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Designed For Success

UK-based award-winning interior designer Bethan Gray is bringing her design savvy to INDEX 2017, Dubai’s largest home decorating show.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Fashions fade and movements come and go – yet, 150 years after Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth, the ideas and ideals of the ‘greatest American architect of all time’ are more relevant than ever.

Land Rover

Originally intended to be a stop-gap product, the Land Rover stayed in production for almost seven decades and gave birth to a hugely successful premium automotive brand.

Designs Of Arabia

Emirati product designer and curator Khalid Shafar, in collaboration with d3, led top designers from the UAE to Milan to exhibit during Design Week

Grand Designs

Festive Decorators + Lighting Specialists (FDLS), one of the premiere companies behind the region’s most prestigious event spaces for celebrations, has a deserved reputation for creating memorable scenery, dynamic landscapes and dramatic animations and lights.

Triple Treat

Known as the new global destination for international brand launches, events and speakers, the Design Week, Downtown Design and Italian Luxury Interiors hub brought the best established and emerging talent to Dubai.

Deloce Vita

Deloce Vita

Leafy Gem

Identity speaks to Neil Cownie about the award-winning Roscommon House, a family home that’s in dynamic and meaningful conversation with its unique location.

Cherry-Picked

Fendi Casa ushers in the 2017 furniture season with a younger, cleaner and overall more dynamic new approach that includes an enigmatic new sofa by French designer Toan Nguyen.

Design Eloquence

For some forty years, Italian visionary Alberto Vignatelli – founder, CEO and President of Luxury Living Group – has been translating iconic fashion and inspirational brands into home furnishings, and opening new doors for business extensions while offering consumers the opportunity to live in environments of their preferred brands.

Building Blocks

The much-anticipated unveiling of the Lincoln Square residences reveals the power of collaboration between design visionaries Patricia Urquiola, PLP Architecture, Gustafson Porter and Bowler James Brindley. Orchestrated by developers Lodha Group, who are making their London debut with this prestigious project, it’s destined to become a design destination.

New Direction

William Knight, Managing Director & Head of Design, Art Dubai Group, reveals how he’s navigating Dubai’s design scene.

Strong Relationships

Enduring materials such as metals and gold are referencing the value and importance of the kitchen - the true heart of the home, where friends and family gather to share the harmony and warmth of the Festive Season.

Best Of British

Expo 2020 Dubai continues to shape up, with the exciting news that award-winning Es Devlin will design the UK Pavilion.

Dubai Debut

Portuguese designer Sérgio Mendes talks to id about the inspiration behind Interlude, his newly launched collection.

Natural Beauty

Architect Richard Hywel Evans reveals how he created the stunning contemporary villa, La Vinya.

Art: Linking The Past To The Future

The first Al Burda Festival examined the deep roots of the traditional Islamic arts that provide the foundation for 21stcentury expressions of cultural identity.

Cultural Capital

History comes alive at Abu Dhabi’s newly renovated Qasr al Hosn – the oldest fort in the UAE and the seat of the former Ruler, Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

The Swan Chair

As curvaceous and elegant as the bird it takes its name from, Arne Jacobsen’s Swan chair has been gracing hotels, homes and offices for 60 years now

Form + Function

Designer Khalid Shafar collaborated with Arte Veneziana on his latest interior collection, FORMA, which was launched during Dubai Design Week.

Exhibiting An Icon

The Republic of Fritz Hansen is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Arne Jacobsens design classics.

The Power Of Change

Fair Director Rue Kothari has brought a new vision to Downtown Design with the premiere of Downtown Editions and much more!

Digging Deep

The new V&A Dundee utilises geothermal energy drawn from boreholes that extend 200 metres below the surface, the faade of the Oasia Hotel in Singapore is to be covered by 21 species of creepers and vines, and Meli Hotels International has announced its intention to eliminate all single-use plastics in its properties within a year.

Boiling Hot!

With a major focus on Middle Eastern design, ideas and inspirations flowed out from designers and manufacturers at the recent Maison et Objet show in Paris.

The Essence Of Emptiness

Architect Luke Hayward reveals what inspired Terrace House in Kyoto, Japan.

Job Well Done!

Humanscale + identity contest winner Janus Rostock has had his home office transformed into a contemporary creative hub.

On The Ball

For decades, modular furniture solutions have been the driving force behind Switzerlands USM, and now the firm is seeking to find the ultimate workspace solutions which reflect and enable a work-life balance in the technology-driven work environment.

United Nations

World-renowned Italian architect Marco Piva is making meaningful contributions to life around the globe.

Rising Star

Born and raised in Japan, educated in France and domiciled in Italy, Keiji Takeuchi is a prime example of the new generation of global designer.

Elegant Oasis

Yabu Pushelberg brings its renowned spirit of contemporary design to Kuwait City at the Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya.