Events

Dubai Design Week 2017

Date

22 September 2017

IED was present in the Dubai Design Week 2017 with different projects by current students and alumni.

A total of four students projects are displayed in three different locations: Yulia and Hydra by IED Barcelona are present at the Global Grad Show, the exhibition of students works from the world’s leading design schools; Bisu by Matteo Congiu at Downtown Design – Italian Luxury Interiors, an annual exhibition held in Dubai to celebrate the excellence of Italian furniture and furnishings in the Arab Emirates; Arthropod by Ghassan Salameh at D3’s Middle East: Design Now.

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