Dubai Design Week returns to Dubai Design District from 3-8 November for its 12th edition, bringing together designers, architects and creative practitioners from the region and beyond. This year, the festival explores how design can help strengthen connections as the ways people interact, work and communicate continue to change. Explore a diverse programme of exhibitions, installations, talks, workshops and public activations spanning architecture, design, craft, technology and more. The 2026 edition looks at how design shapes everyday life, from the spaces where people come together to the objects, materials and systems around them. Held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the festival is presented in strategic partnership with Dubai Design District (d3) and supported by Dubai Culture.