system—enabling individuals to retract information they no longer wish to share, offering control over online presence and encouraging social responsibility on the web. setareh-shamdani.com * ©Setreh Shamdani

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Miki Asatani, HAPPIECE

Catunes*

Robin Oglesbee-Venghaus, Basecamp*

IKEA Vehicle Toy Kit

HAPPIECE

Cactunes

Basecamp

Designed by: Lee Soonju, Kim Hanbit, Juan Montalvan

Designed by: Miki Asatani

Designed by: Pierre Charreau, Martin Hertig, Pauline Lemberger

Designed by: Robin Oglesbee-Venghaus

Lee Soonju, Kim Hanbit, Juan Montalvan, IKEA Vehicle Toy Kit

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University: KAIST IKEA Vehicle Toy Kit is a set of standardised parts that enable parents and children to transform a common IKEA swivel chair into a child-sized truck or helicopter.

It consists of designed-cut cardboard and a set of 3D printed connectors that form a three-dimensional structure - the body of the vehicle. With a simple construction process the kit produces a vehicle toy that encourages children to develop a sense of construction, imagination, and mobility. id.kaist.ac.kr

University: Keio Graduate School of Media Design HAPPIECE is a table designed to encourage communication between a parent and child at home. In the assembly phase, parent and child put HAPPIECE together in a spirit of constructive play. It is designed for children between the ages three to six and consists of nine birch plywood pieces and two rounded boxes. Its components are colour coded in for ease of assembly and to help visualise the logic of construction. mikiasatani.com

University: ECAL The world’s first musical cactus Cactunes is an experimental project that attempts to stretch the limits of the smart home by infusing it with a sense of humour, questioning if our increasingly intimate relationship with gadgets can make life less logical and more magical. By equipping household cactus plants with sensors and audio devices they are transformed into musical instruments. The user has an ingrained assumption against touching cacti challenged, and in the process, a small piece of the untapped potential of home automation becomes visible. ecal.ch * CACTUNES, Design: ECAL/ Pierre Charreau, Martin Hertig and Pauline Lemberger

University: Pratt Institute BaseCamp is a portable chair, especially for hikers and nature lovers, as it’s designed to be easily carried and can be set up almost anywhere. Similar to a lounge chair, BaseCamp Adventure Chair is designed to be low to the ground, thus increasing the feeling connection to the earth, with a steeper seat angle that encourages people to sit back and relax. robinov.com * Designed by Robin OglesbeeVenghaus/robinov.com/ PRATTINSTITUTE

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Miki Asatani, HAPPIECE

Catunes*

Robin Oglesbee-Venghaus, Basecamp*

IKEA Vehicle Toy Kit

HAPPIECE

Cactunes

Basecamp

Designed by: Lee Soonju, Kim Hanbit, Juan Montalvan

Designed by: Miki Asatani

Designed by: Pierre Charreau, Martin Hertig, Pauline Lemberger

Designed by: Robin Oglesbee-Venghaus

Lee Soonju, Kim Hanbit, Juan Montalvan, IKEA Vehicle Toy Kit

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University: KAIST IKEA Vehicle Toy Kit is a set of standardised parts that enable parents and children to transform a common IKEA swivel chair into a child-sized truck or helicopter.

It consists of designed-cut cardboard and a set of 3D printed connectors that form a three-dimensional structure - the body of the vehicle. With a simple construction process the kit produces a vehicle toy that encourages children to develop a sense of construction, imagination, and mobility. id.kaist.ac.kr

University: Keio Graduate School of Media Design HAPPIECE is a table designed to encourage communication between a parent and child at home. In the assembly phase, parent and child put HAPPIECE together in a spirit of constructive play. It is designed for children between the ages three to six and consists of nine birch plywood pieces and two rounded boxes. Its components are colour coded in for ease of assembly and to help visualise the logic of construction. mikiasatani.com

University: ECAL The world’s first musical cactus Cactunes is an experimental project that attempts to stretch the limits of the smart home by infusing it with a sense of humour, questioning if our increasingly intimate relationship with gadgets can make life less logical and more magical. By equipping household cactus plants with sensors and audio devices they are transformed into musical instruments. The user has an ingrained assumption against touching cacti challenged, and in the process, a small piece of the untapped potential of home automation becomes visible. ecal.ch * CACTUNES, Design: ECAL/ Pierre Charreau, Martin Hertig and Pauline Lemberger

University: Pratt Institute BaseCamp is a portable chair, especially for hikers and nature lovers, as it’s designed to be easily carried and can be set up almost anywhere. Similar to a lounge chair, BaseCamp Adventure Chair is designed to be low to the ground, thus increasing the feeling connection to the earth, with a steeper seat angle that encourages people to sit back and relax. robinov.com * Designed by Robin OglesbeeVenghaus/robinov.com/ PRATTINSTITUTE

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Thibault Penven, Ar Vag*

Cal Craven, Orion’s Belt*

Ar Vag

Orion’s Belt

Designed by: Thibault Penven

Designed by: Cal Craven

University: ECAL

University: Royal College of Arts

Ar Vag (meaning boat in Breton) is an easily assembled folding attachment with oars, intended for use as a shuttle between the shore and a boat. It’s faster to use than an inflatable dinghy and less cumbersome than a fixed attachment. When folded, the boat can be carried as a backpack and easily stored. It’s thin, light hull consists of a series of fiberglass sheets, covered with heat-welded plastic tarpaulin.

Orion’s Belt is an environmentally conscious luxury exploration yacht that can conduct research and clean the ocean. It raises the possibility for a new form of luxury that is interwoven with sustainability. It features a hangar bay that provides an essential component for exploration and when the ship passes floating debris, two large arms funnel plastic into the rear of the hull for recycling for use on an onboard 3D printer or transportation to a processing plant.

ecal.ch * AR VAG, Design: ECAL/ GLOBAL GRAD SHOW

Thibault Penven

calcraven.com * Designed by Cal Craven Royal College of Art cal.craven@network.rca.uk

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Thibault Penven, Ar Vag*

Cal Craven, Orion’s Belt*

Ar Vag

Orion’s Belt

Designed by: Thibault Penven

Designed by: Cal Craven

University: ECAL

University: Royal College of Arts

Ar Vag (meaning boat in Breton) is an easily assembled folding attachment with oars, intended for use as a shuttle between the shore and a boat. It’s faster to use than an inflatable dinghy and less cumbersome than a fixed attachment. When folded, the boat can be carried as a backpack and easily stored. It’s thin, light hull consists of a series of fiberglass sheets, covered with heat-welded plastic tarpaulin.

Orion’s Belt is an environmentally conscious luxury exploration yacht that can conduct research and clean the ocean. It raises the possibility for a new form of luxury that is interwoven with sustainability. It features a hangar bay that provides an essential component for exploration and when the ship passes floating debris, two large arms funnel plastic into the rear of the hull for recycling for use on an onboard 3D printer or transportation to a processing plant.

ecal.ch * AR VAG, Design: ECAL/ GLOBAL GRAD SHOW

Thibault Penven

calcraven.com * Designed by Cal Craven Royal College of Art cal.craven@network.rca.uk

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Megan Czaja: Oblio*

Kataryna Kempa: SIT*

Qi Wang, Smart

Chunhao Weng: Steppa

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Rehabilitation Garment

Oblio Stool

SIT

Designed by: Megan Czaja

Designed by: Katarzyna Kempa

University: Pratt Institute

University: ECAL

Oblio is a stool inspired by those who need to fidget in order to think, it is made with motion in mind. The underside of the seat is convex, and without a rigid or fixed connection, the seat can swivel, rock, and bounce.

The rubber is made lighter through the use of a semi-rigid foam interior. Oblio Stool takes cues from beloved childhood toys and Scandinavian design, combined with extension material experimentation.

SIT is a stool and desk set designed to promote healthier habits by providing an active working environment that refreshes how we usually sit. The wooden stool sits higher than a standard office chair to ensure that the user’s hips, heels and shoulders are kept in vertical alignment and enable weight to be spread across both the feet and back. A small backrest keeps the frame in an ergonomic position, while a flexible support stops sitters from staying still for too long.

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megczaja.com * Megan Czaja/Pratt Institute

katarzynakempa.com * SIT, Design: ECAL/ Kataryna Kempa

Smart Rehabilitation Garment Designed by: Qi Wang University: Eindhoven University of Technology Smart Rehabilitation Garment is an article of therapeutic clothing composed of integrated smart textiles and wearable electronics. Working in synch with a dedicated smart phone application, the garment detects movements or positions that are in excess of the set range. The user receives feedback from a vibration motor and the phone’s visual and audio feedback in order to make necessary adjustments to prevent spinal pain and improve posture. cargocollective.com/ wangqi

Steppa Designed by: Chunhao Weng University: Royal College of Art Steppa creates small sprints of activity throughout your day, providing the benefits of changing posture frequently.

The combination insole and desktop device is designed to transform activity tracking into an engaging, social experience. The insole identifies a broad range of movements from sitting posture to standing and motion. The desktop device acts as a constant interactive reminder that mirrors your activity state, providing positive feedback and recognition of improvement. chunhaoweng.com

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Megan Czaja: Oblio*

Kataryna Kempa: SIT*

Qi Wang, Smart

Chunhao Weng: Steppa

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Rehabilitation Garment

Oblio Stool

SIT

Designed by: Megan Czaja

Designed by: Katarzyna Kempa

University: Pratt Institute

University: ECAL

Oblio is a stool inspired by those who need to fidget in order to think, it is made with motion in mind. The underside of the seat is convex, and without a rigid or fixed connection, the seat can swivel, rock, and bounce.

The rubber is made lighter through the use of a semi-rigid foam interior. Oblio Stool takes cues from beloved childhood toys and Scandinavian design, combined with extension material experimentation.

SIT is a stool and desk set designed to promote healthier habits by providing an active working environment that refreshes how we usually sit. The wooden stool sits higher than a standard office chair to ensure that the user’s hips, heels and shoulders are kept in vertical alignment and enable weight to be spread across both the feet and back. A small backrest keeps the frame in an ergonomic position, while a flexible support stops sitters from staying still for too long.

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megczaja.com * Megan Czaja/Pratt Institute

katarzynakempa.com * SIT, Design: ECAL/ Kataryna Kempa

Smart Rehabilitation Garment Designed by: Qi Wang University: Eindhoven University of Technology Smart Rehabilitation Garment is an article of therapeutic clothing composed of integrated smart textiles and wearable electronics. Working in synch with a dedicated smart phone application, the garment detects movements or positions that are in excess of the set range. The user receives feedback from a vibration motor and the phone’s visual and audio feedback in order to make necessary adjustments to prevent spinal pain and improve posture. cargocollective.com/ wangqi

Steppa Designed by: Chunhao Weng University: Royal College of Art Steppa creates small sprints of activity throughout your day, providing the benefits of changing posture frequently.

The combination insole and desktop device is designed to transform activity tracking into an engaging, social experience. The insole identifies a broad range of movements from sitting posture to standing and motion. The desktop device acts as a constant interactive reminder that mirrors your activity state, providing positive feedback and recognition of improvement. chunhaoweng.com

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Yue Jiang, ULINK

Sungwhoon Cho, SYTH

Ziran Zhao, Enhanced Miner's

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Protective Equipment*

ULINK

SYTH

Designed by: Yue Jiang

Designed by: Sungwhoon Cho

University: Royal College of Art

University: Royal College of Art

ULINK is a stress monitoring, tasking and sharing tool for project-based offices, which helps to allocate tasks and encourages workload sharing based on real-time measurement of individual and group stress.

The system consists of a webcam stress monitoring device, an electronic display of team stress levels and a touch-sensitive device, which maps individuals’ stress levels, allows workers to notify teammates in times of high stress and supports the effective distribution of tasks.

SYTH (Synapse Path) is a pen and platform that connect the real world to the digital. SYTH helps you to express and organise your thoughts in an analog format then builds them in virtual space through application of an accelerometer, bluetooth and optical character recognition technologies.

yuejiang.co.uk

SYTH provides a means for handwriting, drawing and other pre-digital activities that can be easily transferred into a digital workspace generated by the user. studiohoon.com

Enhanced Miners’ Protective Equipment Designed by: Ziran Zhao University: Tsinghua University Mining remains a highly dangerous occupation. Based on extensive field research on the experiences, fears, and desires of Chinese miners, Enhanced Miners’ Protective Equipment proposes a carbon fibre reinforced structure to helmets to enhance impact resistance and shockproof foam to cushion against impact.

Integrated radio communication equipment, lamp and goggles allow for easier storage and wear, a dust towel lining protects against ash and debris, while an enhanced ventilation mask provides improved comfort and performance. behance.net/ziranzizai * Ziran Zhao, Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University

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Yue Jiang, ULINK

Sungwhoon Cho, SYTH

Ziran Zhao, Enhanced Miner's

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Protective Equipment*

ULINK

SYTH

Designed by: Yue Jiang

Designed by: Sungwhoon Cho

University: Royal College of Art

University: Royal College of Art

ULINK is a stress monitoring, tasking and sharing tool for project-based offices, which helps to allocate tasks and encourages workload sharing based on real-time measurement of individual and group stress.

The system consists of a webcam stress monitoring device, an electronic display of team stress levels and a touch-sensitive device, which maps individuals’ stress levels, allows workers to notify teammates in times of high stress and supports the effective distribution of tasks.

SYTH (Synapse Path) is a pen and platform that connect the real world to the digital. SYTH helps you to express and organise your thoughts in an analog format then builds them in virtual space through application of an accelerometer, bluetooth and optical character recognition technologies.

yuejiang.co.uk

SYTH provides a means for handwriting, drawing and other pre-digital activities that can be easily transferred into a digital workspace generated by the user. studiohoon.com

Enhanced Miners’ Protective Equipment Designed by: Ziran Zhao University: Tsinghua University Mining remains a highly dangerous occupation. Based on extensive field research on the experiences, fears, and desires of Chinese miners, Enhanced Miners’ Protective Equipment proposes a carbon fibre reinforced structure to helmets to enhance impact resistance and shockproof foam to cushion against impact.

Integrated radio communication equipment, lamp and goggles allow for easier storage and wear, a dust towel lining protects against ash and debris, while an enhanced ventilation mask provides improved comfort and performance. behance.net/ziranzizai * Ziran Zhao, Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University

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The Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholarship Since inception, The Abraaj Group has supported the art & innovation sector which we acknowledge as a key driver in building sustainable communities. To further our commitment, we launched the ground-breaking Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholarship, in partnership with the Royal College of Art (RCA) in 2014. For five years, Abraaj will support five outstanding RCA applicants from the growth markets of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Turkey each year. This is the world's largest international scholarship program in the creative postgraduate sector and aims to foster a unique community

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of creative leaders who share the values, integrity, and social responsibility upheld by Abraaj and the RCA. The Abraaj scholars are selected by a world-class panel including Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO; Dame Marjorie Scardino, former CEO of Pearson; Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design of The Museum of Modern Art, Dale Harrow, Dean of the School of Design of RCA, Hilde Schwab, Chairperson and Co-Founder of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Juan Cruz, Dean of the School of Fine Art of RCA, Savita Apte, Director of Art Dubai, former Chair of the Abraaj Group Art Prize and Yinka Shonibare MBE, Artist.

The current scholars are from Turkey, Kazakhstan, India, Mexico, Colombia, the Philippines and Thailand, and their expertise spans from textiles all the way to industrial design. These creative leaders will in turn use their innovations and learnings to positively impact their home countries.

Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholars (2014 cohort) with Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Arif Naqvi, Founder and Group Chief Executive, The Abraaj Group

Tulip Vase 2015 (Press-molded stoneware, drawings in cobalt, transparent glaze). Created by Fernanda Julieta Cortes Garcia, 2014 Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholar

ABRAAJ RCA

For more information on the application process and requirements, please visit: Waddesdon Scarf. Created by Burachat Ratanasuwan 2014 Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholar from Thailand (Program: Textiles)

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from Mexico (Program: Ceramics & Glass)

Super Form 2014 (steel rod base and PVC plastic seating). Created

by Sheroy Katila, 2014 Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholar from India (Program: Innovation Design Engineering)

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The Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholarship Since inception, The Abraaj Group has supported the art & innovation sector which we acknowledge as a key driver in building sustainable communities. To further our commitment, we launched the ground-breaking Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholarship, in partnership with the Royal College of Art (RCA) in 2014. For five years, Abraaj will support five outstanding RCA applicants from the growth markets of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Turkey each year. This is the world's largest international scholarship program in the creative postgraduate sector and aims to foster a unique community

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of creative leaders who share the values, integrity, and social responsibility upheld by Abraaj and the RCA. The Abraaj scholars are selected by a world-class panel including Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO; Dame Marjorie Scardino, former CEO of Pearson; Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design of The Museum of Modern Art, Dale Harrow, Dean of the School of Design of RCA, Hilde Schwab, Chairperson and Co-Founder of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Juan Cruz, Dean of the School of Fine Art of RCA, Savita Apte, Director of Art Dubai, former Chair of the Abraaj Group Art Prize and Yinka Shonibare MBE, Artist.

The current scholars are from Turkey, Kazakhstan, India, Mexico, Colombia, the Philippines and Thailand, and their expertise spans from textiles all the way to industrial design. These creative leaders will in turn use their innovations and learnings to positively impact their home countries.

Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholars (2014 cohort) with Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Arif Naqvi, Founder and Group Chief Executive, The Abraaj Group

Tulip Vase 2015 (Press-molded stoneware, drawings in cobalt, transparent glaze). Created by Fernanda Julieta Cortes Garcia, 2014 Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholar

ABRAAJ RCA

For more information on the application process and requirements, please visit: Waddesdon Scarf. Created by Burachat Ratanasuwan 2014 Abraaj RCA Innovation Scholar from Thailand (Program: Textiles)

rca.ac.uk/abraaj

from Mexico (Program: Ceramics & Glass)

Super Form 2014 (steel rod base and PVC plastic seating). Created

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Iconic City: Brilliant Beirut

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Curated by Rana Salam 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm Dubai Design District (d3), Building 7

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Hotel Carlton, Karol Schayer, 1957

Curated and designed by Beirut-born and based designer Rana Salam, Brilliant Beirut documents the development of design in the Lebanese capital over the past seven decades.

Brilliant Beirut‘s chronological journey sheds light on the milestones in the city’s design history from the country's independence in 1943 right through to today.

It showcases the city’s brilliant achievements, from the flourishing years of the 1950s and the maturing era of the 1960s and 1970s, all the way through the civil war of the 1980s, to the restoring phase of the 1990s and 2000s, up until the present day.

The 1950s saw the foundations of the new republic laid.

Lebanon sought to develop its own distinct visual style through architecture, interior and product design. The decade marked an increasingly self-confident Lebanon and the start of the shift from agriculture and industry to the trade, finance and tourism sectors. It was a transformation that saw itself articulated through built form and an increasingly confident visual culture. During

the period, the city saw the Hotel Phoenicia, the Hotel Carlton and the Pan-American Building rise to dominate the skyline. Equally, Beirut saw the emergence of important spaces for leisure and consumption, such as Hamra. This extensive design activity saw the emergence of Lebanon’s first group of architects and the initial steps towards forming a Lebanese architectural vocabulary, seen in the work of architects such as such as George Rais, Assem Salam, Khalil Khoury and Karol Schayer. At the same time, newly established companies, such as Gandour and Middle East Airlines, started a graphic design culture through their advertising and branding campaigns.

As the world swung in to the 60s, Beirut swung too. The increased economic activity resulted in the formation of new companies and in turn more branding and advertisement opportunities.

Beirut’s trading culture and colonial past produced strong connections with European graphic culture and this can be seen in many of the Lebanese companies’ logos and advertising campaigns. Early and smaller examples of the megaprojects that now proliferate across the Middle East were first seen in Beirut during this era. A good example is Beirut City Center – known more commonly today as the Egg – by the Lebanese architect Joseph Philippe Karam.

Hamra continued to grow as

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Iconic City: Brilliant Beirut

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Curated by Rana Salam 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm Dubai Design District (d3), Building 7

ICONIC CITY

ICONIC CITY

Hotel Carlton, Karol Schayer, 1957

Curated and designed by Beirut-born and based designer Rana Salam, Brilliant Beirut documents the development of design in the Lebanese capital over the past seven decades.

Brilliant Beirut‘s chronological journey sheds light on the milestones in the city’s design history from the country's independence in 1943 right through to today.

It showcases the city’s brilliant achievements, from the flourishing years of the 1950s and the maturing era of the 1960s and 1970s, all the way through the civil war of the 1980s, to the restoring phase of the 1990s and 2000s, up until the present day.

The 1950s saw the foundations of the new republic laid.

Lebanon sought to develop its own distinct visual style through architecture, interior and product design. The decade marked an increasingly self-confident Lebanon and the start of the shift from agriculture and industry to the trade, finance and tourism sectors. It was a transformation that saw itself articulated through built form and an increasingly confident visual culture. During

the period, the city saw the Hotel Phoenicia, the Hotel Carlton and the Pan-American Building rise to dominate the skyline. Equally, Beirut saw the emergence of important spaces for leisure and consumption, such as Hamra. This extensive design activity saw the emergence of Lebanon’s first group of architects and the initial steps towards forming a Lebanese architectural vocabulary, seen in the work of architects such as such as George Rais, Assem Salam, Khalil Khoury and Karol Schayer. At the same time, newly established companies, such as Gandour and Middle East Airlines, started a graphic design culture through their advertising and branding campaigns.

As the world swung in to the 60s, Beirut swung too. The increased economic activity resulted in the formation of new companies and in turn more branding and advertisement opportunities.

Beirut’s trading culture and colonial past produced strong connections with European graphic culture and this can be seen in many of the Lebanese companies’ logos and advertising campaigns. Early and smaller examples of the megaprojects that now proliferate across the Middle East were first seen in Beirut during this era. A good example is Beirut City Center – known more commonly today as the Egg – by the Lebanese architect Joseph Philippe Karam.

Hamra continued to grow as

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an important site of leisure and continued its building boom with significant pieces of architecture, such as The Strand

by Robert Wakim. Furthermore, Beirut saw the arrival of the first “starchitects” working in the region. The world-famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto was the lead architect of the Center Sabbagh, although the building was actually designed

by Alfred Roth. The continued pressure on Beirut also saw the construction of larger residential buildings that also emerged as important landmarks in the Beirut cityscape, such as Joseph Philippe Karam’s residential building on Rouche.

The 1967 Arab-Israeli war shook the Arab world and had a profound impact on the design world. Many designers in Lebanon and across the region responded to the defeat by trying to produce a stronger articulation of a distinct Arab modernity. Assem Salam’s Mosque and Pierre Khoury’s Cathedral were two attempts to form a Lebanese-Arab modern architectural language through the construction of religious buildings. Other designers also tried to revive and reconcile what they viewed to be “Arab culture” with modern aesthetics, techniques and materials. Not all designers, however, wanted to create a regional modernist form or fuse local techniques with the modern. Khalil Khoury

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was unapologetically following the core principles of modernist architecture with no gesture to reconciling with the context in which the building was featured.

Khoury’s uncompromising modernism is powerfully articulated in the now brutalist Interdesign Building in Hamra.

The 1980s was dominated by conflict. Beirut was no longer a site for the construction and formation of experimental architecture and design.

Instead, the city was engulfed by urbicide, the deliberate destruction of the built environment. However, not all design stopped. As Zeina Maasri notes, “During the 15 years of civil war (1975-1990), political posters filled the streets and

Nada Debs, Summerland Armchair, Ashwood

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an important site of leisure and continued its building boom with significant pieces of architecture, such as The Strand

by Robert Wakim. Furthermore, Beirut saw the arrival of the first “starchitects” working in the region. The world-famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto was the lead architect of the Center Sabbagh, although the building was actually designed

by Alfred Roth. The continued pressure on Beirut also saw the construction of larger residential buildings that also emerged as important landmarks in the Beirut cityscape, such as Joseph Philippe Karam’s residential building on Rouche.

The 1967 Arab-Israeli war shook the Arab world and had a profound impact on the design world. Many designers in Lebanon and across the region responded to the defeat by trying to produce a stronger articulation of a distinct Arab modernity. Assem Salam’s Mosque and Pierre Khoury’s Cathedral were two attempts to form a Lebanese-Arab modern architectural language through the construction of religious buildings. Other designers also tried to revive and reconcile what they viewed to be “Arab culture” with modern aesthetics, techniques and materials. Not all designers, however, wanted to create a regional modernist form or fuse local techniques with the modern. Khalil Khoury

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was unapologetically following the core principles of modernist architecture with no gesture to reconciling with the context in which the building was featured.

Khoury’s uncompromising modernism is powerfully articulated in the now brutalist Interdesign Building in Hamra.

The 1980s was dominated by conflict. Beirut was no longer a site for the construction and formation of experimental architecture and design.

Instead, the city was engulfed by urbicide, the deliberate destruction of the built environment. However, not all design stopped. As Zeina Maasri notes, “During the 15 years of civil war (1975-1990), political posters filled the streets and

Nada Debs, Summerland Armchair, Ashwood

SUMMERLAND

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W60 x D62 x H65

200grs, 108grs, Pencil Holder, 2013

Ghaith & Jad, Starch 1, 2014

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Papercup, FaR Architects, Karim Chaya Spock Design, 2009

changed the walls of cities all over Lebanon. As the ongoing war formed an intrinsic aspect of everyday life in Lebanon, the graphic signs and political rhetoric of posters became a prevalent sight/reading that shaped the cityscape.” Most of the posters designed in this period were, as detailed by Zeina Maasri in her book Off The Wall, from politically committed artists. The artists and graphic designers were influenced by a wide range of sources, including Soviet and Cuban revolutionary posters, 1960s and contemporary pop art, Arabic calligraphy and Iranian art.

Peace prevailed after 15 years of conflict, and the 1990s was the decade in which the rebuilding process could begin. The decade also witnessed attempts by

some Lebanese to try not just to move on from the Civil War but to confront and learn from this terrible episode in the country’s contemporary history. Bernard Khoury took this effort into the realm of architecture with his remarkable nightclub B018, which remains one of Beirut’s most important contributions to architecture in the post-war era. Nabil Gholam and Ana Corberó established Maus Haus. This was one of the first Lebanese design companies to be formed in the post-war era hat created products notable for their locally produced high-end modernist form. The 1990s also saw important developments in design education, which included the establishment of a graphic design department at the American University of Beirut (AUB) led by Leila Musfi.

The department had leading

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professors teaching graphics, such as Samir Sayegh, Zeina Maasri and Muhammad Rawas, and produced notable figures, such as Pascal Zoghbi, Studio Safar and Tareq Atrissi.

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In 2000, the controversial project of the reconstruction of downtown Beirut, Solidere, was unfolding rapidly and the country was returning to its pre-war state. Amongst the forest of structures under construction, Lebanese architects and designers started to re-assert attempts of the 1960s and 70s to form a distinct Lebanese design language. In architecture, Nabil Gholam and Bernard Khoury continued to produce high-end architecture that impacted the cityscape and the architectural scene in Lebanon; Bernard Khoury built bold statements of intent in the form of residential projects and entertainment venues; Nabil Gholam was behind the construction of the first LEED certified building in Lebanon in the form of the IraniOxy Engineering Complex at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Lebanon’s prominence in architectural education in the region continued with the establishment of the Arab Center for Architecture (ACA). Product and graphic designers, such as Nada Debs, Rana Salam and Bokja, took up the search for a Lebanese style. In graphic design a new emphasis was placed on typography and specifically the Arabization of font styles and branding.

The generation of architects that the building boom of the 1950s and 60s created in Lebanon was not replicated in the post-war era. Today, however, there have still been some notable Lebanese architects who have made their mark on the cityscape, such as Yousef Tohmé, 109 Architects and Raed Abillama Architects.

The lack of opportunities to produce traditional architecture has meant that many highly skilled young Lebanese architects are turning towards the design of interiors and focusing on product design and furniture. Restaurant owner Liza Soughayar commissioned Maria Osaimi to produced a distinctive Lebanese-styled interior for her restaurant Liza Beirut, one that mixes vernacular with contemporary modernism. And, graphic design in Lebanon has continued to be an important leader in setting regional trends.

Brilliant Beirut would like to acknowledge the contributions by: George Arbid – ACA 1950-1970 Architectural Images; Deen Sharp – Architectural Texts; Imad Kozem – Pure Nostalgia; Mira Hawa – Marketing & Communications Consultant; Jade&Gaith – Exhibition Layout; Nada Debs, Huda Baroudi, Amira Soloh, Eddy Moussa and Nour Nawfal – Support in kind.

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Papercup, FaR Architects, Karim Chaya Spock Design, 2009

changed the walls of cities all over Lebanon. As the ongoing war formed an intrinsic aspect of everyday life in Lebanon, the graphic signs and political rhetoric of posters became a prevalent sight/reading that shaped the cityscape.” Most of the posters designed in this period were, as detailed by Zeina Maasri in her book Off The Wall, from politically committed artists. The artists and graphic designers were influenced by a wide range of sources, including Soviet and Cuban revolutionary posters, 1960s and contemporary pop art, Arabic calligraphy and Iranian art.

Peace prevailed after 15 years of conflict, and the 1990s was the decade in which the rebuilding process could begin. The decade also witnessed attempts by

some Lebanese to try not just to move on from the Civil War but to confront and learn from this terrible episode in the country’s contemporary history. Bernard Khoury took this effort into the realm of architecture with his remarkable nightclub B018, which remains one of Beirut’s most important contributions to architecture in the post-war era. Nabil Gholam and Ana Corberó established Maus Haus. This was one of the first Lebanese design companies to be formed in the post-war era hat created products notable for their locally produced high-end modernist form. The 1990s also saw important developments in design education, which included the establishment of a graphic design department at the American University of Beirut (AUB) led by Leila Musfi.

The department had leading

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professors teaching graphics, such as Samir Sayegh, Zeina Maasri and Muhammad Rawas, and produced notable figures, such as Pascal Zoghbi, Studio Safar and Tareq Atrissi.

ICONIC CITY

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In 2000, the controversial project of the reconstruction of downtown Beirut, Solidere, was unfolding rapidly and the country was returning to its pre-war state. Amongst the forest of structures under construction, Lebanese architects and designers started to re-assert attempts of the 1960s and 70s to form a distinct Lebanese design language. In architecture, Nabil Gholam and Bernard Khoury continued to produce high-end architecture that impacted the cityscape and the architectural scene in Lebanon; Bernard Khoury built bold statements of intent in the form of residential projects and entertainment venues; Nabil Gholam was behind the construction of the first LEED certified building in Lebanon in the form of the IraniOxy Engineering Complex at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Lebanon’s prominence in architectural education in the region continued with the establishment of the Arab Center for Architecture (ACA). Product and graphic designers, such as Nada Debs, Rana Salam and Bokja, took up the search for a Lebanese style. In graphic design a new emphasis was placed on typography and specifically the Arabization of font styles and branding.

The generation of architects that the building boom of the 1950s and 60s created in Lebanon was not replicated in the post-war era. Today, however, there have still been some notable Lebanese architects who have made their mark on the cityscape, such as Yousef Tohmé, 109 Architects and Raed Abillama Architects.

The lack of opportunities to produce traditional architecture has meant that many highly skilled young Lebanese architects are turning towards the design of interiors and focusing on product design and furniture. Restaurant owner Liza Soughayar commissioned Maria Osaimi to produced a distinctive Lebanese-styled interior for her restaurant Liza Beirut, one that mixes vernacular with contemporary modernism. And, graphic design in Lebanon has continued to be an important leader in setting regional trends.

Brilliant Beirut would like to acknowledge the contributions by: George Arbid – ACA 1950-1970 Architectural Images; Deen Sharp – Architectural Texts; Imad Kozem – Pure Nostalgia; Mira Hawa – Marketing & Communications Consultant; Jade&Gaith – Exhibition Layout; Nada Debs, Huda Baroudi, Amira Soloh, Eddy Moussa and Nour Nawfal – Support in kind.

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designMENA.com is the premier website for architecture and commercial interior design in the Middle East

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We create and redesign brands.

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Installations Public design installations will be placed in strategic locations across the city. Many of them world premieres, they challenge convention, explore innovation and illustrate Dubai’s dynamism and creative diversity.

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Each installation carries a sense of belonging and ownership of the place where it is located. Built in Dubai, they will engage, inspire and identify Dubai as a city that celebrates design talent and continues to push boundaries.

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Soundweaving

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Installations Public design installations will be placed in strategic locations across the city. Many of them world premieres, they challenge convention, explore innovation and illustrate Dubai’s dynamism and creative diversity.

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A Place to Departure

LUZ

Each installation carries a sense of belonging and ownership of the place where it is located. Built in Dubai, they will engage, inspire and identify Dubai as a city that celebrates design talent and continues to push boundaries.

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Deconstruction Zone

Nervous Structure

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Detritus Wall

Soundweaving

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Earth Hives

Untitled (Archway)

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Fragments of Now

Truss.T

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LOT 36587

Yaroof

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A Place to Departure

Deconstruction Zone

Designed by D3 (São Paulo)

Designed by Henrique Stabile

Since 2003, D3’s Edson Pavoni and João Souza have explored their passion for interactive design, using cutting edge technology for humanistic purposes–combining and balancing science and poetry.

A Place to Departure is an interactive installation allowing people to interact remotely with each other by touch, despite their distance.

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Apparently made only of glass and wood, it gives the opportunity to feel the other through a subtle vibration in the glass; the answer of the meeting, acknowledging presence once the two hands touch the same point of the glass in different locations.

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Acknowledging distinct forms and established archetypes of a window, this object, which frames the world, is a launch area for dreams and possibilities.

Stretching the concept of digital interaction, A Place to Departure encompasses technology, in a silent way. Developed as an answer on how to express intimacy, it allows people in alternate places to feel each other, interacting with a haptic feedback system – transparent to the eyes. As you look through the window you can see it’s crystal clear but as you touch it, a digital mark of your touch is instantly transported to a second window, allowing you to reach the other side of the world and gently feel it, beyond the distance.

aplacetodeparture.com.br House 16, Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood 26-31 October 10am-9pm Presented by Coletivo Amor de Madre Coletivo Amore de Madre seeks to create exchanges, share information and rethink our mindset, developing and trading design works in varied scales by contemporary designers and artists from distinct regions and cultures of the world.

An architect and urban planner, São Paulo’s Henrique Stabile dismantles and builds; interacts and reacts. To Henrique, everything around him is worthy of meditation; to reflect, to wreck and all with the aesthetics of deliberation.

Deconstruction Zone is an area provided with a series of furniture pieces that can become different final products.

Their final forms and uses alter depending only on the way those pieces are put together, as if they were building blocks.

The installation invites visitors to build and rebuild their own furniture solutions at will.

Why not combine pieces of a chair and a table to create a garden? Henrique Stabile’s Deconstruction Zone promotes cultural exchange, urban experiences and personal interactions in cities.

House 16, Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood 26-31 October 10am-9pm Presented by Coletivo Amor de Madre Coletivo Amore de Madre seeks to create exchanges, share information and rethink our mindset, developing and trading design works in varied scales by contemporary designers and artists from distinct regions and cultures of the world.

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A Place to Departure

Deconstruction Zone

Designed by D3 (São Paulo)

Designed by Henrique Stabile

Since 2003, D3’s Edson Pavoni and João Souza have explored their passion for interactive design, using cutting edge technology for humanistic purposes–combining and balancing science and poetry.

A Place to Departure is an interactive installation allowing people to interact remotely with each other by touch, despite their distance.

INSTALLATIONS

Apparently made only of glass and wood, it gives the opportunity to feel the other through a subtle vibration in the glass; the answer of the meeting, acknowledging presence once the two hands touch the same point of the glass in different locations.

INSTALLATIONS

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Acknowledging distinct forms and established archetypes of a window, this object, which frames the world, is a launch area for dreams and possibilities.

Stretching the concept of digital interaction, A Place to Departure encompasses technology, in a silent way. Developed as an answer on how to express intimacy, it allows people in alternate places to feel each other, interacting with a haptic feedback system – transparent to the eyes. As you look through the window you can see it’s crystal clear but as you touch it, a digital mark of your touch is instantly transported to a second window, allowing you to reach the other side of the world and gently feel it, beyond the distance.

aplacetodeparture.com.br House 16, Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood 26-31 October 10am-9pm Presented by Coletivo Amor de Madre Coletivo Amore de Madre seeks to create exchanges, share information and rethink our mindset, developing and trading design works in varied scales by contemporary designers and artists from distinct regions and cultures of the world.

An architect and urban planner, São Paulo’s Henrique Stabile dismantles and builds; interacts and reacts. To Henrique, everything around him is worthy of meditation; to reflect, to wreck and all with the aesthetics of deliberation.

Deconstruction Zone is an area provided with a series of furniture pieces that can become different final products.

Their final forms and uses alter depending only on the way those pieces are put together, as if they were building blocks.

The installation invites visitors to build and rebuild their own furniture solutions at will.

Why not combine pieces of a chair and a table to create a garden? Henrique Stabile’s Deconstruction Zone promotes cultural exchange, urban experiences and personal interactions in cities.

House 16, Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood 26-31 October 10am-9pm Presented by Coletivo Amor de Madre Coletivo Amore de Madre seeks to create exchanges, share information and rethink our mindset, developing and trading design works in varied scales by contemporary designers and artists from distinct regions and cultures of the world.

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Detritus Wall

Earth Hives

Designed by Ali J Al-Sammarraie

Designed by Latifa Saeed & Talin Hazbar

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Wood and cardboard leftovers seem to multiply at an alarming rate, populating trashcans, with seemingly no further use.

Born in 1991 in Iraq, Ali AlSammarraie graduated as an architect and an urban designer from the American University of Sharjah and Louisiana State University, USA. With interests in academic research, design and drawing that combine architecture, art and society, his paper ‘Future architecture in the UAE: A hybrid of tradition and technology’ is an award-winning exploration of society, context and present architecture in the UAE, which hybridise modern technology with local identity.

He also has a great interest in religion, society, science – and tries to tie them back into design.

In 2014, Al-Sammarraie, along with Nobel Prize winners, spoke at the conference entitled, Science and religion: An educational approach, which dealt with religion, science and contemporary societal issues.

Al-Sammarraie utilises these waste offcuts in different forms and typologies, from dynamic furniture pieces to installations that provide sound and visual barriers. Composed of dozens of reclaimed cardboard pieces and wood, they are cut and assembled using CAD software; the objects provide playful interactions with the users and rekindle the beauty that lies within their materiality.

Detritus Wall, therefore, acts as a tool to redefine our perception of the worldview, taking what is inherently deemed to be useless and ugly – waste material – and using it to create an object that portrays sustainability and allure.

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Latifa Saeed is an Emirati multidisciplinary conceptual artist and designer. In recent years, Saeed has worked with traditional artisanal Emirati techniques and materials, reviving them in a contemporary context. She views design as a commodity signifying modernity and a form to preserve heritage.

Syrian-born Talin Hazbar’s work questions structures and materials. The designer experiments with materials to test their behaviours, challenge their properties, and recall built structures. Her works draws inspiration from the natural landscapes that surround her, while time is a tangible element in Hazbar’s structures; her work is often characterised by the freezing of a moment in time.

Thousands of years ago, people discovered that fire had the power to harden earth into a permanent form. These forms served as shelters for people with ingenious cooling systems and were used as containers for seeds, food and water.

Terracotta was in fact, one of the UAE’s first commodities. Living in the UAE inspired the designers to explore the craft of pottery, it’s geometry and it’s process on a throwing wheel as it is shaped by artisans.

The designers’ Earth Hives installation re-explores the artisanal craft in the region.

In repurposing its use and redefining its context they facilitate varied types of human interaction with fired terracotta pots. The designers’ outdoor public installation features a lighting system embedded within terracotta hemispheres, which present a section of a traditional clay pot expressing a peek in curvature in its geometry. By bridging creative disciplines, they juxtapose a primitive, delicate and fragile breed of beehive cones within Dubai’s urban landscape.

The Beach by Meraas 26-31 October 10am-10pm Supported by The Beach by Meraas Through its destinations in Dubai, Meraas has built platforms that inspire creativity, showcase art from the region and make it accessible to the residents and visitors of Dubai. Its endeavour is to make art accessible and promote a culture for its appreciation.

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Detritus Wall

Earth Hives

Designed by Ali J Al-Sammarraie

Designed by Latifa Saeed & Talin Hazbar

INSTALLATIONS

INSTALLATIONS

INSTALLATIONS

Wood and cardboard leftovers seem to multiply at an alarming rate, populating trashcans, with seemingly no further use.

Born in 1991 in Iraq, Ali AlSammarraie graduated as an architect and an urban designer from the American University of Sharjah and Louisiana State University, USA. With interests in academic research, design and drawing that combine architecture, art and society, his paper ‘Future architecture in the UAE: A hybrid of tradition and technology’ is an award-winning exploration of society, context and present architecture in the UAE, which hybridise modern technology with local identity.

He also has a great interest in religion, society, science – and tries to tie them back into design.

In 2014, Al-Sammarraie, along with Nobel Prize winners, spoke at the conference entitled, Science and religion: An educational approach, which dealt with religion, science and contemporary societal issues.

Al-Sammarraie utilises these waste offcuts in different forms and typologies, from dynamic furniture pieces to installations that provide sound and visual barriers. Composed of dozens of reclaimed cardboard pieces and wood, they are cut and assembled using CAD software; the objects provide playful interactions with the users and rekindle the beauty that lies within their materiality.

Detritus Wall, therefore, acts as a tool to redefine our perception of the worldview, taking what is inherently deemed to be useless and ugly – waste material – and using it to create an object that portrays sustainability and allure.

House 16, Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood 26-31 October 10am-9pm

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Latifa Saeed is an Emirati multidisciplinary conceptual artist and designer. In recent years, Saeed has worked with traditional artisanal Emirati techniques and materials, reviving them in a contemporary context. She views design as a commodity signifying modernity and a form to preserve heritage.

Syrian-born Talin Hazbar’s work questions structures and materials. The designer experiments with materials to test their behaviours, challenge their properties, and recall built structures. Her works draws inspiration from the natural landscapes that surround her, while time is a tangible element in Hazbar’s structures; her work is often characterised by the freezing of a moment in time.

Thousands of years ago, people discovered that fire had the power to harden earth into a permanent form. These forms served as shelters for people with ingenious cooling systems and were used as containers for seeds, food and water.

Terracotta was in fact, one of the UAE’s first commodities. Living in the UAE inspired the designers to explore the craft of pottery, it’s geometry and it’s process on a throwing wheel as it is shaped by artisans.

The designers’ Earth Hives installation re-explores the artisanal craft in the region.

In repurposing its use and redefining its context they facilitate varied types of human interaction with fired terracotta pots. The designers’ outdoor public installation features a lighting system embedded within terracotta hemispheres, which present a section of a traditional clay pot expressing a peek in curvature in its geometry. By bridging creative disciplines, they juxtapose a primitive, delicate and fragile breed of beehive cones within Dubai’s urban landscape.

The Beach by Meraas 26-31 October 10am-10pm Supported by The Beach by Meraas Through its destinations in Dubai, Meraas has built platforms that inspire creativity, showcase art from the region and make it accessible to the residents and visitors of Dubai. Its endeavour is to make art accessible and promote a culture for its appreciation.

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Fragments of ‘Now’

LOT 36587

Reflections of the Immediate Past

Designed by Raudha Al Ghurair

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Designed by Yohei Iwaki Yohei Iwaki is an art director and co-founder of Tokyo’s TWOTONE INC. He has worked on a number of projects with global companies as art director of digital advertising/on-screen media design, receiving awards in various areas of international advertising. He has also recently worked on digital media installations, exhibiting in Asia and Europe.

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Just as we are unconscious of our own body temperature or breathing, as human beings we tend to forget how the current moment is part of a constant flow of time. We assume ‘now’ is an unquestionable premise.

However, by exposing ourselves to the counterparts of our attention, we can gain a wider awareness and tap into our unconsciousness. When we travel to high altitudes with thin air, we become aware of our own breathing. When we touch

another person, the difference between our body temperatures allows us to feel the heat of our own bodies. The contrast is what enables us to objectively embrace matters that we unconsciously take for granted.

Fragments of ‘Now’ – Reflections of the Immediate Past installs a new kind of mirror that reflects the moment of ‘now’. A series of mirrors simultaneously reflect glimpses of passing time, counting back from ‘now,’ to seconds into the past. The shifting reflections question the observer and his connection to the present moment.

Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

Dubai artist Raudha Alghurair is an architecture graduate of the respected American University of Sharjah (AUS). Raudha believes in the collaborative nature of art, architecture and social psychology, and maintains a passion for material and artistic explorations and expression. She experiments with different media, while employing gestural markings to capture the essence of the moment. The artist is completing her fellowship at the Cultural Excellency Program, sponsored

by ADMAF and the British Council, and has participated in various exhibits including; ‘Remembering to Resist’ (2011), ‘Themes of Contemporary Art’ (2012), the Sikka Art Fair (2012), ‘Six degrees’ exhibit (2015) and ‘Contents’ exhibit (2015). In (2011), she was the first AUS architecture student to receive the prestigious Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award.

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The installation, Lot 36587, is part of a body of work that examines notions of objects in space and containment.

Instigated from exploratory sketching of cells, embryos and the womb, an obsessive repetitive motion of an organic container evolved to explore the container and the contained.

Materials used are perishable, alluding to the ephemeral nature of life and cells, the building blocks of all living things. As a site-specific installation, the ideas of container and contained, which were once framework and metal containers, are now developed to consider larger contexts. Blurring the boundaries between the container versus the contained, installation piece versus architecture and sculpture versus science, Lot 36587 explores where the boundaries of each lie. When can they coexist and when must they exist apart.

Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

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Fragments of ‘Now’

LOT 36587

Reflections of the Immediate Past

Designed by Raudha Al Ghurair

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Designed by Yohei Iwaki Yohei Iwaki is an art director and co-founder of Tokyo’s TWOTONE INC. He has worked on a number of projects with global companies as art director of digital advertising/on-screen media design, receiving awards in various areas of international advertising. He has also recently worked on digital media installations, exhibiting in Asia and Europe.

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Just as we are unconscious of our own body temperature or breathing, as human beings we tend to forget how the current moment is part of a constant flow of time. We assume ‘now’ is an unquestionable premise.

However, by exposing ourselves to the counterparts of our attention, we can gain a wider awareness and tap into our unconsciousness. When we travel to high altitudes with thin air, we become aware of our own breathing. When we touch

another person, the difference between our body temperatures allows us to feel the heat of our own bodies. The contrast is what enables us to objectively embrace matters that we unconsciously take for granted.

Fragments of ‘Now’ – Reflections of the Immediate Past installs a new kind of mirror that reflects the moment of ‘now’. A series of mirrors simultaneously reflect glimpses of passing time, counting back from ‘now,’ to seconds into the past. The shifting reflections question the observer and his connection to the present moment.

Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

Dubai artist Raudha Alghurair is an architecture graduate of the respected American University of Sharjah (AUS). Raudha believes in the collaborative nature of art, architecture and social psychology, and maintains a passion for material and artistic explorations and expression. She experiments with different media, while employing gestural markings to capture the essence of the moment. The artist is completing her fellowship at the Cultural Excellency Program, sponsored

by ADMAF and the British Council, and has participated in various exhibits including; ‘Remembering to Resist’ (2011), ‘Themes of Contemporary Art’ (2012), the Sikka Art Fair (2012), ‘Six degrees’ exhibit (2015) and ‘Contents’ exhibit (2015). In (2011), she was the first AUS architecture student to receive the prestigious Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award.

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The installation, Lot 36587, is part of a body of work that examines notions of objects in space and containment.

Instigated from exploratory sketching of cells, embryos and the womb, an obsessive repetitive motion of an organic container evolved to explore the container and the contained.

Materials used are perishable, alluding to the ephemeral nature of life and cells, the building blocks of all living things. As a site-specific installation, the ideas of container and contained, which were once framework and metal containers, are now developed to consider larger contexts. Blurring the boundaries between the container versus the contained, installation piece versus architecture and sculpture versus science, Lot 36587 explores where the boundaries of each lie. When can they coexist and when must they exist apart.

Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

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Love Project

LUZ

Designed by Estúdio Guto Requena, in collaboration with D3 (Brazil)

Designed by Bahar Al Bahar & Sawsan Al Bahar

Estúdio Guto Requena reflects memory, digital culture and poetic narratives in all design scales. The Brazilian architect has won awards and lectured and exhibited in several cities worldwide. He was selected

by Google and Walmart.com to develop the firms’ Brazilian headquarters, a commission which in 2013 saw him win ‘Building of the Year’ from Archdaily.

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The Love Project is a study in design, science and technology that captures the emotions people feel in relating personal love stories to transform them into mandalas.

Love stories are memories; sometimes in the form of images, sometimes as soundtracks with rhythms dictated by our mind through experiences.

Scenes and tracks are built and driven by our invisible inner musical instruments, composing melodies that guide and engage our way of looking at our world of senses.

Sensors applied to participants read their subtle reactions, while they tell the defining love story of their own lives. As participants speak in privacy, data drawn from their changing emotions is relayed to specially-developed software. Via a graphic interface this data moulds every aspect of a mandala, which is then fabricated using a 3D printer. On the exhibition site there will be real time projections showing the emotional data collected by the sensors and the formal result into mandalas.

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Bahar is a Syrian architect and designer living in the UAE, whose work operates at the threshold between the digital and the material. He believes that by understanding the potential and limits of both, their integration can deliver the richest and most rewarding results.

Born in Damascus but raised in Sharjah, Sawsan is a Syrian architect and artist, trained in architecture and visual media. She approaches art and printmaking as a crossdisciplinary practice, combining contemporary architecture production processes with traditional art production techniques.

The Muqarnas is a threedimensional decoration composed of niche-like shapes, arranged in tiers that cover undersides of vaults and arches. LUZ recontextualises the geometry of the Al Hambra Muqarnas from a spatial condition to a mass condition using a deconstructed order of assembly, enhancing and transforming the spatial atmosphere by foregrounding inherent conditions of figuration, lighting, materiality, texture and corporeality.

After the geometry of a Muqarnas was analysed, hierarchies were traced and dissected into a collection of shapes and profiles.

The function of the geometry is inverted, forming a collection of pieces; the decomposed geometry is foregrounded. Each piece becomes the physical manifestation of a surface.

The light source and qualities a Muqarnas emits are also inverted, with the light in the core of the pieces.

The final object is in essence a solidified interpretation of the geometry of the Muqarnas. The solid objects are the source and the light, projected onto walls, becoming the surface corner condition. The regular halftone pattern on the object surface transforms into an organic pattern as it turns into projected light, becoming organic, ethereal and fluid.

House 16, Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood 26-31 October 10am-9pm

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Love Project

LUZ

Designed by Estúdio Guto Requena, in collaboration with D3 (Brazil)

Designed by Bahar Al Bahar & Sawsan Al Bahar

Estúdio Guto Requena reflects memory, digital culture and poetic narratives in all design scales. The Brazilian architect has won awards and lectured and exhibited in several cities worldwide. He was selected

by Google and Walmart.com to develop the firms’ Brazilian headquarters, a commission which in 2013 saw him win ‘Building of the Year’ from Archdaily.

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The Love Project is a study in design, science and technology that captures the emotions people feel in relating personal love stories to transform them into mandalas.

Love stories are memories; sometimes in the form of images, sometimes as soundtracks with rhythms dictated by our mind through experiences.

Scenes and tracks are built and driven by our invisible inner musical instruments, composing melodies that guide and engage our way of looking at our world of senses.

Sensors applied to participants read their subtle reactions, while they tell the defining love story of their own lives. As participants speak in privacy, data drawn from their changing emotions is relayed to specially-developed software. Via a graphic interface this data moulds every aspect of a mandala, which is then fabricated using a 3D printer. On the exhibition site there will be real time projections showing the emotional data collected by the sensors and the formal result into mandalas.

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Bahar is a Syrian architect and designer living in the UAE, whose work operates at the threshold between the digital and the material. He believes that by understanding the potential and limits of both, their integration can deliver the richest and most rewarding results.

Born in Damascus but raised in Sharjah, Sawsan is a Syrian architect and artist, trained in architecture and visual media. She approaches art and printmaking as a crossdisciplinary practice, combining contemporary architecture production processes with traditional art production techniques.

The Muqarnas is a threedimensional decoration composed of niche-like shapes, arranged in tiers that cover undersides of vaults and arches. LUZ recontextualises the geometry of the Al Hambra Muqarnas from a spatial condition to a mass condition using a deconstructed order of assembly, enhancing and transforming the spatial atmosphere by foregrounding inherent conditions of figuration, lighting, materiality, texture and corporeality.

After the geometry of a Muqarnas was analysed, hierarchies were traced and dissected into a collection of shapes and profiles.

The function of the geometry is inverted, forming a collection of pieces; the decomposed geometry is foregrounded. Each piece becomes the physical manifestation of a surface.

The light source and qualities a Muqarnas emits are also inverted, with the light in the core of the pieces.

The final object is in essence a solidified interpretation of the geometry of the Muqarnas. The solid objects are the source and the light, projected onto walls, becoming the surface corner condition. The regular halftone pattern on the object surface transforms into an organic pattern as it turns into projected light, becoming organic, ethereal and fluid.

House 16, Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood 26-31 October 10am-9pm

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Nervous Structure

Soundweaving

Designed by Cuppetelli and Mendoza

Designed by Zsanett Szirmay & Bálint Tárkány-Kovács

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Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza began collaborating in 2010. Their work has been exhibited in the Denver Art Museum, the Bienal de Video y Artes Mediales in Chile and in festivals such as Nemo 2013 (France), Scopitone 2012 (France), ISEA 2012, FILE 2011 (Brazil), FAD 2011 (Brazil) and video_dumbo 2013 and 2011 (New York). Cuppetelli received an MFA in fibers from Cranbrook Academy of Art, while Mendoza completed an MFA in digital and media from the Rhode Island School of Design. They are based in Detroit.

Nervous Structure is a sitespecific interactive installation that consists of a sculpture composed of vertical and parallel elastic cord strings that are illuminated with a computergenerated video projection of lines.

The motion of these projected lines is ruled by a simulation, which makes them act like soft ropes. The motion is influenced by the viewer’s movements, as interpreted by a computer; the physical gestures of the participant are translated into virtual forces that affect the computer-generated lines, while the physical lines of the installation remain motionless.

The piece revolves around the idea of interface, which is interpreted as the point of contact between two different entities: the viewer and the piece (a human/computer interface); the real and the virtual; and between the foreground and background (as the projection creates an interference pattern with the sculpture).

Nervous Structure is part of a series of works that investigate ideas of perception and participation, focused through an exploration of the relationships between the physical and the virtual.

House 16, Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood 26-31 October 10am-9pm

Zsanett Szirmay is a master’s student at the Department of Textile Design of the MoholyNagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME), whose approach to design is characterised by experimentation and integrative thinking.

Bálint Tárkány-Kovács is a musician and composer. He is the founder of the Tárkány Művek (Tárkány Works) band, which takes a folk music approach to jazz. Tárkány Művek is also involved with music pedagogy, composing, song-writing and record publishing.

Produced by Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME), in

collaboration with Hybrid Art Management and shown at Tashkeel, Soundweaving – Middle East Edition is the work of textile designer, Zsanett Szirmay, and composer, Bálint TárkányKovács. It is based on traditional Hungarian embroidery, which holds at its core patterns derived from rugs, created by Afghan artisans, who work with the women’s Fatima Bint Mohammed Initiative (FBMI).

fbmi.ae tashkeel.org Tashkeel 26-31 October 10am–10pm (closed on Friday)

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Nervous Structure

Soundweaving

Designed by Cuppetelli and Mendoza

Designed by Zsanett Szirmay & Bálint Tárkány-Kovács

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Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza began collaborating in 2010. Their work has been exhibited in the Denver Art Museum, the Bienal de Video y Artes Mediales in Chile and in festivals such as Nemo 2013 (France), Scopitone 2012 (France), ISEA 2012, FILE 2011 (Brazil), FAD 2011 (Brazil) and video_dumbo 2013 and 2011 (New York). Cuppetelli received an MFA in fibers from Cranbrook Academy of Art, while Mendoza completed an MFA in digital and media from the Rhode Island School of Design. They are based in Detroit.

Nervous Structure is a sitespecific interactive installation that consists of a sculpture composed of vertical and parallel elastic cord strings that are illuminated with a computergenerated video projection of lines.

The motion of these projected lines is ruled by a simulation, which makes them act like soft ropes. The motion is influenced by the viewer’s movements, as interpreted by a computer; the physical gestures of the participant are translated into virtual forces that affect the computer-generated lines, while the physical lines of the installation remain motionless.

The piece revolves around the idea of interface, which is interpreted as the point of contact between two different entities: the viewer and the piece (a human/computer interface); the real and the virtual; and between the foreground and background (as the projection creates an interference pattern with the sculpture).

Nervous Structure is part of a series of works that investigate ideas of perception and participation, focused through an exploration of the relationships between the physical and the virtual.

House 16, Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood 26-31 October 10am-9pm

Zsanett Szirmay is a master’s student at the Department of Textile Design of the MoholyNagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME), whose approach to design is characterised by experimentation and integrative thinking.

Bálint Tárkány-Kovács is a musician and composer. He is the founder of the Tárkány Művek (Tárkány Works) band, which takes a folk music approach to jazz. Tárkány Művek is also involved with music pedagogy, composing, song-writing and record publishing.

Produced by Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME), in

collaboration with Hybrid Art Management and shown at Tashkeel, Soundweaving – Middle East Edition is the work of textile designer, Zsanett Szirmay, and composer, Bálint TárkányKovács. It is based on traditional Hungarian embroidery, which holds at its core patterns derived from rugs, created by Afghan artisans, who work with the women’s Fatima Bint Mohammed Initiative (FBMI).

fbmi.ae tashkeel.org Tashkeel 26-31 October 10am–10pm (closed on Friday)

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Untitled (Archway)

Truss.T

Designed by Anjali Srinivasan

Designed by Zeinab Alhashemi

Anjali Srinivasan seeks to erode the notion of a self-contained object. Her work tools, devices, toys and installations are incomplete without human presence. Anjali’s background in creative practice is the collaboration with traditional artisans in India since 1996, and in research and design initiatives that are aimed at socio-economic empowerment.

Anjali studied Accessories’ Design at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi and holds a BFA from Alfred University, New York.

She completed her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in 2007. She currently directs the UAE’s only artistrun, handcrafted glass-making enterprise, ChoChoMa Studios, in Dubai.

Untitled (Archway) is an ephemeral, transparent arch built entirely with weblike glass filaments, in real time. The design of the structure is guided by principles of indeterminate inflorescence, which is the mode of unending growth using the specific rules of arrangement of flowers on a plant's stem.

In biological systems that demonstrate indeterminate inflorescence, there is no true terminal node. Each node is a starting point; the system is mutable, self-supporting and

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Alhashemi’s practice focuses on shedding light on the history of a place, a ritual nomadic search for inspiration in the area where her art will be displayed; with the history she discovers informing the outcome. Through this search, Alhashemi finds her medium, deconstructs it, and reconstructs it again to bring to the forefront that which would usually be overlooked.

ever-expanding. Inspired by such plant systems, Untitled toys with the strength and fragility of glass simultaneously, thereby treading the thin line of concrete form and ephemeral experience.

Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm Sponsored by ChoChoMa Studios ChoChoMa Studios is the UAE’s only artist-run, handcrafted glass-making enterprise.

The studio custom-fabricates glass at ChoChoMa Studios and its clients include home owners, corporate entities, architects, interior designers, contractors, and merchandisers.

Born and based in Dubai, Alhashemi is a conceptual artist specialising in site-specific installations, modern sculpture and public art.

Her installation for Dubai Design Week, Truss.T (def: a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure) is a sculpture of three sails made from metal scaffolding poles.

Truss.T is inspired both by the Emirate’s graceful and historic Arabic dhow sailing boats, and by Dubai’s constant evolution through transformative construction.

City Walk by Meraas 26-31 October 10am-10pm Supported by City Walk by Meraas Through its destinations in Dubai, Meraas has built platforms that inspire creativity, showcase art from the region and make it accessible to the residents and visitors of Dubai. Its endeavour is to make art accessible and promote a culture for its appreciation.

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Truss.T

Designed by Anjali Srinivasan

Designed by Zeinab Alhashemi

Anjali Srinivasan seeks to erode the notion of a self-contained object. Her work tools, devices, toys and installations are incomplete without human presence. Anjali’s background in creative practice is the collaboration with traditional artisans in India since 1996, and in research and design initiatives that are aimed at socio-economic empowerment.

Anjali studied Accessories’ Design at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi and holds a BFA from Alfred University, New York.

She completed her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in 2007. She currently directs the UAE’s only artistrun, handcrafted glass-making enterprise, ChoChoMa Studios, in Dubai.

Untitled (Archway) is an ephemeral, transparent arch built entirely with weblike glass filaments, in real time. The design of the structure is guided by principles of indeterminate inflorescence, which is the mode of unending growth using the specific rules of arrangement of flowers on a plant's stem.

In biological systems that demonstrate indeterminate inflorescence, there is no true terminal node. Each node is a starting point; the system is mutable, self-supporting and

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Alhashemi’s practice focuses on shedding light on the history of a place, a ritual nomadic search for inspiration in the area where her art will be displayed; with the history she discovers informing the outcome. Through this search, Alhashemi finds her medium, deconstructs it, and reconstructs it again to bring to the forefront that which would usually be overlooked.

ever-expanding. Inspired by such plant systems, Untitled toys with the strength and fragility of glass simultaneously, thereby treading the thin line of concrete form and ephemeral experience.

Dubai Design District (d3) 26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm Sponsored by ChoChoMa Studios ChoChoMa Studios is the UAE’s only artist-run, handcrafted glass-making enterprise.

The studio custom-fabricates glass at ChoChoMa Studios and its clients include home owners, corporate entities, architects, interior designers, contractors, and merchandisers.

Born and based in Dubai, Alhashemi is a conceptual artist specialising in site-specific installations, modern sculpture and public art.

Her installation for Dubai Design Week, Truss.T (def: a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure) is a sculpture of three sails made from metal scaffolding poles.

Truss.T is inspired both by the Emirate’s graceful and historic Arabic dhow sailing boats, and by Dubai’s constant evolution through transformative construction.

City Walk by Meraas 26-31 October 10am-10pm Supported by City Walk by Meraas Through its destinations in Dubai, Meraas has built platforms that inspire creativity, showcase art from the region and make it accessible to the residents and visitors of Dubai. Its endeavour is to make art accessible and promote a culture for its appreciation.

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Yaroof

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Designed by Aljoud Lootah Aljoud Lootah is a multidisciplinary designer based in Dubai, with work exploring the realms of product design and personalised corporate gifts. With a keen interest in the idea of contrasts in form and function, Lootah composes her creations by mixing traditional silhouettes and concepts with modern elements.

Patterns, folds and geometric shapes are at the heart of her inspiration. As a product designer, she has been involved in projects that distinctly interpret the Emirati culture, traditional craftsmanship and contemporary design.

Yaroof is a geometric installation inspired by a form of traditional fishing. This type of shore fishing uses beach seine netting made of strong mesh, mainly used for catching small fish. The net is laid down near the shore and the fishermen wade into the sea for some distance, holding the edge of the net. Making a half circle

towards the shore, the fish are caught inside the net when it is pulled ashore.

The installation’s structure and components are inspired by the process of Yaroof fishing. It consists of four octagon frames, each with patterns created by using nylon ropes to depict the shape and structure of a fishing net. The patterns are inspired by the complex Arabesque motifs, and, similar to the form of these motifs, the curves found in the designs are created entirely with straight lines.

When placed on a beach, the installation, with its half open structure, will create a shelter like form, providing shade for beach-goers.

The Beach by Meraas 26-31 October 10am-10pm

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Supported by The Beach by Meraas Through its destinations in Dubai, Meraas has built platforms that inspire creativity, showcase art from the region and make it accessible to the residents and visitors of Dubai. Its endeavour is to make art accessible and promote a culture for its appreciation.

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Designed by Aljoud Lootah Aljoud Lootah is a multidisciplinary designer based in Dubai, with work exploring the realms of product design and personalised corporate gifts. With a keen interest in the idea of contrasts in form and function, Lootah composes her creations by mixing traditional silhouettes and concepts with modern elements.

Patterns, folds and geometric shapes are at the heart of her inspiration. As a product designer, she has been involved in projects that distinctly interpret the Emirati culture, traditional craftsmanship and contemporary design.

Yaroof is a geometric installation inspired by a form of traditional fishing. This type of shore fishing uses beach seine netting made of strong mesh, mainly used for catching small fish. The net is laid down near the shore and the fishermen wade into the sea for some distance, holding the edge of the net. Making a half circle

towards the shore, the fish are caught inside the net when it is pulled ashore.

The installation’s structure and components are inspired by the process of Yaroof fishing. It consists of four octagon frames, each with patterns created by using nylon ropes to depict the shape and structure of a fishing net. The patterns are inspired by the complex Arabesque motifs, and, similar to the form of these motifs, the curves found in the designs are created entirely with straight lines.

When placed on a beach, the installation, with its half open structure, will create a shelter like form, providing shade for beach-goers.

The Beach by Meraas 26-31 October 10am-10pm

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Supported by The Beach by Meraas Through its destinations in Dubai, Meraas has built platforms that inspire creativity, showcase art from the region and make it accessible to the residents and visitors of Dubai. Its endeavour is to make art accessible and promote a culture for its appreciation.

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Talks & Workshops Throughout Dubai Design Week, a diverse 6-day programme of keynote speeches, panel discussions, public performances and educational workshops will allow all visitors – from the design professional through to the design curious – the opportunity to discover and engage with design. The core programme takes place at the Atrium, Building 4 of the Dubai Design District (d3) and the Downtown Design auditorium.

Workshops for Under 16s

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A dedicated children’s programme for ages 4 to 16, provides an entry point for younger visitors to discover design and engage with technology in a simple, fun and educational way. Dubai Design Week weekend, 30 and 31 October, will be filled with educational and entertaining children activities from hands-on DIY technology workshops to pottery making.

For programme updates please visit dubaidesignweek.ae/2015-programme

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Talks & Workshops Throughout Dubai Design Week, a diverse 6-day programme of keynote speeches, panel discussions, public performances and educational workshops will allow all visitors – from the design professional through to the design curious – the opportunity to discover and engage with design. The core programme takes place at the Atrium, Building 4 of the Dubai Design District (d3) and the Downtown Design auditorium.

Workshops for Under 16s

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

A dedicated children’s programme for ages 4 to 16, provides an entry point for younger visitors to discover design and engage with technology in a simple, fun and educational way. Dubai Design Week weekend, 30 and 31 October, will be filled with educational and entertaining children activities from hands-on DIY technology workshops to pottery making.

For programme updates please visit dubaidesignweek.ae/2015-programme

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26 October

10am-12pm The Atrium, Building 4

Urban Majlis – DDFC Organised by the Dubai Design and Fashion Council, the Urban Majlis will launch the MENA Design Outlook, a groundbreaking study that provides a comprehensive analysis of the Middle East’s design industry and the impact of the sector on economic growth and its role in driving innovation. A panel of industry experts, local and regional designers will discuss the study’s implications and the impact on emerging trends in the MENA design sector. The study looks at a range of sectors within the design space, and analyses both the opportunity and contributions toward local economies. Through the comparative analysis between both MENA and global markets, growth opportunities are identified. The exploration of future design trends, particularly the integration of design with technology, environmental sustainability and user experience also provide ideas for the development of the UAE design industry.

Keynote

has developed an international reputation and a significant diverse portfolio of projects both locally and abroad.

Local Heroes – Bernard Khoury

Day 2. Tuesday

7:30pm–8:30pm The Atrium, Building 4

Day 1. Monday

Bernard Khoury

Closed session, by invitation only.

5:30pm-7pm The Atrium, Building 4 Panel Discussion

Design in the UAE; a legacy in the making In this inaugural session of the Dubai Design Week, some of the most established UAE Designers and Architects from different disciplines, present their works, initiatives, challenges, opportunities, aspirations and ambitions, which marked their successes and positioned them as leaders of the Design scene in the UAE, before taking it to and sharing it with the world.

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Bernard Khoury studied architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design (B.F.A 1990 / B.Arch 1991). He received a master’s in architectural studies from Harvard University (M.Arch 1993). In 2001, he was awarded by the municipality of Rome the honourable mention of the Borromini prize given to architects under 40 years of age. In 2004, he was awarded the Architecture + Award. He is the co-founder of the Arab Center for Architecture.

He was a visiting professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne; l'Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris and the American University of Beirut.

He has lectured and exhibited his work at prestigious academic institutions in Europe and the US. These have included a solo show of his work given by the International Forum for Contemporary Architecture at the Aedes gallery in Berlin (2003) and numerous group shows including YOUprison at the Fondazione Sandretto in Torino (2008) and SPACE at the opening show of the MAXXI museum in Rome (2010). He was the co-curator and architect of the Kingdom of Bahrain's national pavilion at the Venice Biennale's 14th International Architecture Exhibition in 2014. His work has been extensively published by the professional press. Khoury started an independent practice in 1993.

Over the past 15 years, his office

27 October

10am-2pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

Modular Arabic Letters, with Lara Assouad Discover the icon/symbol potential of individual Arabic letterforms through modular abstraction. Learn the basic rules of structure, proportion and repetition in Arabic letters through creating experimental modular letters using a limited number of simple shapes and elements based on a concept or idea. The letters will be created using manual means of production such as paper cutouts, stamps and stencil.

Seats are limited and pre-registration is essential. Please visit dubaidesginweek.ae/ 2015-programme to register.

Lara Assouad

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26 October

10am-12pm The Atrium, Building 4

Urban Majlis – DDFC Organised by the Dubai Design and Fashion Council, the Urban Majlis will launch the MENA Design Outlook, a groundbreaking study that provides a comprehensive analysis of the Middle East’s design industry and the impact of the sector on economic growth and its role in driving innovation. A panel of industry experts, local and regional designers will discuss the study’s implications and the impact on emerging trends in the MENA design sector. The study looks at a range of sectors within the design space, and analyses both the opportunity and contributions toward local economies. Through the comparative analysis between both MENA and global markets, growth opportunities are identified. The exploration of future design trends, particularly the integration of design with technology, environmental sustainability and user experience also provide ideas for the development of the UAE design industry.

Keynote

has developed an international reputation and a significant diverse portfolio of projects both locally and abroad.

Local Heroes – Bernard Khoury

Day 2. Tuesday

7:30pm–8:30pm The Atrium, Building 4

Day 1. Monday

Bernard Khoury

Closed session, by invitation only.

5:30pm-7pm The Atrium, Building 4 Panel Discussion

Design in the UAE; a legacy in the making In this inaugural session of the Dubai Design Week, some of the most established UAE Designers and Architects from different disciplines, present their works, initiatives, challenges, opportunities, aspirations and ambitions, which marked their successes and positioned them as leaders of the Design scene in the UAE, before taking it to and sharing it with the world.

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Bernard Khoury studied architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design (B.F.A 1990 / B.Arch 1991). He received a master’s in architectural studies from Harvard University (M.Arch 1993). In 2001, he was awarded by the municipality of Rome the honourable mention of the Borromini prize given to architects under 40 years of age. In 2004, he was awarded the Architecture + Award. He is the co-founder of the Arab Center for Architecture.

He was a visiting professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne; l'Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris and the American University of Beirut.

He has lectured and exhibited his work at prestigious academic institutions in Europe and the US. These have included a solo show of his work given by the International Forum for Contemporary Architecture at the Aedes gallery in Berlin (2003) and numerous group shows including YOUprison at the Fondazione Sandretto in Torino (2008) and SPACE at the opening show of the MAXXI museum in Rome (2010). He was the co-curator and architect of the Kingdom of Bahrain's national pavilion at the Venice Biennale's 14th International Architecture Exhibition in 2014. His work has been extensively published by the professional press. Khoury started an independent practice in 1993.

Over the past 15 years, his office

27 October

10am-2pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

Modular Arabic Letters, with Lara Assouad Discover the icon/symbol potential of individual Arabic letterforms through modular abstraction. Learn the basic rules of structure, proportion and repetition in Arabic letters through creating experimental modular letters using a limited number of simple shapes and elements based on a concept or idea. The letters will be created using manual means of production such as paper cutouts, stamps and stencil.

Seats are limited and pre-registration is essential. Please visit dubaidesginweek.ae/ 2015-programme to register.

Lara Assouad

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2pm–3:30pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

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Human-Centred Design, with Banafsajeel & Global Teams Human-Centred Design (HCD) is a creative approach to problemsolving that focuses on the people designers are designing for, and that results in tailormade solutions based on people’s needs. Participants in this workshop will learn the basics of HCD, which can help in own organisation, project or field. The workshop will be followed by a public talk, where a case study – Reinventing Heritage Project – will be presented.

Seats are limited and pre-registration is essential. Please visit dubaidesginweek.ae/ 2015-programme to register.

Sadek, will shed light on ways that traditional heritage is getting reinvented in the Gulf, and will showcase two local examples with different perspectives.

5:30pm-7pm The Atrium, Building 4 Panel Discussion

Games: The Element of Play in Culture Exploring their contributions to Dubai Design Week, Creative Director of Abwab, Rawan Kashkoush, discusses with four curators of the Abwab Pavilions – Pakistan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait – what it means for designers to consider concepts of preservation and interpretation of Heritage, Identity and Culture, through the use of games as tools to channel tradition and cultural nuance into contemporary society.

6pm-7:30pm 3:30pm-5pm The Atrium, Building 4 Panel Discussion

Reinventing Heritage; Human-Centered Design Emerging designers in the region are engaging with traditional heritage in new ways. The Human-Centred Design method has been used by Banafsajeel (a curatorial platform) and 1971 (new design space in Sharjah) to better understand this creative movement and to facilitate it moving forward. Project leaders, Noor Al Dabbagh and Dana Al

Downtown Design Auditorium Panel Discussion

Role of Institutions in the Strategic Development of a National Design Industry Dr Paul Thompson, Rector of the Royal College of Art, and Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum in London, talk about excelling in leading Design institutions, and the role those institutions play in the strategic development of a national Design industry.

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7:30pm–8:30pm

Day 3. Wednesday

The Atrium, Building 4

28 October

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Hands & Objects – Humberto Campana

10am-2pm

Since 1983, the brothers Fernando (born 1961) and Humberto (born 1953) Campana have been solidly building their career, achieving both national and international recognition.

Their work incorporates the idea of transformation and reinvention. Giving preciousness to poor, day-to-day or common materials carries not only the creativity in their design but also very Brazilian characteristics – the colours, the mixtures, the creative chaos, the triumph of simple solutions.

Based in São Paulo, Estudio Campana is constantly investigating new possibilities in furniture making. It creates bridges and dialogues where the exchange of information is also a source of inspiration. Working in partnership with communities, factories and industries keeps the Estudio Campana repertoire fresh.

The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

Small is Beautiful, with Roanne Dods The workshop offers an introduction to the practical and digital practices that can help designers and creatives support their creative work while managing a small (1-10 people) business.

The workshop will enable participants to work through some of their own bespoke needs/actions to get their own enterprises going in a creative and aspirational way that suits the ecology of the UAE. Seats are limited and pre-registration is essential. Please visit dubaidesginweek.ae/ 2015-programme to register.

2013 Alligator Chair in Gold Leather (feet in brass)Courtesy of Estudio Campana. Photo by Fernando Laszlo

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2pm–3:30pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

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Human-Centred Design, with Banafsajeel & Global Teams Human-Centred Design (HCD) is a creative approach to problemsolving that focuses on the people designers are designing for, and that results in tailormade solutions based on people’s needs. Participants in this workshop will learn the basics of HCD, which can help in own organisation, project or field. The workshop will be followed by a public talk, where a case study – Reinventing Heritage Project – will be presented.

Seats are limited and pre-registration is essential. Please visit dubaidesginweek.ae/ 2015-programme to register.

Sadek, will shed light on ways that traditional heritage is getting reinvented in the Gulf, and will showcase two local examples with different perspectives.

5:30pm-7pm The Atrium, Building 4 Panel Discussion

Games: The Element of Play in Culture Exploring their contributions to Dubai Design Week, Creative Director of Abwab, Rawan Kashkoush, discusses with four curators of the Abwab Pavilions – Pakistan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait – what it means for designers to consider concepts of preservation and interpretation of Heritage, Identity and Culture, through the use of games as tools to channel tradition and cultural nuance into contemporary society.

6pm-7:30pm 3:30pm-5pm The Atrium, Building 4 Panel Discussion

Reinventing Heritage; Human-Centered Design Emerging designers in the region are engaging with traditional heritage in new ways. The Human-Centred Design method has been used by Banafsajeel (a curatorial platform) and 1971 (new design space in Sharjah) to better understand this creative movement and to facilitate it moving forward. Project leaders, Noor Al Dabbagh and Dana Al

Downtown Design Auditorium Panel Discussion

Role of Institutions in the Strategic Development of a National Design Industry Dr Paul Thompson, Rector of the Royal College of Art, and Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum in London, talk about excelling in leading Design institutions, and the role those institutions play in the strategic development of a national Design industry.

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7:30pm–8:30pm

Day 3. Wednesday

The Atrium, Building 4

28 October

Keynote

Hands & Objects – Humberto Campana

10am-2pm

Since 1983, the brothers Fernando (born 1961) and Humberto (born 1953) Campana have been solidly building their career, achieving both national and international recognition.

Their work incorporates the idea of transformation and reinvention. Giving preciousness to poor, day-to-day or common materials carries not only the creativity in their design but also very Brazilian characteristics – the colours, the mixtures, the creative chaos, the triumph of simple solutions.

Based in São Paulo, Estudio Campana is constantly investigating new possibilities in furniture making. It creates bridges and dialogues where the exchange of information is also a source of inspiration. Working in partnership with communities, factories and industries keeps the Estudio Campana repertoire fresh.

The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

Small is Beautiful, with Roanne Dods The workshop offers an introduction to the practical and digital practices that can help designers and creatives support their creative work while managing a small (1-10 people) business.

The workshop will enable participants to work through some of their own bespoke needs/actions to get their own enterprises going in a creative and aspirational way that suits the ecology of the UAE. Seats are limited and pre-registration is essential. Please visit dubaidesginweek.ae/ 2015-programme to register.

2013 Alligator Chair in Gold Leather (feet in brass)Courtesy of Estudio Campana. Photo by Fernando Laszlo

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2:30pm-3:30pm The Atrium, Building 4 Presentation

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The Future of Creative Higher Education for Musicians, Artists and Designers – Ajay Kapur Ajay Kapur is Director of the Music Technology programme (MTIID) at the California Institute of the Arts, as well as the Associate Dean for Research and Development in Digital Arts.

He runs a PhD Research Group in Wellington, New Zealand, called Sonic Engineering Lab for Creative Technology. He is also founder and CEO of Kadenze, the Creative Arts MOOC. He received an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in 2007 from University of Victoria combining computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, music and psychology with a focus on intelligent music systems and media technology. Ajay graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University in 2002.

Kapur has published over 100 technical papers and presented lectures across the world on music technology, human computer interface for artists, robotics for making sound, and modern digital orchestras. His first book “Digitizing North Indian Music”, discusses how sensors, machine learning and robotics are used to extend and preserve traditional techniques of Indian Classical music.

His latest book, ‘Introduction to Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists’, is a textbook for artists to learn computer science.

4pm-5pm The Atrium, Building 4 Presentation

Lee Broom Lee Broom is one of the UK’s leading product and interior designers. Since 2007 he has released over 75 furniture and lighting products, which he designs and manufactures under his own label and has created more than 20 products for other brands. He has also designed over 40 commercial retail, restaurant, bar and residential interiors.

He has won more than 20 awards including the prestigious British Designer of the Year Award in 2012 and won his 4th award in three consecutive years in the British Design Awards for his renowned lighting product, the ‘Crystal Bulb’, in 2013. In April 2015 Lee Broom received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the UK’s highest accolade for business success. The company received the award in the category of International Trade, in recognition of achieving significant international growth and increased year-on-year export figures.

Having started out in theatre school, Broom’s career took a change of direction after he won a fashion design competition at the age of 17. In 2007, the Lee Broom label was launched with his first furniture collection entitled ‘Neo Neon’, which received critical acclaim, and since then he has launched two new collections each year during Milan Design Week and The London Design Festival, which sell globally.

5:30pm-7pm The Atrium, Building 4 Panel Discussion

Design in Cities in Weeks; journeys of development, engagement and growth Lee Broom

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Six international design professionals talk about the challenges that face the design scene in their respective cities,

as well as the achievements they've helped bring forward through the strategy and vision of the Design Weeks they lead.

Destination: San Francisco, Istanbul, Beijing, Mexico, Helsinki, Melbourne, and Dubai directors, discuss how a design week activates the city, how it offers design education and design awareness to everyone, and how the geography, urban fabric and context of the city affect content and objectives of each model.

6pm-7pm Downtown Design Auditorium Workshop

Intellectual Property Workshop – Product & Industrial Design; DDFC Talks Series, with Clyde & Co. Design rights are key to protecting industrial and product designs. This session will look at design rights in the UAE, together with other IP rights which designers can use to protect their works and maintain a competitive advantage. The session will also provide a brief overview of issues to consider when entering into commercial contracts, commissioning agreements and licence agreements.

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2:30pm-3:30pm The Atrium, Building 4 Presentation

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The Future of Creative Higher Education for Musicians, Artists and Designers – Ajay Kapur Ajay Kapur is Director of the Music Technology programme (MTIID) at the California Institute of the Arts, as well as the Associate Dean for Research and Development in Digital Arts.

He runs a PhD Research Group in Wellington, New Zealand, called Sonic Engineering Lab for Creative Technology. He is also founder and CEO of Kadenze, the Creative Arts MOOC. He received an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in 2007 from University of Victoria combining computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, music and psychology with a focus on intelligent music systems and media technology. Ajay graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University in 2002.

Kapur has published over 100 technical papers and presented lectures across the world on music technology, human computer interface for artists, robotics for making sound, and modern digital orchestras. His first book “Digitizing North Indian Music”, discusses how sensors, machine learning and robotics are used to extend and preserve traditional techniques of Indian Classical music.

His latest book, ‘Introduction to Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists’, is a textbook for artists to learn computer science.

4pm-5pm The Atrium, Building 4 Presentation

Lee Broom Lee Broom is one of the UK’s leading product and interior designers. Since 2007 he has released over 75 furniture and lighting products, which he designs and manufactures under his own label and has created more than 20 products for other brands. He has also designed over 40 commercial retail, restaurant, bar and residential interiors.

He has won more than 20 awards including the prestigious British Designer of the Year Award in 2012 and won his 4th award in three consecutive years in the British Design Awards for his renowned lighting product, the ‘Crystal Bulb’, in 2013. In April 2015 Lee Broom received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the UK’s highest accolade for business success. The company received the award in the category of International Trade, in recognition of achieving significant international growth and increased year-on-year export figures.

Having started out in theatre school, Broom’s career took a change of direction after he won a fashion design competition at the age of 17. In 2007, the Lee Broom label was launched with his first furniture collection entitled ‘Neo Neon’, which received critical acclaim, and since then he has launched two new collections each year during Milan Design Week and The London Design Festival, which sell globally.

5:30pm-7pm The Atrium, Building 4 Panel Discussion

Design in Cities in Weeks; journeys of development, engagement and growth Lee Broom

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Six international design professionals talk about the challenges that face the design scene in their respective cities,

as well as the achievements they've helped bring forward through the strategy and vision of the Design Weeks they lead.

Destination: San Francisco, Istanbul, Beijing, Mexico, Helsinki, Melbourne, and Dubai directors, discuss how a design week activates the city, how it offers design education and design awareness to everyone, and how the geography, urban fabric and context of the city affect content and objectives of each model.

6pm-7pm Downtown Design Auditorium Workshop

Intellectual Property Workshop – Product & Industrial Design; DDFC Talks Series, with Clyde & Co. Design rights are key to protecting industrial and product designs. This session will look at design rights in the UAE, together with other IP rights which designers can use to protect their works and maintain a competitive advantage. The session will also provide a brief overview of issues to consider when entering into commercial contracts, commissioning agreements and licence agreements.

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7:30pm-8:30pm Downtown Design Auditorium Presentation

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RCA, the World’s leading Art and Design University – Professor Naren Barfield Professor Naren Barfield, ProRector Academic, RCA, talks about design education, and how this year RCA was voted the world’s leading Art and Design University.

Day 4. Thursday 29 October

10am-11:30am

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Innovating by Design – INSEAD Design is becoming increasingly important in business. Yet, we know little about how to best manage the design discipline to successfully innovate. In this talk, Prof. Manuel Sosa will present the core findings of his recent research focused on studying “design” and will address three fundamental questions: how do styles in design emerge and change over time; where do design gurus come from?; what’s the return on design? Prof. Sosa will discuss how addressing these questions help us manage design for successful innovating.

12pm-2pm The Atrium, Building 4

2pm-5pm The Atrium, Building 4

Workshop

Panel Discussion

Empowering Design Through Media, with Fouz Al Sabbah/ Khaleejesque

Media, Facts, Fiction & Ethics

How can designers get the media to showcase their products?

There isn't a magic formula that guarantees coverage but anticipating what publishers need to see is key to getting products showcased across different media platforms. The world is witnessing a rapidly emerging design scene and designers need to know the importance of creating a relevant brand story as well as a fully developed press kit.

The workshop is intended to give designers from various disciplines insight and practical advice on how to present themselves, their brand, and body of work to the publishing industry. Whether it’s a local website or an international publication, each outlet has different requirements and a successful press kit should be flexible enough to accommodate to them all.

Seats are limited and pre-registration is essential. Please visit dubaidesginweek.ae/ 2015-programme to register.

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Suzanne Trocmé leads a journalism discussion and workshop in which leading journalists explore the design magazine industry, how it works and who does what. The business side will be explored as well as the production of good editorial content and how to become a successful journalist avoiding the pitfalls. The second half of the workshop will be hands on exploring the different disciplines the design magazine industry can offer.

5:30pm-7pm

6pm-7pm Downtown Design Auditorium Workshop

Intellectual Property Workshop – Product & Industrial Design; DDFC Talks Series, with Clyde & Co. This session will look at the IP rights relating to the designs created by architects and interior designers, with the protection of design drawings and other key business assets (from customer lists to websites and photographs) in order to maintain a competitive advantage. The session will also provide a brief overview of the key IP issues to consider when entering into subcontractor and commissioning agreements.

The Atrium, Building 4 7:30pm-8:30pm Panel Discussion

Global Grad Show; The Future of Design Global Grad Show curator Brendan McGetrick leads an exciting '10x10' session with 10 selected exhibitors from the world's leading design schools.

The event will feature 10 very short presentations followed by discussions about the current state of design education and the problems, opportunities, and technologies that are inspiring the next generation of designers.

Downtown Design Auditorium Presentation

From Fashion to Design – Sacha Walckhoff Of French-Swiss origins, Sacha Walckhoff has worked since 2010 as Artistic Director of the house of Christian Lacroix, with whom he personally worked for over 15 years. After heading the accessory lines and ready-towear collections, today Sacha oversees the creative strategy of the Christian Lacroix brand.

While imagining the men’s readyto-wear runway designs, he is also in charge of the creation of all the lifestyle and decoration

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7:30pm-8:30pm Downtown Design Auditorium Presentation

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RCA, the World’s leading Art and Design University – Professor Naren Barfield Professor Naren Barfield, ProRector Academic, RCA, talks about design education, and how this year RCA was voted the world’s leading Art and Design University.

Day 4. Thursday 29 October

10am-11:30am

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

The Atrium, Building 4

Innovating by Design – INSEAD Design is becoming increasingly important in business. Yet, we know little about how to best manage the design discipline to successfully innovate. In this talk, Prof. Manuel Sosa will present the core findings of his recent research focused on studying “design” and will address three fundamental questions: how do styles in design emerge and change over time; where do design gurus come from?; what’s the return on design? Prof. Sosa will discuss how addressing these questions help us manage design for successful innovating.

12pm-2pm The Atrium, Building 4

2pm-5pm The Atrium, Building 4

Workshop

Panel Discussion

Empowering Design Through Media, with Fouz Al Sabbah/ Khaleejesque

Media, Facts, Fiction & Ethics

How can designers get the media to showcase their products?

There isn't a magic formula that guarantees coverage but anticipating what publishers need to see is key to getting products showcased across different media platforms. The world is witnessing a rapidly emerging design scene and designers need to know the importance of creating a relevant brand story as well as a fully developed press kit.

The workshop is intended to give designers from various disciplines insight and practical advice on how to present themselves, their brand, and body of work to the publishing industry. Whether it’s a local website or an international publication, each outlet has different requirements and a successful press kit should be flexible enough to accommodate to them all.

Seats are limited and pre-registration is essential. Please visit dubaidesginweek.ae/ 2015-programme to register.

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Suzanne Trocmé leads a journalism discussion and workshop in which leading journalists explore the design magazine industry, how it works and who does what. The business side will be explored as well as the production of good editorial content and how to become a successful journalist avoiding the pitfalls. The second half of the workshop will be hands on exploring the different disciplines the design magazine industry can offer.

5:30pm-7pm

6pm-7pm Downtown Design Auditorium Workshop

Intellectual Property Workshop – Product & Industrial Design; DDFC Talks Series, with Clyde & Co. This session will look at the IP rights relating to the designs created by architects and interior designers, with the protection of design drawings and other key business assets (from customer lists to websites and photographs) in order to maintain a competitive advantage. The session will also provide a brief overview of the key IP issues to consider when entering into subcontractor and commissioning agreements.

The Atrium, Building 4 7:30pm-8:30pm Panel Discussion

Global Grad Show; The Future of Design Global Grad Show curator Brendan McGetrick leads an exciting '10x10' session with 10 selected exhibitors from the world's leading design schools.

The event will feature 10 very short presentations followed by discussions about the current state of design education and the problems, opportunities, and technologies that are inspiring the next generation of designers.

Downtown Design Auditorium Presentation

From Fashion to Design – Sacha Walckhoff Of French-Swiss origins, Sacha Walckhoff has worked since 2010 as Artistic Director of the house of Christian Lacroix, with whom he personally worked for over 15 years. After heading the accessory lines and ready-towear collections, today Sacha oversees the creative strategy of the Christian Lacroix brand.

While imagining the men’s readyto-wear runway designs, he is also in charge of the creation of all the lifestyle and decoration

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in highlighting more Design and Architecture stories from the Lebanon and the wider Middle East.

7:30pm-8:30pm

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

Downtown Design Auditorium

Sacha Walckhoff

lines. In 2013, Sacha initiated a much more personal work as a designer, which immediately gathered the support of the Paris-based Gosserez Gallery.

Day 5. Friday 30 October

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5:30pm-7pm

An interactive Q&A session with renowned Lebanese designer Rana Salam, curator of Iconic City: Brilliant Beirut, about the development of design in the Lebanon from the 1950s right through to today; key moments and pivotal designers that influenced the city’s reputation and design development; cultural trends in the region; today’s players who maintain Beirut’s status on the international design scene; and role of media

10am-2pm The Press Room, Building 7 Workshop

This panel will explore today's architectural and urban landscape and developments, analysing the multiple formats, scales and symbols of design and architecture – in relation to the sociocultural context and its creation and perception.

The Atrium, Building 4 Curator’s Talk

Technology & Design, and the Cities of the Future – Brendan McGetrick Global Grad Show curator Brendan McGetrick explains his philosophy of design, how it influenced his selections for the exhibition, and what it says about design's role in the world. McGetrick will give a short presentation, followed by a discussion with Professor and Curator Richard Lombard, VCU Qatar.

2pm-6pm The Press Room, Building 7 Workshop

Turn your very own everyday objects into extraordinary design pieces!, with Paige Smith, in partnership with s*uce

7:30pm-8:30pm

Brilliant Beirut – Rana Salam

31 October

Panel Discussion

The Atrium, Building 4 Curator's Talk

Day 6. Saturday

Revisiting Vernacular Architecture Leading architects and industry professionals discuss the extent to which architects today are learning from the wisdom of the previous generations' traditional and vernacular architecture.

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Join celebrated LA artist Paige Smith and turn your every day, ordinary objects into extraordinary design pieces.

With a choice of three everyday objects, attendees will learn how to embellish ordinary items with hand-made kirigami structures.

Using mathematical nets Paige will guide participants as they craft their very own sculptures.

Paige will also discuss her experience and processes for THINGS [EXTRA]ORDINARY, a series of pop-up design installation pieces across the city of Dubai.

Seats are limited and pre-registration is essential. Please visit dubaidesginweek.ae/ 2015-programme to register.

Pottery Making, with Michael Rice and AUD Students Professor Michael Rice will be demonstrating the ancient technique of throwing pottery on the potter’s wheel, creating thrown pieces live in front of an audience with each stage of the process explained and articulated. After several demonstrations, audience members will be invited to participate and will be walked through the various making stages, creating a truly interactive and very hands-on live event. Please join us for a visually thrilling, fun and informative design experience.

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in highlighting more Design and Architecture stories from the Lebanon and the wider Middle East.

7:30pm-8:30pm

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

Downtown Design Auditorium

Sacha Walckhoff

lines. In 2013, Sacha initiated a much more personal work as a designer, which immediately gathered the support of the Paris-based Gosserez Gallery.

Day 5. Friday 30 October

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

5:30pm-7pm

An interactive Q&A session with renowned Lebanese designer Rana Salam, curator of Iconic City: Brilliant Beirut, about the development of design in the Lebanon from the 1950s right through to today; key moments and pivotal designers that influenced the city’s reputation and design development; cultural trends in the region; today’s players who maintain Beirut’s status on the international design scene; and role of media

10am-2pm The Press Room, Building 7 Workshop

This panel will explore today's architectural and urban landscape and developments, analysing the multiple formats, scales and symbols of design and architecture – in relation to the sociocultural context and its creation and perception.

The Atrium, Building 4 Curator’s Talk

Technology & Design, and the Cities of the Future – Brendan McGetrick Global Grad Show curator Brendan McGetrick explains his philosophy of design, how it influenced his selections for the exhibition, and what it says about design's role in the world. McGetrick will give a short presentation, followed by a discussion with Professor and Curator Richard Lombard, VCU Qatar.

2pm-6pm The Press Room, Building 7 Workshop

Turn your very own everyday objects into extraordinary design pieces!, with Paige Smith, in partnership with s*uce

7:30pm-8:30pm

Brilliant Beirut – Rana Salam

31 October

Panel Discussion

The Atrium, Building 4 Curator's Talk

Day 6. Saturday

Revisiting Vernacular Architecture Leading architects and industry professionals discuss the extent to which architects today are learning from the wisdom of the previous generations' traditional and vernacular architecture.

135

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

Join celebrated LA artist Paige Smith and turn your every day, ordinary objects into extraordinary design pieces.

With a choice of three everyday objects, attendees will learn how to embellish ordinary items with hand-made kirigami structures.

Using mathematical nets Paige will guide participants as they craft their very own sculptures.

Paige will also discuss her experience and processes for THINGS [EXTRA]ORDINARY, a series of pop-up design installation pieces across the city of Dubai.

Seats are limited and pre-registration is essential. Please visit dubaidesginweek.ae/ 2015-programme to register.

Pottery Making, with Michael Rice and AUD Students Professor Michael Rice will be demonstrating the ancient technique of throwing pottery on the potter’s wheel, creating thrown pieces live in front of an audience with each stage of the process explained and articulated. After several demonstrations, audience members will be invited to participate and will be walked through the various making stages, creating a truly interactive and very hands-on live event. Please join us for a visually thrilling, fun and informative design experience.

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powered moisture sensor that lets you know when your plants need watering.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Workshop 10am-11:50am The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Electro Dough Tech Workshop Ages 4-6 (with adults)

DIY Synth Kit Workshop Ages 12+ By building their very own synthesizer, participants will gain an understanding of how the various parts interact and combine to create a range of unique and wonderful noises.

Children will start to understand the basic principles of electricity through a playful creative experience in an open workshop, by playing with dough and bringing creations to life with electronics.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

This is a ‘drop-in’ session with places allocated on a first come first served basis.

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12pm-12:50pm The Atrium, Building 4

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

3pm-3:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Synth Kit Workshop Ages 12+ By building their very own synthesizer, participants will gain an understanding of how the various parts interact and combine to create a range of unique and wonderful noises.

2pm-2:50pm The Atrium, Building 4

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

4pm-4:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Thirsty Plant Workshop Ages 8+ Participants will learn simple circuits using basic electronics by twisting wires to make a circuit that builds a solar powered moisture sensor that lets you know when your plants need watering.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Workshop

DIY Thirsty Plant Workshop Ages 8+ Participants will learn simple circuits using basic electronics by twisting wires to make a circuit that builds a solar

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Workshops for Under 16s Day 5. Friday

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

30 October

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powered moisture sensor that lets you know when your plants need watering.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Workshop 10am-11:50am The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Electro Dough Tech Workshop Ages 4-6 (with adults)

DIY Synth Kit Workshop Ages 12+ By building their very own synthesizer, participants will gain an understanding of how the various parts interact and combine to create a range of unique and wonderful noises.

Children will start to understand the basic principles of electricity through a playful creative experience in an open workshop, by playing with dough and bringing creations to life with electronics.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

This is a ‘drop-in’ session with places allocated on a first come first served basis.

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

12pm-12:50pm The Atrium, Building 4

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

3pm-3:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Synth Kit Workshop Ages 12+ By building their very own synthesizer, participants will gain an understanding of how the various parts interact and combine to create a range of unique and wonderful noises.

2pm-2:50pm The Atrium, Building 4

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

4pm-4:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Thirsty Plant Workshop Ages 8+ Participants will learn simple circuits using basic electronics by twisting wires to make a circuit that builds a solar powered moisture sensor that lets you know when your plants need watering.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Workshop

DIY Thirsty Plant Workshop Ages 8+ Participants will learn simple circuits using basic electronics by twisting wires to make a circuit that builds a solar

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Day 6. Saturday 31 October

10am-11:50am The Atrium, Building 4

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Workshop

DIY Electro Dough Tech Workshop Ages 4-6 (with adults) Children will start to understand the basic principles of electricity through a playful creative experience in an open workshop, by playing with dough and bringing creations to life with electronics.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

This is a ‘drop-in’ session with places allocated on a first come first served basis.

12pm-12:50pm The Atrium, Building 4

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

Workshop

DIY Thirsty Plant Workshop Ages 8+ Participants will learn simple circuits using basic electronics by twisting wires to make a circuit that builds a solar

powered moisture sensor that lets you know when your plants need watering.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

2pm-2:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Synth Kit Workshop Ages 12+ By building their very own synthesizer, participants will gain an understanding of how the various parts interact and combine to create a range of unique and wonderful noises.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

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3pm-3:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Thirsty Plant Workshop Ages 8+

Tech Will Save Us - DIY Electro Dough Kit

Participants will learn simple circuits using basic electronics by twisting wires to make a circuit that builds a solar powered moisture sensor that lets you know when your plants need watering.

requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

4pm-4:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Synth Kit Workshop Ages 12+ By building their very own synthesizer, participants will gain an understanding of how the various parts interact and combine to create a range of unique and wonderful noises.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

5pm-5:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Thirsty Plant Workshop Ages 8+ Participants will learn simple circuits using basic electronics by twisting wires to make a circuit that builds a solar powered moisture sensor that lets you know when your plants need watering.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

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10am-11:50am The Atrium, Building 4

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Workshop

DIY Electro Dough Tech Workshop Ages 4-6 (with adults) Children will start to understand the basic principles of electricity through a playful creative experience in an open workshop, by playing with dough and bringing creations to life with electronics.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

This is a ‘drop-in’ session with places allocated on a first come first served basis.

12pm-12:50pm The Atrium, Building 4

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

Workshop

DIY Thirsty Plant Workshop Ages 8+ Participants will learn simple circuits using basic electronics by twisting wires to make a circuit that builds a solar

powered moisture sensor that lets you know when your plants need watering.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

2pm-2:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Synth Kit Workshop Ages 12+ By building their very own synthesizer, participants will gain an understanding of how the various parts interact and combine to create a range of unique and wonderful noises.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

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3pm-3:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Thirsty Plant Workshop Ages 8+

Tech Will Save Us - DIY Electro Dough Kit

Participants will learn simple circuits using basic electronics by twisting wires to make a circuit that builds a solar powered moisture sensor that lets you know when your plants need watering.

requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

4pm-4:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Synth Kit Workshop Ages 12+ By building their very own synthesizer, participants will gain an understanding of how the various parts interact and combine to create a range of unique and wonderful noises.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

5pm-5:50pm The Atrium, Building 4 Workshop

DIY Thirsty Plant Workshop Ages 8+ Participants will learn simple circuits using basic electronics by twisting wires to make a circuit that builds a solar powered moisture sensor that lets you know when your plants need watering.

The workshop is run in partnership with UK’s ‘Tech will Save Us’, and participation requires the purchase of a ‘Tech Will Save Us’ DIY kit (discounted to AED 100) that can be kept and used at home.

Places are limited to 20 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

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Around the City Dubai Design Week will encompass culture, education and entertainment with key initiatives spanning multiple disciplines of design, from graphic and product design to architecture and industrial design. Across the city, designers, retailers, brands, galleries, restaurants, universities and institutions will stage Design Week-dedicated events and activities, from interactive installations to design exhibitions to new collection launches.

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Alserkal Cultural Foundation

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MONOGRAM

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Comptoir 102

Nakkash Gallery

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Dutch Creative Industry

O Concept

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Emaar Time Exhibition

o’ de rose

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Antidote

Ethan Allen

S*uce

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Authentique Art & Design

Fadi Sarieddine Design Studio

superstudio / Moooi

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The Design Shop

by S*uce

American University in the Emirates

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American University in Dubai

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Ayah Al Bitar Design

149 Bolon AROUND THE CITY

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150 Canadian University Dubai

Fatima Bint Mohamed Bin Zayed Initiative

159 Gafla

160 Galeries Lafayette

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169 Viktor Udzenija Architecture + Design (VUAD)

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Around the City Dubai Design Week will encompass culture, education and entertainment with key initiatives spanning multiple disciplines of design, from graphic and product design to architecture and industrial design. Across the city, designers, retailers, brands, galleries, restaurants, universities and institutions will stage Design Week-dedicated events and activities, from interactive installations to design exhibitions to new collection launches.

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1971 – Design Space

Caravan

Khalid Shafar

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152

162

Alserkal Cultural Foundation

Cities

MONOGRAM

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153

163

Comptoir 102

Nakkash Gallery

154

164

Dutch Creative Industry

O Concept

155

165

Emaar Time Exhibition

o’ de rose

156

166

Antidote

Ethan Allen

S*uce

147

157

167

Authentique Art & Design

Fadi Sarieddine Design Studio

superstudio / Moooi

148

158

The Design Shop

by S*uce

American University in the Emirates

145

AROUND THE CITY

American University in Dubai

146

Ayah Al Bitar Design

149 Bolon AROUND THE CITY

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150 Canadian University Dubai

Fatima Bint Mohamed Bin Zayed Initiative

159 Gafla

160 Galeries Lafayette

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169 Viktor Udzenija Architecture + Design (VUAD)

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1971 – Design Space DE.FASH.STRUCTION

AROUND THE CITY

AROUND THE CITY

AROUND THE CITY

The designers in De.Fash.

Struction explore ways of documenting the UAE’s rich cultural heritage through the medium of contemporary fashion, employing techniques of deconstruction in their newly commissioned projects for this exhibition.

1971 is a multi-functional design space dedicated to exhibition, display and discussion on all forms of contemporary design.

1971 aims to become a regional and international design hub in the UAE, working closely with local designers, architects, schools and universities.

The employed deconstruction techniques enable a dialogue with the past that allows designers to imagine new futures. Deconstruction challenges the relationship between memory and modernity, the enduring and the ephemeral.

Garments call attention to the mechanics of their production, which in turn becomes a process of analytic creation.

7 October-26 December, Saturday-Thursday, 10am-10pm & Friday, 4pm-10pm The Flag Island, Sharjah +971 6 556 6555 1971.ae

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Alserkal Cultural Foundation

Alserkal Cultural Foundation was established in May 2008.

Its main objective is to promote the arts, with a focus on visual art from the region, and to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the United Arab Emirates. It also aims to facilitate the interaction between artists from across the Middle East and further the role of art as an effective tool in creating a bridge between the Middle East and the Western and Eastern worlds. Its vision: a hub for cultural development in the region. Their mission: Promoting, supporting and delivering voices of innovators to the community.

Launch of the Gallery Space During Dubai Design Week the Foundation will open this modern Gallery space. The building was renovated in 2006 and is now equipped with numerous exhibition rooms. As well as operating its Creativity Corner,

a shop of design products, the Foundation will open a library where you will find books dedicated to art, architecture, design, fashion and history of UAE. It will also hold art tutorial courses, as well as host varied workshops.

26-29 October, 9am-8pm Al Fahidi District, Building No. 13 +971 4 295 1100

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1971 – Design Space DE.FASH.STRUCTION

AROUND THE CITY

AROUND THE CITY

AROUND THE CITY

The designers in De.Fash.

Struction explore ways of documenting the UAE’s rich cultural heritage through the medium of contemporary fashion, employing techniques of deconstruction in their newly commissioned projects for this exhibition.

1971 is a multi-functional design space dedicated to exhibition, display and discussion on all forms of contemporary design.

1971 aims to become a regional and international design hub in the UAE, working closely with local designers, architects, schools and universities.

The employed deconstruction techniques enable a dialogue with the past that allows designers to imagine new futures. Deconstruction challenges the relationship between memory and modernity, the enduring and the ephemeral.

Garments call attention to the mechanics of their production, which in turn becomes a process of analytic creation.

7 October-26 December, Saturday-Thursday, 10am-10pm & Friday, 4pm-10pm The Flag Island, Sharjah +971 6 556 6555 1971.ae

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Alserkal Cultural Foundation

Alserkal Cultural Foundation was established in May 2008.

Its main objective is to promote the arts, with a focus on visual art from the region, and to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the United Arab Emirates. It also aims to facilitate the interaction between artists from across the Middle East and further the role of art as an effective tool in creating a bridge between the Middle East and the Western and Eastern worlds. Its vision: a hub for cultural development in the region. Their mission: Promoting, supporting and delivering voices of innovators to the community.

Launch of the Gallery Space During Dubai Design Week the Foundation will open this modern Gallery space. The building was renovated in 2006 and is now equipped with numerous exhibition rooms. As well as operating its Creativity Corner,

a shop of design products, the Foundation will open a library where you will find books dedicated to art, architecture, design, fashion and history of UAE. It will also hold art tutorial courses, as well as host varied workshops.

26-29 October, 9am-8pm Al Fahidi District, Building No. 13 +971 4 295 1100

AROUND THE CITY

AROUND THE CITY

American University in the Emirates The AUE’s College of Fine Arts and Design supports the overall mission of the university to be one of the leading liberal higher educational institutions, providing an integrated pathway for students to become creative, effective and productive members of the community.

CFAD is dedicated to becoming a local and regional centre for excellence in fine arts and design.

American University in Dubai

AUE International Design Conference on Education, Teaching and Learning in 3D

The American University in Dubai is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning founded in 1995.

The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees, and certificates in Middle Eastern Studies and Professional Teaching.

Education, Teaching and Learning in 3D is the world’s first international research conference about incorporating 3D design concepts throughout art and design education.

Scholars, learning technologists and practitioners from across the globe will share insights into teaching practice and student learning in an interdisciplinary and collaborative exchange of experience.

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28 October 10am-5pm

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Swedish Wood Meets Arabia The American University in Dubai (AUD) and Swedish Wood aims to create a link between Scandinavian wood culture and Arabic design. AUD students – from the School of Architecture, Art and Design – set the task of designing and developing a piece of furniture or decoration made from Swedish softwood and adapted to Arab traditions and culture. The students’ work and winning design will be shown in an exhibition at the AUD campus.

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26-31 October (Friday closed) 9am–6pm

Dubai International Academic City

A Building, School of Architecture, Art & Design, AUD

+971 4 449 9000

+971 4 399 9000

aue.ae

aud.edu

AROUND THE CITY

AROUND THE CITY

American University in the Emirates The AUE’s College of Fine Arts and Design supports the overall mission of the university to be one of the leading liberal higher educational institutions, providing an integrated pathway for students to become creative, effective and productive members of the community.

CFAD is dedicated to becoming a local and regional centre for excellence in fine arts and design.

American University in Dubai

AUE International Design Conference on Education, Teaching and Learning in 3D

The American University in Dubai is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning founded in 1995.

The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees, and certificates in Middle Eastern Studies and Professional Teaching.

Education, Teaching and Learning in 3D is the world’s first international research conference about incorporating 3D design concepts throughout art and design education.

Scholars, learning technologists and practitioners from across the globe will share insights into teaching practice and student learning in an interdisciplinary and collaborative exchange of experience.

AROUND THE CITY

28 October 10am-5pm

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DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

Swedish Wood Meets Arabia The American University in Dubai (AUD) and Swedish Wood aims to create a link between Scandinavian wood culture and Arabic design. AUD students – from the School of Architecture, Art and Design – set the task of designing and developing a piece of furniture or decoration made from Swedish softwood and adapted to Arab traditions and culture. The students’ work and winning design will be shown in an exhibition at the AUD campus.

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26-31 October (Friday closed) 9am–6pm

Dubai International Academic City

A Building, School of Architecture, Art & Design, AUD

+971 4 449 9000

+971 4 399 9000

aue.ae

aud.edu

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Antidote

Authentique Art & Design

AROUND THE CITY

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Meet the Livingstones

Antidote is a new creative platform that brings an international selection of designers and artists to the Middle East to create inspiring living spaces. Antidote’s exclusive portfolio includes handmade furniture collections, unique and limited edition artworks, and tailored installations. Profiting from the dual approach and direct relationship with artists, Antidote designs solutions for long-term display or short-term events, based on acquisition or rental services.

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During Dubai Design Week, Antidote will present a design installation of Stephanie Marin’s iconic Livingstones and Mobileshadows collections at O Concept store in Jumeirah 1.

The surrealist set of oversized pebbles introduces the poetic universe of the design house, Smarin, with objects that can be playfully used to create a personalised living landscape.

The French design house is well known for its sustainable approach to its work. Natural materials, soft harmonious forms and freedom of interpretation are the signature of Smarin designs.

Antidote will also presents Kairos – a therapeutic installation aimed at inducing 'coherent' breathing, also by designer Stephanie Marin, at Downtown Design.

26-31 October, Saturday-Wednesday, 9:30am-11pm & Thursday-Friday, 9:30am-12am

Authentique Art & Design is a French art gallery based in Jumeirah 1, representing a number of French artists in the GCC. The aim of Authentique Art & Design is to contribute to cultural exchanges between Dubai and France through exhibitions of exceptional art, and to cultivate an environment for artists and art lovers alike.

Authentique Art & Design The gallery will be exhibiting its collection of wood and glass sculptures, lighting fixtures and furniture. It promotes furniture designs that can fit tasteful homes, as well as spacious lobbies and high-end rooms found in hotels here in the region. Authentique Art & Design contributes to the diverse range of available art and design in Dubai. With a solid unique concept and exceptional artists, it seeks to develop French art, not only in Dubai but in the Middle East as a whole.

26-31 October, Sunday-Thursday, 10am-6pm & Saturday, 11am-6pm

O Concept store, Beach Hotel Apartment, Jumeirah 1

Villa G2U5, Al Wasl Road, Jumeirah 1

+971 50 715 5633

+971 4 385 4731

antidotedxb.com

authentique-art.com

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Antidote

Authentique Art & Design

AROUND THE CITY

AROUND THE CITY

AROUND THE CITY

Meet the Livingstones

Antidote is a new creative platform that brings an international selection of designers and artists to the Middle East to create inspiring living spaces. Antidote’s exclusive portfolio includes handmade furniture collections, unique and limited edition artworks, and tailored installations. Profiting from the dual approach and direct relationship with artists, Antidote designs solutions for long-term display or short-term events, based on acquisition or rental services.

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

During Dubai Design Week, Antidote will present a design installation of Stephanie Marin’s iconic Livingstones and Mobileshadows collections at O Concept store in Jumeirah 1.

The surrealist set of oversized pebbles introduces the poetic universe of the design house, Smarin, with objects that can be playfully used to create a personalised living landscape.

The French design house is well known for its sustainable approach to its work. Natural materials, soft harmonious forms and freedom of interpretation are the signature of Smarin designs.

Antidote will also presents Kairos – a therapeutic installation aimed at inducing 'coherent' breathing, also by designer Stephanie Marin, at Downtown Design.

26-31 October, Saturday-Wednesday, 9:30am-11pm & Thursday-Friday, 9:30am-12am

Authentique Art & Design is a French art gallery based in Jumeirah 1, representing a number of French artists in the GCC. The aim of Authentique Art & Design is to contribute to cultural exchanges between Dubai and France through exhibitions of exceptional art, and to cultivate an environment for artists and art lovers alike.

Authentique Art & Design The gallery will be exhibiting its collection of wood and glass sculptures, lighting fixtures and furniture. It promotes furniture designs that can fit tasteful homes, as well as spacious lobbies and high-end rooms found in hotels here in the region. Authentique Art & Design contributes to the diverse range of available art and design in Dubai. With a solid unique concept and exceptional artists, it seeks to develop French art, not only in Dubai but in the Middle East as a whole.

26-31 October, Sunday-Thursday, 10am-6pm & Saturday, 11am-6pm

O Concept store, Beach Hotel Apartment, Jumeirah 1

Villa G2U5, Al Wasl Road, Jumeirah 1

+971 50 715 5633

+971 4 385 4731

antidotedxb.com

authentique-art.com

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Ayah Al Bitar Design

Ayah Al Bitar Design creates limited edition contemporary products and furniture. It features designs fostering form and function, as well as conceptual pieces relating to the Arab world, emphasising problem solving in an indirect manner that provokes thought.

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Form + Function Form + Function is an interactive exhibition of Ayah Al Bitar Design and the brand’s winter collection of Wisada, a sculptural cushion set, unique in its concept and aesthetic.

AROUND THE CITY

The design house creates limited edition contemporary products and furniture pieces that foster form and function, emphasising problem solving in an in-directional manner and provoking thought. The exhibition aims to invite people to interact with the Wisada to create social dialogues.

AROUND THE CITY

28-29 October, 5pm-10pm Dubai Design District, Building 7, 4th Floor, Unit B402 ayahalbitar.com

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Bolon

Over 60 years ago in Stockholm, Sweden an idea sparked into life. Textile waste became rag rugs and Bolon was born.

The company has been on a mission ever since to be a design-led innovator, fusing the conservative, traditional world of flooring with the boundless creativity of the world of fashion.

Bolon @ Abwab Pavilions Bolon believe that it is vital to lend its continued support to design communities on a global scale, as design is at the very core of the company ethos. Bolon’s flooring ranges will perfectly complement the beauty, originality and creativity of the regional art installations, showcased within the six architecturally-designed Abwab Pavilions. Bolon is renowned for its green credentials and design-driven ethos. With a focus on flooring and creative interiors, it recently celebrated the launch of its latest flooring collection, Flow.

26 October, 5pm-9pm, 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm Abwab Pavilions, d3 +971 4 454 0959 bolon.com

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Ayah Al Bitar Design

Ayah Al Bitar Design creates limited edition contemporary products and furniture. It features designs fostering form and function, as well as conceptual pieces relating to the Arab world, emphasising problem solving in an indirect manner that provokes thought.

AROUND THE CITY

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Form + Function Form + Function is an interactive exhibition of Ayah Al Bitar Design and the brand’s winter collection of Wisada, a sculptural cushion set, unique in its concept and aesthetic.

AROUND THE CITY

The design house creates limited edition contemporary products and furniture pieces that foster form and function, emphasising problem solving in an in-directional manner and provoking thought. The exhibition aims to invite people to interact with the Wisada to create social dialogues.

AROUND THE CITY

28-29 October, 5pm-10pm Dubai Design District, Building 7, 4th Floor, Unit B402 ayahalbitar.com

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

Bolon

Over 60 years ago in Stockholm, Sweden an idea sparked into life. Textile waste became rag rugs and Bolon was born.

The company has been on a mission ever since to be a design-led innovator, fusing the conservative, traditional world of flooring with the boundless creativity of the world of fashion.

Bolon @ Abwab Pavilions Bolon believe that it is vital to lend its continued support to design communities on a global scale, as design is at the very core of the company ethos. Bolon’s flooring ranges will perfectly complement the beauty, originality and creativity of the regional art installations, showcased within the six architecturally-designed Abwab Pavilions. Bolon is renowned for its green credentials and design-driven ethos. With a focus on flooring and creative interiors, it recently celebrated the launch of its latest flooring collection, Flow.

26 October, 5pm-9pm, 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm Abwab Pavilions, d3 +971 4 454 0959 bolon.com

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Canadian University Dubai

Caravan

In pursuit of academic excellence, Canadian University Dubai was founded as a visionary initiative. With more than 90 different nationalities on campus, our students are building bridges Scopeand continents. across cultures

Caravan is a design collective with a multidisciplinary approach, proposing an alternative point of view to the contemporary public and domestic environment.

Blending digital fabrication and artisanal expertise Caravan's work is infused with pragmatic materialism smoothed by subtle metaphors, inspiring its audience reaction with empathic participation.

In conjunction with Dubai’s first Design Week, Canadian University Dubai is hosting a competition for ‘Public Space’, open to all university students. The competition is to create a space or an object to encourage the use of outside space. This could be something portable that opens up to provide shelter or allows a place for contemplation in the city.

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4 cubic meters and reuse of materials.

Submission

Urbanic

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Scale Model 1:5

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1 x A1 Poster showing inspiration, conceptual sketches, scaled drawing.

Deadline •

The deadline for all entries is Thursday, 15th October, 5pm.

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The work will be displayed at a public exhibition in the grounds of CUD during Design Week 26th – 31st October.

There will be a professional judging panel and results will be announced on Thursday, 29th October 2015

Urbanic is a competition open Prize to all university students, who are encouraged to design something that utilises the use of outdoor public space. It might be shelter, something that opens out of a portable item, a place to contemplate or to view a perspective of the city. Students’ submissions will be displayed in Canadian University Dubai during Design Week. The winning entry will be invited for an internship at the renowned architecture and interior design firm, Design Work Portfolio.

Finalist will participate in a “Portfolio Enhancement Workshop”. In addition the winner will be selected for a month long internship with the renowned architecture and interior design studio “Design Work Portfolio”

Urbanic

For further information and to register, please contact: Ms. Sophie Johnson at sophie@cud.ac.ae

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ORI-GEN (generativeorigami-performance) In nature nothing is lost, nothing is created and everything is transformed. Everything runs on the edge of a fragile and ephemeral balance. Similarly, microscopic and macroscopic environments are sharing the same fate. This performance, which mingles body gestures and origami generative design, aims to involve the audience in an interactive setting that continuously transforms and evolves.

9/17/15 12:46 PM

26 & 29 October, 7pm-9pm

1st Interchange, Sheikh Zayed Road, 308th Street

The JamJar, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz

+971 4 321 9090

+971 50 346 4463

cud.ac.ae

crvnd.com

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Canadian University Dubai

Caravan

In pursuit of academic excellence, Canadian University Dubai was founded as a visionary initiative. With more than 90 different nationalities on campus, our students are building bridges Scopeand continents. across cultures

Caravan is a design collective with a multidisciplinary approach, proposing an alternative point of view to the contemporary public and domestic environment.

Blending digital fabrication and artisanal expertise Caravan's work is infused with pragmatic materialism smoothed by subtle metaphors, inspiring its audience reaction with empathic participation.

In conjunction with Dubai’s first Design Week, Canadian University Dubai is hosting a competition for ‘Public Space’, open to all university students. The competition is to create a space or an object to encourage the use of outside space. This could be something portable that opens up to provide shelter or allows a place for contemplation in the city.

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4 cubic meters and reuse of materials.

Submission

Urbanic

•

Scale Model 1:5

•

1 x A1 Poster showing inspiration, conceptual sketches, scaled drawing.

Deadline •

The deadline for all entries is Thursday, 15th October, 5pm.

•

The work will be displayed at a public exhibition in the grounds of CUD during Design Week 26th – 31st October.

There will be a professional judging panel and results will be announced on Thursday, 29th October 2015

Urbanic is a competition open Prize to all university students, who are encouraged to design something that utilises the use of outdoor public space. It might be shelter, something that opens out of a portable item, a place to contemplate or to view a perspective of the city. Students’ submissions will be displayed in Canadian University Dubai during Design Week. The winning entry will be invited for an internship at the renowned architecture and interior design firm, Design Work Portfolio.

Finalist will participate in a “Portfolio Enhancement Workshop”. In addition the winner will be selected for a month long internship with the renowned architecture and interior design studio “Design Work Portfolio”

Urbanic

For further information and to register, please contact: Ms. Sophie Johnson at sophie@cud.ac.ae

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ORI-GEN (generativeorigami-performance) In nature nothing is lost, nothing is created and everything is transformed. Everything runs on the edge of a fragile and ephemeral balance. Similarly, microscopic and macroscopic environments are sharing the same fate. This performance, which mingles body gestures and origami generative design, aims to involve the audience in an interactive setting that continuously transforms and evolves.

9/17/15 12:46 PM

26 & 29 October, 7pm-9pm

1st Interchange, Sheikh Zayed Road, 308th Street

The JamJar, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz

+971 4 321 9090

+971 50 346 4463

cud.ac.ae

crvnd.com

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Cities Design, Art & Lifestyle Store Established in 2006, Cities was created with the aim of introducing exceptionally crafted contemporary art and design to the region. Today, Cities displays authentic creations from global artisans and designers, and also works with emerging artists from the Middle East.

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The Power of Colour

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The Cities exhibition shares the power of colour as an integral part of design and décor. As self-expression is the driving force behind creation and interior decoration, using colour to express individuality is an integral aspect of design and décor. Included in the Cities exhibition are pieces from French artists Dominique Capocci and Alain Salomon, Duffy London of the UK, and Polart from the United States and Mexico.

26-31 October, Saturday-Wednesday, 10am-10pm & Thursday-Friday, 10am-12am Galleria Mall, Al Wasl Road +971 4 343 4301 citiesdubai.com

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Comptoir 102

Founded in 2012 by Alexandra de Montaudouin and Emma Sawko, Comptoir 102 is a lifestyle concept store focusing on design, fashion, accessories and a healthy café. Comptoir 102 features world-known brands and has collaborated with regional and international fashion, jewellery and interior designers.

Nature in the City The exhibition is all about creating a link of organic forms and nature through the work and collaboration of local and regional designers, Nathalie Khayat, Arnaud Rivieren and Tory Waller. In their own unique ways, each designer uses natural products such as wood, clay and plants to bring forth a representation of nature.

26 October-14 November, 8:30am-9pm 102 Beach Road, Jumeirah 1 +971 4 385 4555 comptoir102.com

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Cities Design, Art & Lifestyle Store Established in 2006, Cities was created with the aim of introducing exceptionally crafted contemporary art and design to the region. Today, Cities displays authentic creations from global artisans and designers, and also works with emerging artists from the Middle East.

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The Power of Colour

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The Cities exhibition shares the power of colour as an integral part of design and décor. As self-expression is the driving force behind creation and interior decoration, using colour to express individuality is an integral aspect of design and décor. Included in the Cities exhibition are pieces from French artists Dominique Capocci and Alain Salomon, Duffy London of the UK, and Polart from the United States and Mexico.

26-31 October, Saturday-Wednesday, 10am-10pm & Thursday-Friday, 10am-12am Galleria Mall, Al Wasl Road +971 4 343 4301 citiesdubai.com

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

Comptoir 102

Founded in 2012 by Alexandra de Montaudouin and Emma Sawko, Comptoir 102 is a lifestyle concept store focusing on design, fashion, accessories and a healthy café. Comptoir 102 features world-known brands and has collaborated with regional and international fashion, jewellery and interior designers.

Nature in the City The exhibition is all about creating a link of organic forms and nature through the work and collaboration of local and regional designers, Nathalie Khayat, Arnaud Rivieren and Tory Waller. In their own unique ways, each designer uses natural products such as wood, clay and plants to bring forth a representation of nature.

26 October-14 November, 8:30am-9pm 102 Beach Road, Jumeirah 1 +971 4 385 4555 comptoir102.com

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DCI (Dutch Creative Industry)

DCI is a platform for Dutch art, design and architecture, initiated

by Dutch creative entrepreneurs, and supported by Dutch Government and Netherlands Enterprise Agency. It is aiming to expand markets in UAE to further the development and sharing of knowledge for creatives.

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The New Beauty

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NE-AR is a bridge-building initiative between The Netherlands and Arabic world in the field of design and will present an exhibition of the work of six Dutch design studios, including Studio Roex and Studio Mieke Meijer. The minimalistic, experimental and innovative designs represent the wellknown Dutch design approach.

Seminars will also be held, taking you behind the scenes at Dutch design companies, such as MediaMonks – the biggest creative digital production company on the planet.

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Emaar Time Exhibition

Building on Emaar’s vision to establish Downtown Dubai as the region’s definitive cultural destination, the global property developer has unveiled ‘The Gallery at Emaar Pavilion’ featuring arts and culture, on Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard.

Reinforcing Emaar’s role as a patron of the arts, it will showcase a selection of artworks from renowned and upcoming

artists who explore different artistic techniques, materials and textures.

Ticking of Time If there is one single element that surrounds us that we cannot avoid, time must be it.

Witness of our passing life, best friend or worst enemy, time is everywhere and we often see it as a challenge.

The Ticking of Time is an exhibition of design creations displaying time in various ways.

The Gallery at Emaar Pavilion offers visitors the chance to see coordinated, feared, disposable, vintage and luxurious ways of reading time.

With works from around the world by renowned designers such as Maarten Baas, Formafantasma, Ticks of Time will lead you to tease your curiosity and reassess your own appreciation of time.

Take the time to visit.

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26-30 October, 10am-9pm, 31 October, 9am-6pm

26-31 October, 9am-8pm

Dubai Design District, Building 8, Unit R05

The Gallery at Emaar Pavilion

+31 650641766

+971 4 3675585

Ne-ar.info, royalhaskoningdhv.com, majakozel.com, onl.eu, galeriejudystraten.com

emaargallery.com

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DCI (Dutch Creative Industry)

DCI is a platform for Dutch art, design and architecture, initiated

by Dutch creative entrepreneurs, and supported by Dutch Government and Netherlands Enterprise Agency. It is aiming to expand markets in UAE to further the development and sharing of knowledge for creatives.

AROUND THE CITY

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The New Beauty

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NE-AR is a bridge-building initiative between The Netherlands and Arabic world in the field of design and will present an exhibition of the work of six Dutch design studios, including Studio Roex and Studio Mieke Meijer. The minimalistic, experimental and innovative designs represent the wellknown Dutch design approach.

Seminars will also be held, taking you behind the scenes at Dutch design companies, such as MediaMonks – the biggest creative digital production company on the planet.

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Emaar Time Exhibition

Building on Emaar’s vision to establish Downtown Dubai as the region’s definitive cultural destination, the global property developer has unveiled ‘The Gallery at Emaar Pavilion’ featuring arts and culture, on Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard.

Reinforcing Emaar’s role as a patron of the arts, it will showcase a selection of artworks from renowned and upcoming

artists who explore different artistic techniques, materials and textures.

Ticking of Time If there is one single element that surrounds us that we cannot avoid, time must be it.

Witness of our passing life, best friend or worst enemy, time is everywhere and we often see it as a challenge.

The Ticking of Time is an exhibition of design creations displaying time in various ways.

The Gallery at Emaar Pavilion offers visitors the chance to see coordinated, feared, disposable, vintage and luxurious ways of reading time.

With works from around the world by renowned designers such as Maarten Baas, Formafantasma, Ticks of Time will lead you to tease your curiosity and reassess your own appreciation of time.

Take the time to visit.

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26-30 October, 10am-9pm, 31 October, 9am-6pm

26-31 October, 9am-8pm

Dubai Design District, Building 8, Unit R05

The Gallery at Emaar Pavilion

+31 650641766

+971 4 3675585

Ne-ar.info, royalhaskoningdhv.com, majakozel.com, onl.eu, galeriejudystraten.com

emaargallery.com

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Ethan Allen

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Fadi Sarieddine Design Studio

Since 1932 Ethan Allen have specialised in creating icons of liveable luxury. They design and build most of what they sell in their North American workshops.

This allows them to bring eclectic and unique styles you can’t find anywhere else, created with an uncompromising level of craftsmanship and at prices that will constantly surprise you.

Launch of the Muse Book + presentation of Ethan Allen’s new collection Their Muse book takes a fresh look at an iconic American brand through the inspiration of ten muses. See what inspires Ethan Allen’s customers and what has inspired incredible timeless design with hundreds of original photographs and dozens of design tips.

Throughout history, muses have inspired painters and poets, playwrights and photographers, songwriters and even fashion

designers. What does this have to do with interior design?

Everything! A muse is someone, who awakens creativity, someone who influences another in such a way that he or she becomes the driving forces behind that person’s body of work. This coffee table book is a distillation of Ethan Allen’s design DNA and history. It’s all about inspiration. We wanted to show the versatility of our products and the fact that with our broad range of items and options you can create nearly anything you can dream up.

27 October, 6pm-9pm, Store opening hours: SaturdayThursday, 10am-10pm & Friday, 5pm-10pm Ethan Allen Design Center, Sheikh Zayed Road +971 4 321 4229 ethanallen.ae

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Fadi Sarieddine Design Studio is a multidisciplinary atelier based in Dubai. Offering architectural and design services with a focus on furniture design, Sarieddine brings his rich architectural experience to his work by coupling form and function.

Inspired by transformation and fuelled by interrogation, he adopts a kind of playful minimalism that unfolds into something more.

The Workplace Revisited His studio will showcase its own work desks, which revisit the concept of the work environment. The personal desks are like pods/cocoons on wheels, inside which one can sit. With no fixed position, they can be placed in different locations on different days.

They can be nested together or combined with a larger meeting pod. Fadi Sarieddine will also be showcasing a new collection of small furniture and accessories.

26-29 October, 3pm-6pm Dubai Design District, Building 8, Office 105 +971 50 847 4581 fadisarieddine.com

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Ethan Allen

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Fadi Sarieddine Design Studio

Since 1932 Ethan Allen have specialised in creating icons of liveable luxury. They design and build most of what they sell in their North American workshops.

This allows them to bring eclectic and unique styles you can’t find anywhere else, created with an uncompromising level of craftsmanship and at prices that will constantly surprise you.

Launch of the Muse Book + presentation of Ethan Allen’s new collection Their Muse book takes a fresh look at an iconic American brand through the inspiration of ten muses. See what inspires Ethan Allen’s customers and what has inspired incredible timeless design with hundreds of original photographs and dozens of design tips.

Throughout history, muses have inspired painters and poets, playwrights and photographers, songwriters and even fashion

designers. What does this have to do with interior design?

Everything! A muse is someone, who awakens creativity, someone who influences another in such a way that he or she becomes the driving forces behind that person’s body of work. This coffee table book is a distillation of Ethan Allen’s design DNA and history. It’s all about inspiration. We wanted to show the versatility of our products and the fact that with our broad range of items and options you can create nearly anything you can dream up.

27 October, 6pm-9pm, Store opening hours: SaturdayThursday, 10am-10pm & Friday, 5pm-10pm Ethan Allen Design Center, Sheikh Zayed Road +971 4 321 4229 ethanallen.ae

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Fadi Sarieddine Design Studio is a multidisciplinary atelier based in Dubai. Offering architectural and design services with a focus on furniture design, Sarieddine brings his rich architectural experience to his work by coupling form and function.

Inspired by transformation and fuelled by interrogation, he adopts a kind of playful minimalism that unfolds into something more.

The Workplace Revisited His studio will showcase its own work desks, which revisit the concept of the work environment. The personal desks are like pods/cocoons on wheels, inside which one can sit. With no fixed position, they can be placed in different locations on different days.

They can be nested together or combined with a larger meeting pod. Fadi Sarieddine will also be showcasing a new collection of small furniture and accessories.

26-29 October, 3pm-6pm Dubai Design District, Building 8, Office 105 +971 50 847 4581 fadisarieddine.com

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Fatima Bint Mohamed Bin Zayed Initiative (FBMI) The Fatima Bint Mohamed Initiative is the UAE’s very own carpet production and community development programme empowering more than 4,000 female artisans in the hand-knotted carpet industry.

FBMI Weaving Workshop Fatima Bint Mohamed Initiative weavers will give an instructional workshop on the techniques of weaving and one-on-one weaving opportunities for visitors to Dubai Design Week.

Artists for Change

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A new programme of collaboration between UAE artists and underprivileged artisans in Afghanistan, Artists for Change aims to raise awareness of the plight of disadvantaged artisans, as well as promote their talent and capabilities.

The six artists invited to participate in the Artists for Change programme will graciously donate their artworks to be woven into hand-knotted carpets, providing employment for the artisans and a range of social benefits as provided

by FBMI.

26-31 October, Monday-Friday, 9am-10pm, Saturday 9am-6pm

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Gafla

Inspired by nomad traders in the East, Gafla, which means ‘Caravan’, embodies the rich heritage and nature of the Gulf through exquisite jewellery.

Founders Abdulla BelJafla and Hamad Bin Shaiban focus on reviving the region’s past and offer a contemporary take on fine and high-end jewellery in the Gulf.

Gafla Jewellery Official Launch Visitors to Gafla Jewellery’s official launch will be encouraged to interact with the display and installations to create a memorable experience. Entitled Nomads in Arabia, the launch event sees layers of modernised stretched tents spanning the exhibition space, creating panels for the projection of graphics, animation and short videos. The space will be divided into four sections and each selection will represent a collection from Gafla.

26 October, 7pm-10pm 27-31 October 10am-10pm

Dubai Design District, Building 7

Dubai Design District, Building 11

+971 4 388 1103

+971 4 369 2901

fbmi.ae

gaflajewellery.com

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Fatima Bint Mohamed Bin Zayed Initiative (FBMI) The Fatima Bint Mohamed Initiative is the UAE’s very own carpet production and community development programme empowering more than 4,000 female artisans in the hand-knotted carpet industry.

FBMI Weaving Workshop Fatima Bint Mohamed Initiative weavers will give an instructional workshop on the techniques of weaving and one-on-one weaving opportunities for visitors to Dubai Design Week.

Artists for Change

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A new programme of collaboration between UAE artists and underprivileged artisans in Afghanistan, Artists for Change aims to raise awareness of the plight of disadvantaged artisans, as well as promote their talent and capabilities.

The six artists invited to participate in the Artists for Change programme will graciously donate their artworks to be woven into hand-knotted carpets, providing employment for the artisans and a range of social benefits as provided

by FBMI.

26-31 October, Monday-Friday, 9am-10pm, Saturday 9am-6pm

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK '15

Gafla

Inspired by nomad traders in the East, Gafla, which means ‘Caravan’, embodies the rich heritage and nature of the Gulf through exquisite jewellery.

Founders Abdulla BelJafla and Hamad Bin Shaiban focus on reviving the region’s past and offer a contemporary take on fine and high-end jewellery in the Gulf.

Gafla Jewellery Official Launch Visitors to Gafla Jewellery’s official launch will be encouraged to interact with the display and installations to create a memorable experience. Entitled Nomads in Arabia, the launch event sees layers of modernised stretched tents spanning the exhibition space, creating panels for the projection of graphics, animation and short videos. The space will be divided into four sections and each selection will represent a collection from Gafla.

26 October, 7pm-10pm 27-31 October 10am-10pm

Dubai Design District, Building 7

Dubai Design District, Building 11

+971 4 388 1103

+971 4 369 2901

fbmi.ae

gaflajewellery.com

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Khalid Shafar

Khalid Shafar is a Dubai-based brand that creates quirky interior space objects out of stories. Each object is designed

by Khalid Shafar and handmade by craftsmen. Creativity, practicality and functionality are the core elements of the design stories told.

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DRAK Galeries Lafayette – Dubai is the largest department store in Dubai and a unique shopping destination with French heritage.

Open since 2009, Galeries Lafayette is a full-range, upscale department store located in The Dubai Mall. With an enduring international reputation for quality, creativity and uniqueness, Galeries Lafayette has remained at the forefront of retailing in Dubai.

Kartell: an exhibition of iconic items at Galeries Lafayette Kartell, a historical and renowned Italian brand in the field of product and industrial design, will be exhibiting a showcase of iconic pieces from its private collection in Galeries Lafayette, exclusively throughout Dubai Design Week. The exhibition will be located on the 2nd floor, Ice Rink entrance of Galeries Lafayette.

26-31 October, Sunday-Wednesday, 10am-11pm & Thursday-Saturday, 10am-12am

Design Ras Al Khor (DRAK) is a collective design initiative established in 2015 in Dubai and founded by four UAE-based designers: Khalid Shafar, Khulood Thani, Nadine Kanso and Tarik Al Zaharna. DRAK’s objective is to draw attention to the potential of Ras Al Khor Industrial Area – one of the oldest in the city – as a further creative district for Dubai. For its inaugural edition, DRAK will present five design projects spanning product, fashion, jewellery, architecture and food design. DRAK’s theme takes an environmental path to shed light on a key element of Dubai’s creek, Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary.

26-31 October, Monday-Thursday & Saturday, 10am-4pm, Friday 12pm-5pm

The Dubai Mall, Galeries Lafayette, 2nd floor

KASA (inside & outside) – Ras Al Khor Industrial Area

+971 4 339 9933

info@khalidshafar.com

galerieslafayette-dubai.com

khalidshafar.com

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Galeries Lafayette

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Khalid Shafar

Khalid Shafar is a Dubai-based brand that creates quirky interior space objects out of stories. Each object is designed

by Khalid Shafar and handmade by craftsmen. Creativity, practicality and functionality are the core elements of the design stories told.

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DRAK Galeries Lafayette – Dubai is the largest department store in Dubai and a unique shopping destination with French heritage.

Open since 2009, Galeries Lafayette is a full-range, upscale department store located in The Dubai Mall. With an enduring international reputation for quality, creativity and uniqueness, Galeries Lafayette has remained at the forefront of retailing in Dubai.

Kartell: an exhibition of iconic items at Galeries Lafayette Kartell, a historical and renowned Italian brand in the field of product and industrial design, will be exhibiting a showcase of iconic pieces from its private collection in Galeries Lafayette, exclusively throughout Dubai Design Week. The exhibition will be located on the 2nd floor, Ice Rink entrance of Galeries Lafayette.

26-31 October, Sunday-Wednesday, 10am-11pm & Thursday-Saturday, 10am-12am

Design Ras Al Khor (DRAK) is a collective design initiative established in 2015 in Dubai and founded by four UAE-based designers: Khalid Shafar, Khulood Thani, Nadine Kanso and Tarik Al Zaharna. DRAK’s objective is to draw attention to the potential of Ras Al Khor Industrial Area – one of the oldest in the city – as a further creative district for Dubai. For its inaugural edition, DRAK will present five design projects spanning product, fashion, jewellery, architecture and food design. DRAK’s theme takes an environmental path to shed light on a key element of Dubai’s creek, Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary.

26-31 October, Monday-Thursday & Saturday, 10am-4pm, Friday 12pm-5pm

The Dubai Mall, Galeries Lafayette, 2nd floor

KASA (inside & outside) – Ras Al Khor Industrial Area

+971 4 339 9933

info@khalidshafar.com

galerieslafayette-dubai.com

khalidshafar.com

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MONOGRAM

MONOGRAM is a design firm proudly made in UAE. The design team and owners are local patriotic designers, dedicated to spreading good design that inspires, informs and expresses identity through reflecting positively on the UAE's development. As language is considered the backbone of any culture, throughout all of our designs we chose Arabic letters to symbolise the link between our traditional culture and our contemporary life.

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Nakkash Gallery MONOGRAM Escaping Flatland

Founded by Wajih Nakkash in 1983, Dubai-based Nakkash Gallery works throughout the UAE and GCC. Nakkash Gallery is at the forefront of interior design, with exclusive international collaborations with various furniture suppliers and designers.

Recognised as a leader in interior and outdoor furniture, Nakkash Gallery offers a high-quality premium range.

“The world is complex, dynamic, multidimensional; the paper is static, flat. How are we to represent the rich visual world of experience and measurement on mere flatland?” Edward R. Tufte Inspired by Edward Tufte’s quote of ‘Escaping Flatland’, MONOGRAM has designed a series of collections that explore the theme in search of its effect on Arabic letters.

26-31 October, Monday-Wednesday, 10am-1pm & 4pm-8pm, Thursday 10am-1pm & 4pm-9pm, Friday 4pm-8pm Dubai Design District, Building 7 +971 4 385 5335

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Tribute to Origami Tribute to Origami is an installation focusing on the art of transformation. Origami is believed to have emerged during the 6th century. Nowadays paper folding traditions exist all over the world, with ever more intricate designs and new techniques. The Dragon Tail is made of oyster paper, fibre glass diffuser, and chrome metal. It is designed by Luisa de Los Santos-Robinson, who was inspired by childhood tales. She transforms the auspicious power of dragons into a unique lighting creation.

Paper sculptures are formed from what the letters would look like if they were set free from paper.

These are then transformed into long-lasting and wearable designs made from 18k gold.

Through each collection, we see a different story of the letters escape from flatland, yet it is left to the wearer of the jewellery to create their own story.

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26-31 October, Saturday-Thursday, 10am-9pm & Friday, 4pm-9pm Nakkash Gallery showroom, Sheikh Zayed Road +971 4 380 8093 nakkashgallery.com

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MONOGRAM

MONOGRAM is a design firm proudly made in UAE. The design team and owners are local patriotic designers, dedicated to spreading good design that inspires, informs and expresses identity through reflecting positively on the UAE's development. As language is considered the backbone of any culture, throughout all of our designs we chose Arabic letters to symbolise the link between our traditional culture and our contemporary life.

AROUND THE CITY

Nakkash Gallery MONOGRAM Escaping Flatland

Founded by Wajih Nakkash in 1983, Dubai-based Nakkash Gallery works throughout the UAE and GCC. Nakkash Gallery is at the forefront of interior design, with exclusive international collaborations with various furniture suppliers and designers.

Recognised as a leader in interior and outdoor furniture, Nakkash Gallery offers a high-quality premium range.

“The world is complex, dynamic, multidimensional; the paper is static, flat. How are we to represent the rich visual world of experience and measurement on mere flatland?” Edward R. Tufte Inspired by Edward Tufte’s quote of ‘Escaping Flatland’, MONOGRAM has designed a series of collections that explore the theme in search of its effect on Arabic letters.

26-31 October, Monday-Wednesday, 10am-1pm & 4pm-8pm, Thursday 10am-1pm & 4pm-9pm, Friday 4pm-8pm Dubai Design District, Building 7 +971 4 385 5335

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Tribute to Origami Tribute to Origami is an installation focusing on the art of transformation. Origami is believed to have emerged during the 6th century. Nowadays paper folding traditions exist all over the world, with ever more intricate designs and new techniques. The Dragon Tail is made of oyster paper, fibre glass diffuser, and chrome metal. It is designed by Luisa de Los Santos-Robinson, who was inspired by childhood tales. She transforms the auspicious power of dragons into a unique lighting creation.

Paper sculptures are formed from what the letters would look like if they were set free from paper.

These are then transformed into long-lasting and wearable designs made from 18k gold.

Through each collection, we see a different story of the letters escape from flatland, yet it is left to the wearer of the jewellery to create their own story.

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26-31 October, Saturday-Thursday, 10am-9pm & Friday, 4pm-9pm Nakkash Gallery showroom, Sheikh Zayed Road +971 4 380 8093 nakkashgallery.com

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O Concept

O Concept Boutique in Dubai is a unique fashion destination, the brainchild of Emarati entrepreneur, Omar Bin Khediya.

The concept combines fashion and art, attracting young creatives from all over the world.

Attached to the boutique is the O Concept Café which is a perfect location for a cup of cappuccino and a light snack.

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o’ de rose Fashion & Design Pop-Ups at O Concept

Reinventing the table/stool

Across four evenings, at O Concept’s pop-ups Khalid Shafar will showcase an exclusive furniture collection and window installations. Andre Hamann, founder of Haze & Glory, will present his collection as an installation in collaboration with Khalid Shafar. Haze & Glory will additionally have a designated space to display clothing and accessories. Andre Hamann will be present on the first evening.

André Meyerhans will exhibit individual works, such as table stools and lights, linked by the idea of contemporary design and traditional patterns.

Inspired by the diversity of the Dubai design scene, o’ de rose decided that East should meet West in reinventing this mainstream piece of furniture.

It called on two artists, Sacha Walckhoff and Iyad Naja, whose only common points are their passion for beautiful designs.

These artists will showcase at o’ de rose their exclusive Table/Stool designs in new and innovative materials on 28 October and will talk to guests about their designs.

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26-29 October, 8pm-10pm, Store open: Sunday to Wednesday, 9:30am-11pm & Thursday to Friday, 9:30am-12am

o’de rose is a boutique located in Dubai, offering clothing, accessories, furniture, contemporary art and home décor by renowned designers and artisans such as Nada Debs, Name Design Studio, Karen Chekerdjian, Rana Salam, Verreum, Iyad Naja, Gsia & Gino, Kafka Goes Pink, Sarah’s bag, Nada Zeineh and Kalimah Brand. Each item in the boutique is hand-made and hand-picked from different parts of the world and reflects Arabic heritage with a modern twist.

28 October, 5pm-9pm, Saturday-Thursday, 10am-8pm & Friday 30th (only) 10am-8pm. Store open:

Al Hudaibah Street, Jumeirah 1

999 Al Wasl Road, Umm Suqeim 2

+971 4 345 5557

+971 4 348 7990

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o-derose.com

AROUND THE CITY

AROUND THE CITY

O Concept

O Concept Boutique in Dubai is a unique fashion destination, the brainchild of Emarati entrepreneur, Omar Bin Khediya.

The concept combines fashion and art, attracting young creatives from all over the world.

Attached to the boutique is the O Concept Café which is a perfect location for a cup of cappuccino and a light snack.

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o’ de rose Fashion & Design Pop-Ups at O Concept

Reinventing the table/stool

Across four evenings, at O Concept’s pop-ups Khalid Shafar will showcase an exclusive furniture collection and window installations. Andre Hamann, founder of Haze & Glory, will present his collection as an installation in collaboration with Khalid Shafar. Haze & Glory will additionally have a designated space to display clothing and accessories. Andre Hamann will be present on the first evening.

André Meyerhans will exhibit individual works, such as table stools and lights, linked by the idea of contemporary design and traditional patterns.

Inspired by the diversity of the Dubai design scene, o’ de rose decided that East should meet West in reinventing this mainstream piece of furniture.

It called on two artists, Sacha Walckhoff and Iyad Naja, whose only common points are their passion for beautiful designs.

These artists will showcase at o’ de rose their exclusive Table/Stool designs in new and innovative materials on 28 October and will talk to guests about their designs.

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26-29 October, 8pm-10pm, Store open: Sunday to Wednesday, 9:30am-11pm & Thursday to Friday, 9:30am-12am

o’de rose is a boutique located in Dubai, offering clothing, accessories, furniture, contemporary art and home décor by renowned designers and artisans such as Nada Debs, Name Design Studio, Karen Chekerdjian, Rana Salam, Verreum, Iyad Naja, Gsia & Gino, Kafka Goes Pink, Sarah’s bag, Nada Zeineh and Kalimah Brand. Each item in the boutique is hand-made and hand-picked from different parts of the world and reflects Arabic heritage with a modern twist.

28 October, 5pm-9pm, Saturday-Thursday, 10am-8pm & Friday 30th (only) 10am-8pm. Store open:

Al Hudaibah Street, Jumeirah 1

999 Al Wasl Road, Umm Suqeim 2

+971 4 345 5557

+971 4 348 7990

oconcept.ae

o-derose.com

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S*uce

superstudio / Moooi

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S*uce is Dubai’s multi-brand fashion and lifestyle concept.

With nine locations in the UAE, concepts include The Design Shop by s*uce (formerly s*uce Gifts), Saucette for childrenswear, s*uce ROCKS for fine jewellery, s*uce in the Hood for casual wear and s*uce OnSea for beach and resort wear.

Los Angeles-based Paige Smith is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer, who is notable for creating Urban Geode, a series of sculptures resembling metallic geodes, made entirely of paper and resin casts. s*uce and Paige will transform a series of ordinary and accessible objects into extraordinary design pieces.

The installations can be found in unexpected places across Dubai, as well as at The Design Shop by s*uce and the s*uce’s mobile design retail experience at d3.

26-31 October, 10am-10pm

objects of beauty, which possess the uniqueness and character of antiques combined with the freshness of modern times.

The Unexpected Welcome

Founded in 2001 by Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers, Moooi is named after the native Dutch word for beautiful. In addition to Wanders’ product designs, the Moooi portfolio contains work from other nationally and internationally recognised designers. These include: Jurgen Bey, Bertjan Pot, Maarten Baas, Jaime Hayon, Neri & Hu, Joost van Bleiswijk, Studio Job and Nika Zupanc. The collection’s style is exclusive, daring and playful, and is based on the belief that design is a question of love.

The collection features timeless

Designed to present a lighthearted and unexpected welcome that delights the senses and plays with expectations, the showcase includes design pieces from Marcel Wanders, Studio Job and Jaime Hayón.

Through the event experience GAJ and superstudio hope to expand designers’ perspectives.

‘The Unexpected Welcome’ is one example of how GAJ works to actively support the expression of creativity through collaborations with designers such as Moooi.

28 October, 5pm-9pm & 29 October, 5pm-8pm superstudio @ Al Quoz 1

Around Dubai as well as The Design Shop by s*uce and the mobile retail design experience at d3

+971 4 323 3334

+971 4 346 3393

superstudio.me, moooi.com

shopatsauce.com

‘Embrace the Chaos of the Unexpected Welcome’ is a showcase of furniture and lighting, hosted by GAJ and superstudio, with support from Moooi.

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S*uce

superstudio / Moooi

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S*uce is Dubai’s multi-brand fashion and lifestyle concept.

With nine locations in the UAE, concepts include The Design Shop by s*uce (formerly s*uce Gifts), Saucette for childrenswear, s*uce ROCKS for fine jewellery, s*uce in the Hood for casual wear and s*uce OnSea for beach and resort wear.

Los Angeles-based Paige Smith is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer, who is notable for creating Urban Geode, a series of sculptures resembling metallic geodes, made entirely of paper and resin casts. s*uce and Paige will transform a series of ordinary and accessible objects into extraordinary design pieces.

The installations can be found in unexpected places across Dubai, as well as at The Design Shop by s*uce and the s*uce’s mobile design retail experience at d3.

26-31 October, 10am-10pm

objects of beauty, which possess the uniqueness and character of antiques combined with the freshness of modern times.

The Unexpected Welcome

Founded in 2001 by Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers, Moooi is named after the native Dutch word for beautiful. In addition to Wanders’ product designs, the Moooi portfolio contains work from other nationally and internationally recognised designers. These include: Jurgen Bey, Bertjan Pot, Maarten Baas, Jaime Hayon, Neri & Hu, Joost van Bleiswijk, Studio Job and Nika Zupanc. The collection’s style is exclusive, daring and playful, and is based on the belief that design is a question of love.

The collection features timeless

Designed to present a lighthearted and unexpected welcome that delights the senses and plays with expectations, the showcase includes design pieces from Marcel Wanders, Studio Job and Jaime Hayón.

Through the event experience GAJ and superstudio hope to expand designers’ perspectives.

‘The Unexpected Welcome’ is one example of how GAJ works to actively support the expression of creativity through collaborations with designers such as Moooi.

28 October, 5pm-9pm & 29 October, 5pm-8pm superstudio @ Al Quoz 1

Around Dubai as well as The Design Shop by s*uce and the mobile retail design experience at d3

+971 4 323 3334

+971 4 346 3393

superstudio.me, moooi.com

shopatsauce.com

‘Embrace the Chaos of the Unexpected Welcome’ is a showcase of furniture and lighting, hosted by GAJ and superstudio, with support from Moooi.

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The Design Shop by S*uce

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Viktor Udzenija Architecture + Design (VUAD) Founding principal Viktor Udzenija is an award-winning graduate of the prestigious Technical University in Munich.

Having previously worked as an architect with Foster + Partners, he worked on landmark projects in the UAE, such as the Central Markets Abu Dhabi and Index Tower in DIFC.

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S*uce is an award-winning multi-brand fashion and lifestyle concept based in Dubai, offering a curated collection of contemporary brands and diffusion lines, mixed in with unique pieces by up-andcoming designers and limited edition collaborations, as well as lifestyle items and home interior accessories.

Exit through The Design Shop (S*uce van) Retail reimagined: The Design Shop by s*uce will curate a mobile design shopping experience at d3, featuring a carefully edited selection of design pieces from a host of regional and international designers, as well as an exclusive collaboration with LA-based installation artist, Paige Smith.

Established in 2013, the company works nationally and internationally on residential and commercial projects. At the same time, Viktor is represented

by Carpenters Workshop Gallery (Paris/London) and made his design debut with the Little Rocker, a Carrara marble rocking chair, which was shown at Design Days Dubai 2014.

The Dark Rocker, Works

by Viktor Udzenija The Studio of Viktor Udzenija Architecture + Design will showcase the first edition of the Dark Rocker – a continuation of the Carrara marble Little Rocker but carved from a solid piece of

Nero Marquina - together with current projects that the company is working on.

The rocker is an exploration of a childhood memory, translated into a fully functional and decorative piece that is crafted with the latest technological advancements in marble manufacturing. Both white and black editions of the Little Rocker are limited editions of 20 plus 4 artist's proofs, sold by Carpenters Workshop Gallery.

27 October, 3pm-9pm, 28-30 October, 1:30pm-9pm

26-28 October, Monday to Wednesday, 2pm-5pm

Dubai Design District (d3)

Dubai Design District, Building 8, Office 405

+971 4 346 3393

viktorudzenija.com

shopatsauce.com

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The Design Shop by S*uce

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Viktor Udzenija Architecture + Design (VUAD) Founding principal Viktor Udzenija is an award-winning graduate of the prestigious Technical University in Munich.

Having previously worked as an architect with Foster + Partners, he worked on landmark projects in the UAE, such as the Central Markets Abu Dhabi and Index Tower in DIFC.

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168

S*uce is an award-winning multi-brand fashion and lifestyle concept based in Dubai, offering a curated collection of contemporary brands and diffusion lines, mixed in with unique pieces by up-andcoming designers and limited edition collaborations, as well as lifestyle items and home interior accessories.

Exit through The Design Shop (S*uce van) Retail reimagined: The Design Shop by s*uce will curate a mobile design shopping experience at d3, featuring a carefully edited selection of design pieces from a host of regional and international designers, as well as an exclusive collaboration with LA-based installation artist, Paige Smith.

Established in 2013, the company works nationally and internationally on residential and commercial projects. At the same time, Viktor is represented

by Carpenters Workshop Gallery (Paris/London) and made his design debut with the Little Rocker, a Carrara marble rocking chair, which was shown at Design Days Dubai 2014.

The Dark Rocker, Works

by Viktor Udzenija The Studio of Viktor Udzenija Architecture + Design will showcase the first edition of the Dark Rocker – a continuation of the Carrara marble Little Rocker but carved from a solid piece of

Nero Marquina - together with current projects that the company is working on.

The rocker is an exploration of a childhood memory, translated into a fully functional and decorative piece that is crafted with the latest technological advancements in marble manufacturing. Both white and black editions of the Little Rocker are limited editions of 20 plus 4 artist's proofs, sold by Carpenters Workshop Gallery.

27 October, 3pm-9pm, 28-30 October, 1:30pm-9pm

26-28 October, Monday to Wednesday, 2pm-5pm

Dubai Design District (d3)

Dubai Design District, Building 8, Office 405

+971 4 346 3393

viktorudzenija.com

shopatsauce.com

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INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN MAGAZINE

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Abitare is a multimedia

information channel with a print format distributed

worlwide, several digital formats and a website - all in Italian and English.

But it is also much more.

To access a free

digital preview of the latest issue visit

www.abitare.it/en/ or downloaded the official app on the App Store.

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architonic is the world’s leading research tool for the specification of premium architectural and design products. our curated database currently provides information about more than 200‘000 products from 1‘500 brands and 6‘200 designers. 16 million architects, interior designers and design enthusiasts annually choose architonic as their guide to the very best.

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Now it’s time we introduce ourselves.

Come and meet desert INK! We are Dubai Design District’s first landscape architecture practice and we’re launching our new office-scape concept.

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The chances are, we’ve already had some fun designing a landscape you know. Our commissions are diverse, but our approach is consistent. We question the facts, turning problems on their heads. We know that every constraint represents an opportunity. We do this because it’s fun. It excites us, and best of all, our clients love it.

Now it’s time we introduce ourselves.

Come and meet desert INK! We are Dubai Design District’s first landscape architecture practice and we’re launching our new office-scape concept.

We’ve developed the idea of ‘bringing the outdoors inside’; using new suppliers to the region and sustainable materials we have turned our office outside-in!

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So join us for our open house exhibition; take a picnic on the lawn, meet the team and learn about the latest designs produced

by Dubai’s most innovative landscape architecture practice.

GET TO KNOW US!

120 likes

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We’re in building 4, unit 201A but just follow the grass arrows!

desert-ink.com

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Dubai Design Week would like to thank Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Chairman of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, for her patronage of Dubai Design Week.

MEGUMI FUJIKAWA

ALJOUD LOOTAH

NEZ GEBREEL

IYAD MALAS

SANDRINE GELBERT

MEITHA AL MAZROOEI

We also extend our thanks to The Board of Art Dubai Group for its leadership, our partner Dubai Design District (d3), and supporters Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, and Dubai Design & Fashion Council whose support has allowed us to produce Dubai Design Week.

The inaugural Dubai Design Week would not have been possible without the support of the curators, designers and participants who have all been involved.

MALIK GHAZZAWI

VIDHI MEHTA

VALENTINA GIANI

CRISTOBAL MENDOZA

TRYPHENA GREENWOOD

KHALID MEZAINA

RAAD HAIDER

LINDSEY MILLER

THAER AL HAJ

GIUSEPPE MOSCATELLO

LEANNE HAMILTON

MAURIZIO MUSSATI

GASSAN HARFOUCHE

ROXANNE MYBURGH

TALIN HAZBAR

LAMA NABULSI

SUSANNA HERTRICH

KHALED NAHAS

SAHEL HIYARI

CHRISTOPHE NICAISE

BÁLINT TÁRKÁNYKOVÁCS

STEPHANIE HO

OCTAVIAN PARTNERS -BRIDGEND HEAD OFFICE

KHALID AL TAYER

LINA ABBAS

SAEED ALMARRI

ROBERT BOOTH

ADNAN ABBASI

ALIA ALMURR

CONSTANTINE BOYD

FARIDA ABDULLA

EISA ALSERKAL

MAXIMILAN BUSSER

YASMEEN ABUAMER

MOHAMMAD ALSHAEL

GILLIAN BYRON

REEM ACRA

MAHRA ALSHAMSI

HELENE CAZIN

MOUZA AL-MATROOSHI

MAISSA SAIF ALSUWAIDI

PATRICK CHALHOUB

ALI J AL-SAMMARRAIE A ALALI HOOR ALAQROOBI HOOR YOUSUF ALAQROOBI KAMBAR ALAWADI RAUDHA ALGHURAIR

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Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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ZEINAB ALHASHEMI MAHA ALI MAJED JAKKA ALMANSOORI

MAITHA ALI ALSUWAIDI REEM ALI ALSUWAIDI SAWSAN AL BAHAR BAHAR AL BAHAR TED BEAGLES RANA BEIRUTI KARIM BEKDACHE

THOMAS CLEMENTS JACOPO CORVO ANNICA CUPPETELLI

ROBIN HOWIE YOHEI IWAKI ALI JABER ESAM AL JABI LUNA JAFAARI NISHA JAGTIANI

FELICIA CLARE PAUL EDSON PAVONI HANNAH PERRY VITTORIO SUN QUN GUTO REQUENA DR AMINA ROSTAMANI

JUDY DOBIAS

NOORA MOHAMMED AL JAMEA

JEAN-CHARLES DURAND

NAJEEB JARRAR

LATIFA SAEED

SABRINA KAUPP DURAND

SUNIL JOHN

RANA SALAM

NADINE KANSO

ASHOK SAWLANI

WIDED KHADRAOUI

ABEER SEIKALY

DANAH KHATIB

KHALID SHAFAR

MARIE LAURENT

UMRAN SHAH

AMAL FADHEL

AHMED BIN SHABIB

OLIVIA YASSUDO FARIA

RASHID BIN SHABIB

TAMASIN FISHER

ALEXIS RYNGAERT

MOHAMMAD SAEED AL SHEHHI ALIA AL SHAMSI DR HAYAT SHAMSUDDIN DOMINIC SHENOY DANA SLEIMAN ZAID SOUDI MARK STOBBS ANJALI SRINIVASAN HENRIQUE STABILE LAILA SUHAIL ZSANETT SZIRMAY

JACK THOMAS TAYLOR KHULOOD THANI SANDRA TINARI MAX TOBIAS RAJA TRAD SUZANNE TROCMÉ ANTOINE VAUTHEY VULCANUAV CAMILLA YADGAROOF TAMMAM YAMOUT SHEANA YU SAADIA ZAHID CHAO ZHAO

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Dubai Design Week would like to thank Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Chairman of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, for her patronage of Dubai Design Week.

MEGUMI FUJIKAWA

ALJOUD LOOTAH

NEZ GEBREEL

IYAD MALAS

SANDRINE GELBERT

MEITHA AL MAZROOEI

We also extend our thanks to The Board of Art Dubai Group for its leadership, our partner Dubai Design District (d3), and supporters Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, and Dubai Design & Fashion Council whose support has allowed us to produce Dubai Design Week.

The inaugural Dubai Design Week would not have been possible without the support of the curators, designers and participants who have all been involved.

MALIK GHAZZAWI

VIDHI MEHTA

VALENTINA GIANI

CRISTOBAL MENDOZA

TRYPHENA GREENWOOD

KHALID MEZAINA

RAAD HAIDER

LINDSEY MILLER

THAER AL HAJ

GIUSEPPE MOSCATELLO

LEANNE HAMILTON

MAURIZIO MUSSATI

GASSAN HARFOUCHE

ROXANNE MYBURGH

TALIN HAZBAR

LAMA NABULSI

SUSANNA HERTRICH

KHALED NAHAS

SAHEL HIYARI

CHRISTOPHE NICAISE

BÁLINT TÁRKÁNYKOVÁCS

STEPHANIE HO

OCTAVIAN PARTNERS -BRIDGEND HEAD OFFICE

KHALID AL TAYER

LINA ABBAS

SAEED ALMARRI

ROBERT BOOTH

ADNAN ABBASI

ALIA ALMURR

CONSTANTINE BOYD

FARIDA ABDULLA

EISA ALSERKAL

MAXIMILAN BUSSER

YASMEEN ABUAMER

MOHAMMAD ALSHAEL

GILLIAN BYRON

REEM ACRA

MAHRA ALSHAMSI

HELENE CAZIN

MOUZA AL-MATROOSHI

MAISSA SAIF ALSUWAIDI

PATRICK CHALHOUB

ALI J AL-SAMMARRAIE A ALALI HOOR ALAQROOBI HOOR YOUSUF ALAQROOBI KAMBAR ALAWADI RAUDHA ALGHURAIR

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

208

ZEINAB ALHASHEMI MAHA ALI MAJED JAKKA ALMANSOORI

MAITHA ALI ALSUWAIDI REEM ALI ALSUWAIDI SAWSAN AL BAHAR BAHAR AL BAHAR TED BEAGLES RANA BEIRUTI KARIM BEKDACHE

THOMAS CLEMENTS JACOPO CORVO ANNICA CUPPETELLI

ROBIN HOWIE YOHEI IWAKI ALI JABER ESAM AL JABI LUNA JAFAARI NISHA JAGTIANI

FELICIA CLARE PAUL EDSON PAVONI HANNAH PERRY VITTORIO SUN QUN GUTO REQUENA DR AMINA ROSTAMANI

JUDY DOBIAS

NOORA MOHAMMED AL JAMEA

JEAN-CHARLES DURAND

NAJEEB JARRAR

LATIFA SAEED

SABRINA KAUPP DURAND

SUNIL JOHN

RANA SALAM

NADINE KANSO

ASHOK SAWLANI

WIDED KHADRAOUI

ABEER SEIKALY

DANAH KHATIB

KHALID SHAFAR

MARIE LAURENT

UMRAN SHAH

AMAL FADHEL

AHMED BIN SHABIB

OLIVIA YASSUDO FARIA

RASHID BIN SHABIB

TAMASIN FISHER

ALEXIS RYNGAERT

MOHAMMAD SAEED AL SHEHHI ALIA AL SHAMSI DR HAYAT SHAMSUDDIN DOMINIC SHENOY DANA SLEIMAN ZAID SOUDI MARK STOBBS ANJALI SRINIVASAN HENRIQUE STABILE LAILA SUHAIL ZSANETT SZIRMAY

JACK THOMAS TAYLOR KHULOOD THANI SANDRA TINARI MAX TOBIAS RAJA TRAD SUZANNE TROCMÉ ANTOINE VAUTHEY VULCANUAV CAMILLA YADGAROOF TAMMAM YAMOUT SHEANA YU SAADIA ZAHID CHAO ZHAO

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Participant Designers A

Abdulla BelJafla

Daniel Garrett

Bernard Khoury

Chhavi Oswal

Ed Tam

Faiza Adamjee

Afra Bin Dhaher

Kevin Gouriou

Saad Khurshid

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Emily Tang

Bahar Al Bahar

Hamad Bin Shaiban

YiHui Guo

Olivia Hwayoung Kim

Edson Pavoni

Tangible Media Group

Sawsan Al Bahar

Nienke Bongers

H

John Kuster

Antton Peña

Bálint Tárkány-Kovács

Ayah Al Bitar

Basma Bouzo

Dina Haddadin

L

Liu Pengjun

Nada Taryam

Noor Al Dabbagh

Noura Bouzo

Osama Hadeed

Pauline Lemberger

Thibault Penven

Khulood Thani

Raudha Al Ghurair

Julian Bowerman

Andre Hamann

Tony Lien

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Suzanne Trocmé

Liane Al Ghusain

Lee Broom

Zaid Hameed

Duffy London

Muniba Rashid

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Khawla Al Hashimi

Pere Bruach

Kim Hanbit

Aljoud Lootah

Burachat Ratanasuwan

Rula Uaghmour

Dana Al Sadek

C

Jamie Hayón

M

Guto Requena

Victor Udzenija

Tarik Al Zaharna

Humberto Campana

Talin Hazbar

Tomosuke Maeda

Michael Rice

V

Hala Al-Ani

Dominique Capocci

Martin Hertig

Calypso Mahieu

Arnaud Rivieren

Sunil Vallu

Abdulaziz Al-Azem

Caravan

Ali S Husain

Stephanie Martin

Allison Rowe

Alissa van Asseldonk

Alaa Alghufaili

Wei-Che Chang

I

Brendan McGetrick

S

Jordane Vernet

Zeinab Alhashemi

Pierre Charreau

Yohei Iwaki

Mediated Matter Group

Latifa Saeed

W

Mohammad Aljabi

Chao Chen

J

Mustafa Mehdi

Rana Salam

Sacha Walckhoff

Abdulaziz M. AlKandari

Sungwhoon Cho

Bae Hyun-joo

Vidhi Mehta

Alain Salomon

Tory Waller

Hon Ka Chun

Riem Ibrahim

Cristobal Mendoza

Fadi Sarieddine

Marcel Wanders

Mouza Almatrooshi

Cal Craven

Yohei Iwaki

André Meyerhans

Waleed Shaalan

Qi Wang

Ali J Al-Sammarraie

Annica Cuppetelli

Liyan Jabi-Arini

Kim Min-hwan

Khalid Shafar

Chunhao Weng

Khaled S. AlTassan

Megan Czaja

Salman Jawed

Mobius Design Studio

Satareh Shamdani

Ted Wiles

Omar Al-Zo'bi

D

Yue Jiang

Juan Montalvan

Kim Shin

WTD Magazine

Architecture & Other Things

Luisa de Los SantosRobinson

Studio Job

Jiye Moon

Sin Na Siu

Elyn Wu Caili

Rogier Arents

Im Jong-uk

Jules Moskovtchenko

Paige Smith

Y

Kim Dohyeong

Arini Creative Platforms

K

Satoshi Murata

Lee Soonju

Rula Yaghmour

E

Florian Kainz

N

João Souza

Frances Yan

Rand El Haj Hasan

Koraldo Kajanaku

Iyad Naja

Anjali Srinivasan

Tan Cheng Yang

Kim Eunjin

Ammar Kalo

Heba Najada

Henrique Stabile

Chiam Yong Sheng

F

Nadine Kanso

Ineke Neutelings

Angélique Stehli

Bin Yu

Hani Fallaha

Rawan Kashkoush

Michael Jake Newsum

Studio Mieke Meijer

Sheana Yu

Hina Fancy

Sheroy Katila

Studio Roex

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Formafantasma

Katarzyna Kempa

Morten Grønning Nielsen

Zsanett Szirmay

Haythem Zakaria

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Hamza Masood Khan

O

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Ziran Zhao

Aldana Ferrer Garcia

Nathalie Khayat

Faysal Tabbarah

Yizhang Zhu

Fernanda Julieta Cortes Garcia

Hamad Khoory

Robin OglesbeeVenghaus

Mika Asanti Lara Assouad Miki Asatani PARTICIPANT DESIGNERS

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Chacha Atallah B Maarten Baas Hadeyeh Badri Karim Ben Amor Supaluck Benyasam

Hamza Omari

Akihiko Takashima

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Participant Designers A

Abdulla BelJafla

Daniel Garrett

Bernard Khoury

Chhavi Oswal

Ed Tam

Faiza Adamjee

Afra Bin Dhaher

Kevin Gouriou

Saad Khurshid

P

Emily Tang

Bahar Al Bahar

Hamad Bin Shaiban

YiHui Guo

Olivia Hwayoung Kim

Edson Pavoni

Tangible Media Group

Sawsan Al Bahar

Nienke Bongers

H

John Kuster

Antton Peña

Bálint Tárkány-Kovács

Ayah Al Bitar

Basma Bouzo

Dina Haddadin

L

Liu Pengjun

Nada Taryam

Noor Al Dabbagh

Noura Bouzo

Osama Hadeed

Pauline Lemberger

Thibault Penven

Khulood Thani

Raudha Al Ghurair

Julian Bowerman

Andre Hamann

Tony Lien

R

Suzanne Trocmé

Liane Al Ghusain

Lee Broom

Zaid Hameed

Duffy London

Muniba Rashid

U

Khawla Al Hashimi

Pere Bruach

Kim Hanbit

Aljoud Lootah

Burachat Ratanasuwan

Rula Uaghmour

Dana Al Sadek

C

Jamie Hayón

M

Guto Requena

Victor Udzenija

Tarik Al Zaharna

Humberto Campana

Talin Hazbar

Tomosuke Maeda

Michael Rice

V

Hala Al-Ani

Dominique Capocci

Martin Hertig

Calypso Mahieu

Arnaud Rivieren

Sunil Vallu

Abdulaziz Al-Azem

Caravan

Ali S Husain

Stephanie Martin

Allison Rowe

Alissa van Asseldonk

Alaa Alghufaili

Wei-Che Chang

I

Brendan McGetrick

S

Jordane Vernet

Zeinab Alhashemi

Pierre Charreau

Yohei Iwaki

Mediated Matter Group

Latifa Saeed

W

Mohammad Aljabi

Chao Chen

J

Mustafa Mehdi

Rana Salam

Sacha Walckhoff

Abdulaziz M. AlKandari

Sungwhoon Cho

Bae Hyun-joo

Vidhi Mehta

Alain Salomon

Tory Waller

Hon Ka Chun

Riem Ibrahim

Cristobal Mendoza

Fadi Sarieddine

Marcel Wanders

Mouza Almatrooshi

Cal Craven

Yohei Iwaki

André Meyerhans

Waleed Shaalan

Qi Wang

Ali J Al-Sammarraie

Annica Cuppetelli

Liyan Jabi-Arini

Kim Min-hwan

Khalid Shafar

Chunhao Weng

Khaled S. AlTassan

Megan Czaja

Salman Jawed

Mobius Design Studio

Satareh Shamdani

Ted Wiles

Omar Al-Zo'bi

D

Yue Jiang

Juan Montalvan

Kim Shin

WTD Magazine

Architecture & Other Things

Luisa de Los SantosRobinson

Studio Job

Jiye Moon

Sin Na Siu

Elyn Wu Caili

Rogier Arents

Im Jong-uk

Jules Moskovtchenko

Paige Smith

Y

Kim Dohyeong

Arini Creative Platforms

K

Satoshi Murata

Lee Soonju

Rula Yaghmour

E

Florian Kainz

N

João Souza

Frances Yan

Rand El Haj Hasan

Koraldo Kajanaku

Iyad Naja

Anjali Srinivasan

Tan Cheng Yang

Kim Eunjin

Ammar Kalo

Heba Najada

Henrique Stabile

Chiam Yong Sheng

F

Nadine Kanso

Ineke Neutelings

Angélique Stehli

Bin Yu

Hani Fallaha

Rawan Kashkoush

Michael Jake Newsum

Studio Mieke Meijer

Sheana Yu

Hina Fancy

Sheroy Katila

Studio Roex

Z

Formafantasma

Katarzyna Kempa

Morten Grønning Nielsen

Zsanett Szirmay

Haythem Zakaria

G

Hamza Masood Khan

O

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Ziran Zhao

Aldana Ferrer Garcia

Nathalie Khayat

Faysal Tabbarah

Yizhang Zhu

Fernanda Julieta Cortes Garcia

Hamad Khoory

Robin OglesbeeVenghaus

Mika Asanti Lara Assouad Miki Asatani PARTICIPANT DESIGNERS

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Chacha Atallah B Maarten Baas Hadeyeh Badri Karim Ben Amor Supaluck Benyasam

Hamza Omari

Akihiko Takashima

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Dubai Design District (d3)

Around the City Check listings and website for full timings and locations

26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

MAPS

1. Abwab Open spaces and walkways

2. Global Grad Show Building 6

3. Iconic City: Brilliant Beirut Building 7

4. Installations Open spaces and walkways

MAPS

4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4

Fragments of Now Love Project Lot 36587 Untitled (Archway)

5. Talks & Workshops The Atrium Building 4 & Downtown Design Auditorium Please check dubaidesignweek.ae for full schedule and entry regulations

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Gafla MONOGRAM FBMI S*uce Fadi Sarieddine Ayah Al Bitar DCI

27–30 October, 6pm–1am

7. Elyx House Building 8 21+ only 27–30 October

8. Destination Downtown Design tent Please visit downtowndesign.com to register your visit

9. Downtown Design Downtown Design tent Please visit downtowndesign.com to register your visit 30-31 October, 9am–6pm

10. Ripe Market Open spaces and walkways

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11. Installations 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9

A Place to Departure Deconstruction Zone Detrius Wall LUZ Nervous Structure Earth Hives Yarouf Truss.T Soundweaving

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Dubai Design District (d3)

Around the City Check listings and website for full timings and locations

26 October, 5pm-9pm 27-30 October, 9am-9pm 31 October, 9am-6pm

MAPS

1. Abwab Open spaces and walkways

2. Global Grad Show Building 6

3. Iconic City: Brilliant Beirut Building 7

4. Installations Open spaces and walkways

MAPS

4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4

Fragments of Now Love Project Lot 36587 Untitled (Archway)

5. Talks & Workshops The Atrium Building 4 & Downtown Design Auditorium Please check dubaidesignweek.ae for full schedule and entry regulations

MAPS

6. Around the City 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7

Gafla MONOGRAM FBMI S*uce Fadi Sarieddine Ayah Al Bitar DCI

27–30 October, 6pm–1am

7. Elyx House Building 8 21+ only 27–30 October

8. Destination Downtown Design tent Please visit downtowndesign.com to register your visit

9. Downtown Design Downtown Design tent Please visit downtowndesign.com to register your visit 30-31 October, 9am–6pm

10. Ripe Market Open spaces and walkways

26–31 October

11. Installations 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9

A Place to Departure Deconstruction Zone Detrius Wall LUZ Nervous Structure Earth Hives Yarouf Truss.T Soundweaving

12. Around the City 12.1 1971 – Design Space 12.2 Alserkal Cultural Foundation 12.3 American University

in the Emirates 12.4 Antidote 12.5 AUD 12.6 Authentique Art & Design 12.7 Caravan Collective 12.8 Cities 12.9 Comptoir 102 12.10 Canadian University Dubai 12.11 Ticks of Time 12.12 Ethan Allen 12.13 FBMI 12.14 Galeries Lafayette 12.15 Khalid Shafar 12.16 Nakkash Gallery 12.17 O Concept 12.18 o’ de Rose 12.19 S*uce 12.20 superstudio / Moooi

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The winning proposal will be unveiled at Design Days Dubai in March 2016, before moving to its new home in Dubai Design District (d3).

For its second edition, the proposed design installation needs to address the basic function of shelter in the public domain, establishing the important functional, social and community aspect of the contemporary urban language and setting of the city of Dubai.

Urban Commissions is an initiative launched by Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) and Dubai Design District (d3), inviting all creatives residing in the UAE to propose and design a public urban shelter installation for the city of Dubai.

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Dubai Design Week is owned and managed by Art Dubai FZ LLC (Art Dubai Group), a joint venture between the Dubai International Financial Centre and Middle East Fairs Ltd. 26–31 October, 2015 For more information please visit dubaidesignweek.ae

The Art Dubai Group Board of Directors Rajesh Pareek – Chairman Benedict Floyd – CEO & Co-founder, Art Dubai Group Saleh Al Akrabi Savita Apte Ali Al Shabibi

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Cyril Zammit – Director of Design, Art Dubai Group Dina Almalik Leo Barrameda Michel Bechara Aida Beydoun Carine Bonnick Bader Bukhari Tadeu Baldani Caravieri Mayssa Jaroudi Rawan Kashkoush Ciara Philips Laura Vessier Poppy Ward

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The winning proposal will be unveiled at Design Days Dubai in March 2016, before moving to its new home in Dubai Design District (d3).

For its second edition, the proposed design installation needs to address the basic function of shelter in the public domain, establishing the important functional, social and community aspect of the contemporary urban language and setting of the city of Dubai.

Urban Commissions is an initiative launched by Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) and Dubai Design District (d3), inviting all creatives residing in the UAE to propose and design a public urban shelter installation for the city of Dubai.

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