UK-based award-winning interior designer Bethan Gray is bringing her design savvy to INDEX 2017, Dubai’s largest home decorating show.
This month the 27th edition of the INDEX Design Series is bringing architects, design professionals, suppliers and home décor specialists together with consumers for a breath-taking sensory exhibition, ‘Design for the Senses’, featuring keynote speaker Bethan Gray.
Hosted by the Dubai World Trade Centre from 22 to 25 May, the show promises to take visitors deep into the heart of the rainforest, with fully-immersive experiences allowing guests to see, hear, feel, smell and even taste their way through it.
Running alongside Workspace and Middle East Stone and Middle East Covering, INDEX is again poised to attract more than 34,000 designers, retailers and high net-worth individuals from over 100 countries. Designers Bethan Gray, Henry Holland and Jo Hamilton will be appearing at the OFIS-sponsored Design Talks and exhibiting at this year’s INDEX Design Series.
This story is from the May 2017 edition of Identity.
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