Downtown Design

Details about Downtown Design 2024

Category: Decor, Furniture, and Lighting Units

Downtown Design is the region's annual destination for contemporary design. Its latest edition featured a successful showcase of over 300 brands, manufacturers, and designers from more than 40 countries. The exhibition attracted top A&ID professionals and industry decision-makers from the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and beyond, alongside premier general visitors from the affluent to local homeowners and design enthusiasts, looking to discover, purchase, or commission.

Downtown Design, the flagship event of Dubai Design Week, hosts globally renowned brands and manufacturers alongside individual designers, collectives, and studios from around the world, with a spotlight on the region.

The exhibition, dedicated to contemporary and high-quality design, showcases the latest collections, innovative products, and design solutions, complemented by a range of creative concepts, installations, experiences, and industry events.

The exhibition remains the annual touchpoint, fostering relevant relationships in a desirable and fast-growing market, bringing together thought leaders and decision-makers in the global design stage, every November.

Downtown Design consistently produces a dynamic environment where design meets opportunity, attracting top design professionals and industry decision-makers from the region, alongside high-profile public visitors, affirming Dubai's status as the design capital of the Middle East.

Owned and managed by Art Dubai Group and organized in a strategic partnership with Dubai Design District (d3), a member of TECOM Group PJSC, and with the support of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, the Downtown Design project takes place on the waterfront of Dubai Design District (d3).

Downtown Design is the region's annual destination for contemporary design, attracting top design professionals and decision-makers in the field from the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and beyond, alongside high-profile public visitors.

The Downtown Design festival is held annually on the Waterfront Terrace at Dubai Design District, the commercial hub of Dubai Design Week, the region's most important creative festival reflecting Dubai's status as the design capital of the Middle East through a large-scale program of design-related events. The 2022 edition brought together thought leaders and decision-makers in global design and attracted over 135,000 visitors to Dubai Design District (d3) throughout the week.

The 2022 edition of Downtown Design presented the latest contemporary designs for the region in its finest showcase to date, focusing on business opportunities and reaching the most relevant audiences. Visitors explored premium products and innovative solutions for the home, workplace, and hospitality sectors, by over 200 renowned brands, studios, and individual designers from around the world. Exhibitor showcases were complemented by talks, panel discussions, masterclasses, networking events, creative pop-ups, installations, and immersive experiences.