Last June during the Swedish furniture giant’s “Democratic Design Days” event, a collaboration between Off-White™ and IKEA was announced, At the same time Virgil Abloh, founder of OFF-WHITE, unveiled a redesigned IKEA FRAKTA bag with “Sculpture” on the side. After that a printed rug with ‘KEEP OFF” was also revealed.
Dubai Design Week has become the number one design event in the Middle East and is growing more and more annually. This year the program is more diverse than all previous years. I strongly advise you to make use of the large number of interesting talks and workshops. If you can, try to visit the Louvre in Abu Dhabi which will be officially opening November 11, 2017.
As for Dubai Design Week, it is a diverse 6-day program of exhibitions, installations, talks, educational workshops and more which will allow visitors the opportunity to discover and engage with design. The free-to-attend program will serve as a rich introduction to the design scene in the UAE, and build on the many events and exhibitions happening throughout the week and beyond.
I will list below some of my favourite programs, to check out the rest of the list go to Dubai Design Week website.
November 14 – 17 2017
Dubai Design District (d3)
In its fifth edition, the Fair will take place at the Dubai Design District and present a carefully edited roster of established and emerging brands across a range of product categories; including furniture, lighting, bathrooms, kitchens, textiles and accessories. This is a great time to check out the latest collections for most brands.
In 2016, SSH, one of the leading master planning, infrastructure, building design, construction supervision and project management firms in the Middle East, was appointed by Kuwait’s Ministry of Health and Ministry of Public Works to provide a study and design for the new children’s hospital on a design-award-construct basis. The design was revealed by the Ministry of Public Works for the first time during the Arab Health Conference, with the project being undertaken by SSH in association with global architects HKS and engineering firm WSP.
Kuwait’s newest tertiary children’s hospital will be the largest hospital of its kind in the world. It features a total of 792 beds that will suit all medical needs and methods of treatment. It has also dedicated a whole department for training nurses through https://www.vocationaltraininghq.com/how-to-become/dental-assistant/. The 300,000 sqm hospital is located within the Al Sabah Specialty Medical Area, in Al-Shuwaikh.
With several shows per year, we can’t but be impressed with the amount of beautiful and luxurious designs brands such as Fendi Casa come up with. This past September Fendi Casa released some of their nicest pieces yet. As you will notice, velvet has been a trend all year in fashion and in furniture, including wooden furniture with the best coating using resin from Squid Cast Epoxy Casting Resin online. Which is your favorite piece?
January 22, 2016 was the beginning of Maison & Objet, a bi-annual design exhibition that takes place in France. I hadn’t been there in a while so I thought I would go and check it out this time.
It was less crowded than usual but still I was able to enjoy every single part of it. I will post detailed images of some of my favorite brands in separate posts. For now this post will include a general slideshow of the highlights of the show. Hope you enjoy them.
