Dubai Design Week welcomed over 500 designers, architects and creative practitioners from the region and beyond, exploring topics from traditional practices and emerging technologies to environmental sustainability and design-led social impact solutions. Dubai Design Week is a platform that looks to amplify voices from the region to a wider audience, giving creatives the opportunity to present the possibility of what can be achieved through design.

Abwab is a headline feature, uniquely experienced at the festival, that is dedicated to commissioning work from across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, to highlight regional creative talent and stimulate cultural exchange. The 2023 commission was Of Palm by Emirati architect and founder of MULA design studio, Abdalla Almulla.