Design Doha- Line-up of designers, exhibitions unveiled

Qatar Museums (QM) has announced plans for six exhibitions that will open during the first week of Design Doha, the biennial showcase for excellence and innovation in the design community in Qatar and the MENA region.

The opening week of the biennial will run from February 24 to 28, with programs continuing through August 5.

In addition to Arab Design Now, five additional exhibitions will open as part of the inaugural edition of Design Doha.
They are Colours of the City: A Century of Architecture in Doha; Weaving Poems; 100/100 HUNDRED BEST ARABIC POSTERS Round 04; and Cultural Kinship.

The exhibition's program will be anchored by Arab Design Now, a regional survey of more than 70 Arab designers featuring 38 commissioned works, which will be on view at M7, Doha's Centre for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, and Design. Encompassing themes that respond to the unique geographies and cultural values of the region, the exhibition highlights the design sentiments, aesthetics, and preoccupations of the Levant, the Gulf, and North Africa.

Artistic Director of Design Doha, Glenn Adamson, said, "The inaugural edition of our biennial spans the full breadth of design in the Arab world, showing the vitality of the region's creatives.

Featuring conversations with global industry leaders as well commissions from international designers, a juried prize, and more, Design Doha will be an important new platform for regional designers."

He added, "We are thrilled to have this opportunity to advance their artistic and commercial practices, and welcome the international design community to Doha."