A multi-disciplinary showcase of UAE-based creative talent, supported by Dubai Culture, situated at the heart of Downtown Design fair.

With the aim of providing a platform for the local creative community, the UAE Designer Exhibition primarily focuses on presenting emerging talent and young practitioners with opportunities to break into the region’s market to launch new works, gain visibility, explore audience feedback for further development and generate potential commercial leads and avenues for collaborations.

Encouraging designers and studios to explore materiality and form as well as incorporating the use of technology and today’s fabrication processes, the submitted works should be durable, feasible to produce, and influenced by cultural and regional contexts, and in fitting with the Downtown Design fair’s mandate of high-quality and contemporary design.