
DUBAI’S DESIGN INDUSTRY IN 2020: WHAT DEFINES US, HOW ARE WE CHANGING AND WHAT DOES TOMORROW HOLD?
Several decades of dramatic urban transformation, investment and ambition have helped frame Dubai’s reputation as perhaps the most active and vibrant design hub in the Middle East. But what does this really mean? How do we define this, what does it stand for and what comes next?

DESTINATIONS OF THE FUTURE: CREATING A NEW LANGUAGE FOR HOTEL DESIGN
This episode of INDEX Design Talks Online brings highly respected figures in the world of hotel design together to share their insights on how this complex, constantly evolving and now acutely disrupted form of environment may require new thinking and solutions over the mid- to long-term.
THIS WEBINAR TOOK PLACE ON 07 OCTOBER 2020 | 2PM GST

ENTERING A NEW ERA OF DESIGN'S INFLUENCE OVER END-USER WELLBEING, SAFETY AND BEHAVIOUR
From basic environmental manipulation to the complete remodelling of capital cities, demands for end-user safety and wellness have long acted as a spur for new thinking and form in interior design and architecture.
THIS WEBINAR TOOK PLACE ON 26 AUGUST 2020 | 2PM GST
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REDEFINING MID-TERM GROWTH AMBITION AND STRATEGY
In this episode, four leading design experts will discuss where the creative industry anticipates short to mid-term growth opportunities arising as we see the first waves of international travel and market activity returning. Will we see design companies consolidating their efforts within traditional areas of focus, or will there be more diversification into new types of projects and more far-reaching geographies? How are leading companies adapting their structure and strategy in the near to mid-term?
THIS WEBINAR TOOK PLACE ON 15TH JULY 2020
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THE WAY FORWARD: COMMERCIAL & LEGAL PRACTICALITIES FOR CREATIVE BUSINESSES
In this episode, Kathryn Athreya, Managing Director, Roar, Stuart Allen, Managing Director & Founder, Allen Architecture Interiors Design, Lee McMahon, CEO & Founder, Support Legal, and Marina Mrjden-Petrovic, Ex-Editor, Commercial Interior Design magazine & Divisional Manager, OFIS discussing business practicalities for design companies.
THIS WEBINAR TOOK PLACE ON 3RD JUNE 2020 WATCH THE RECORDING NOW...

THE REBIRTH OF THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY
For this first edition, Paul Bishop, Patricia Millns, Waleed Shalaan, and Esra Lemmens explored how each other’s work is responding to the current environment and how this period may alter key aspects of the way that we conceive, create and interact with design.
THIS WEBINAR TOOK PLACE ON 13TH MAY 2020 WATCH THE RECORDING NOW...


WITH THANKS TO THE INDEX DESIGN TALKS ONLINE PANELISTS

Paul Bishop
Founder - Bishop Design

Patricia Milns FRSA
Artist

Waleed Shalaan
Design Director - AFALULA

Esra Lemmens
Design Consultant - The Esra Lemmens Agency


Lee MaMahon
CEO & Founder, Support Legal


Stuart Allen
Managing Director & Founder, AAID


Kathryn Athreya,
Managing Director, ROAR


Marina Mrjden-Petrovic
Ex-Editor, CID magazine and Marketing & Business Development Manager, OFIS


Firas Alsahin
Co-Founder & Design Director - 4SPACE interior design



Esra Lemmens
Founder & Director - The Esra Lemmens Agency


Christian Merieau
Founding Partner - MMAC Design Associates


Kristina Zanic
Owner - Kristina Zanic Design Consultants


Carla Conte
Founder & Creative Director, Brand Creative


David Lessard
Partner & Design Director, H+A


Pooja Shah-Mulani
Design Director, LW


George Arvanitis
Director of Masterplanning & Urbanism, RMJM Dubai


Maliha Nishat
Director Interior Design, Global Design MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL


Isabel Pintado
SVP Africa China Middle East Thailand & RMD Bangkok Dubai Shanghai, WILSON ASSOCIATES


Justin Wells
CEO WELLS INTERNATIONAL
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