Dubai Design Week 2025 returns to Dubai Design District (d3) from 4 to 9 November, transforming the neighborhood into a city-wide laboratory for ideas across architecture, interiors, product design, craft and technology.
Dubai Design Week 2025 returns to Dubai Design District (d3) from 4 to 9 November, transforming the neighborhood into a city-wide laboratory for ideas across architecture, interiors, product design, craft and technology.
November 9, 2025
Dubai Design Week 2025 returns to Dubai Design District (d3) from 4 to 9 November, transforming the neighborhood into a city-wide laboratory for ideas across architecture, interiors, product design, craft and technology.
The festival anchors itself with signature programmes: Abwab, Urban Commissions, Downtown Design, Editions, talks, workshops and a lively marketplace, alongside the new d3 Awards spotlighting emerging MENA talent.
This year’s Abwab headline pavilion distills the theme “In the Details” into a single, immersive commission: "Stories of the Isle and the Inlet" by Bahraini studio Maraj. Woven embroidered mesh, echoing the traditional thob al nashil, maps the ecosystems of Nabih Saleh Island, linking material craft with environmental storytelling.
Public-realm experimentation continues with Urban Commissions 2025. The winning project, "When Does a Threshold Become a Courtyard?" by UAE-based Some Kind of Practice, reimagines the Emirati housh as a fluid framework of shade, airflow and shared space, built from familiar regional materials. It’s a persuasive case for climate-literate design at the scale of the street.
On the d3 Waterfront Terrace, Downtown Design gathers heavyweight brands — Kartell, Poltrona Frau, Vitra, alongside fresh arrivals such as Roche Bobois, Stellar Works and Calico Wallpaper. Regional spotlights include Lebanon’s BEIT Collective, Pakistan’s Yousef Shabaz (Strata), and the Designed in Saudi showcase by the Kingdom’s Design & Architecture Commission. Expect curated lounges and pop-ups from Buccellati (by david/nicolas), Veuve Clicquot’s Solaire Lounge (with Studio Marcel Poulain) and Styled Habitat’s Nordic Homeworx concept.
Debuted in 2024, Editions — the Middle East’s fair for limited-edition art and design, returns with 50+ galleries and studios. The 2025 curation spans prints and ceramics to contemporary design, with moments ranging from Galerie Geek Art’s Japanese selections and Ila Colombo’s AI-driven metamorphosis studies to modular dividers reinterpreting Emirati patterns by Asateer.
Beyond the headline features, Dubai Design Week is built for discovery: free-to-attend workshops in the Maker Space, an outdoor marketplace of regional makers, design talks at The Forum, and the new d3 Awards recognizing rising voices. Together, they sketch a portrait of a region confident in its heritage and curious about technology’s social possibilities.
