Downtown Design is the leading design fair in the Middle East and a catalyst for growth in the region’s creative scene.
Dubai Design Week will return to Dubai Design District (d3) from 3-8 November 2026, marking the 12th edition of the region’s leading design festival. Held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the festival is presented in strategic partnership with d3, the global creative hub that is part of TECOM Group, and supported by Dubai Culture.
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Few designers get to reimagine a building as instantly recognisable as the Burj Al Arab. Tristan Auer is one of them. The Paris-based interior architect is leading the landmark's restoration, bringing more than two decades of work on some of the world's most storied hotels to one of Dubai's defining icons.
This November, the UAE Designer Exhibition returns to Downtown Design with a line-up of works by 30 UAE-based creatives, spanning furniture, lighting, objects and experimental materials.
Etereo doesn't stay in one lane. Since setting up the studio in Dubai in 2017, Stefania Digregorio and Mirko Sala Tenna have built a practice that moves seamlessly between architecture, design and art, with projects spanning private homes, yachts and collectible design.
Downtown Design, the Middle East’s leading fair for contemporary and high-quality design, is set for 4-8 November 2026 at Dubai Design District (d3), marking one of the region’s key moments on the international design calendar.
A showcase dedicated to Memphis, the movement that turned ‘good taste’ on its head and changed the visual language of design, brings a jolt of colour to the 2026 programme.
Italian high-jewelry and silverware Maison Buccellati returns to Downtown Design this November with an immersive experience created in collaboration with British artist and designer Luke Edward Hall.
What does a new generation of UAE designers inherit, and what do they choose to do with it? This year, the UAE Designer Exhibition turns its attention to the material, rituals, industries, technologies and ways of making that continue to shape design practice in the country.
