dubi-The third edition of Dubai Design Week - the Middle East’s largest design event and global meeting point for the international design industry - is set to host its biggest edition this November, with more than 200 events (up 35% from 2016) at Dubai Design District and in venues across the city.

With the aim of attracting more than 50,000 visitors including architects, designers, thought-leaders, influencers and public audiences from UAE, across the region and around the world, #DXBDW2017’s highlight events include:
 

    Global Grad Show; The “Oscars” of graduate design and technology bringing together 200 works from 92 of the world’s elite universities, up by 50% from last year, alongside those from developing countries, that will shine a spotlight on how the next generation will shape the future through design, science and innovation;
    Downtown Design; the commercial heart of the week, this year enhances its position as the Middle East’s leading contemporary design trade show by doubling in size to exhibit original and high quality design from +150 brands;
    ABWAB, the platform for regional designers to show their work on the international stage, this year grows to exhibit +40 designers housed in a dramatic structure designed by Dubai-based architects Fahed & Architects.
    An extensive talks and workshop programme that opens with Sir David Adjaye, one of the world’s most influential architects, in conversation with Emirati commentator Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi