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?
Diane Thorsen - Design Director, GENSLER // Kevin McLachlan - CCO / Founder, NOMADK DESIGN STUDIO // Lee Worthington - Managing Director, JPA DESIGN // [Chair] Esra Lemmens - Founder & Director, THE ESRA LEMMENS AGENCY
THIS WEBINAR TOOK PLACE ON 30 NOVEMBER 2020 WATCH THE RECORDING NOW...
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
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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 26TH AUGUST 2020 WATCH THE RECORDING NOW...
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 episode, 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 PANELISTS


Patricia Milns FRSA
Artist

Waleed Shalaan
Design Director - AFALULA

Esra Lemmens
Design Consultant - The Esra Lemmens Agency

Kathryn Athreya
Managing Director, Roar

Stuart Allen
Managing Director & Founder, Allen Architecture Interiors Design

Lee McMahon
CEO & Founder - Support Legal

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

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

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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