ArtDayME: Dubai Design Week returns for its ninth season, 7-12 November. Dubai Design Week is held in a strategic partnership with D3 Dubai, a member of TECOM Group PJSC and supported by Dubai Culture

Each year, Dubai Design week includes a diverse range of installations that captivate and inspire visitors.

Installations are a key feature of Dubai Design Week, bringing together designers, architects, brands and creatives from around the globe to demonstrate the power of imagination and innovation in the field of design.

Staged across Dubai Design District (d3) during the six-day festival, a curated range of outdoor installations and interventions transform public spaces into immersive experiences.

This year’s Dubai Design Week will feature over 20 installations with a focus on how design, science and technology can converge to reclaim materials of our past, as well as reimagine new forms that foster sustainable practices.

In the following, you will get to know some installations of Dubai Design Week:

Nngg Studio

Nngg Studio will present the ‘Shaking Sanctuary Urban Shade’ installation at #DXBDW23, an immersive experience realised with flexible rods and canopies that create a responsive environment reminiscent of a forest. 

Drawing inspiration from UAE’s native fauna, the installation’s patterned canopies cast intricate shadows that connect with the local environment and offer an authentic forest-like experience in the city center. 

Dubai Design Week is held in a strategic partnership with D3 Dubai, a member of TECOM Group PJSC and supported by Dubai Culture

Mitsubishi Jisho Design

Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Jisho Design will showcase ‘Arabi-An’, the UAE iteration of their sustainable tea house made from food-waste-based materials, including tea grains and grapes, and construed using the Miura method of Origami.

Arabi-An aims to renew intercultural connections and raise awareness on the food crisis faced by the world today.

Shabir Mir

Shabir Mir will present ‘Ring of Life’, a sculptural installation constructed from waste gargoor fishing nets resembling the movement of water that breathes life into space, casting captivating interplays of light and shadow. 

House of Piranesi

‘Floating Teka’, designed by India-based collective House of Piranesi (represented by Vida Heydari Contemporary) is a modular reconfigurable seating concept for open spaces handcrafted from various colours and materials.

This installation breathes new life into a traditionally functional element, Terrazzo, recycled from the waste of stone and glass productions, which has long been used as an innovative building material.

Sibyl Design Studio

Saudi-based Sibyl Design Studio takes inspiration from the transformative journey experienced in Saudi Arabia in recent years, with their interactive large-scale installation ‘CYCLE’.

Sibyl invites visitors to participate in developing an image of the work, as each individual moves the drawing handle to create their own imprint on a spinning sand board—building an ever-evolving dialogue towards a communal vision.

Waiwai Design

Waiwai Design presents ‘Urban Hadeera’, a sustainable take on UAE vernacular architecture. 

Made with salt-based building materials, architects Wael Al Awar and Kazuma Yamao explore how the hadeera continues to be a succinct but eloquent solution for local climate, whilst bringing people together in an intimate setting.

Sara Alrayyes

Sara Alrayyes of Orient Design Studio W.L.L presents ‘Blessings of Iridescence,' harnessing the innate beauty and strength of mother of pearl oyster shells, a typically discarded material, in the pearling industry.

Inspired by the experience of Bahraini pearl divers, Sara’s installation looks to honour and preserve an important local industry, whilst encouraging sustainable discourse.