Our visit to Dubai Design Week took us through Downtown Design and Dubai Design District, known as d3.

Downtown Design brought international brands, studios and new products together in a temporary waterfront pavilion. It offered a concentrated setting for seeing work and speaking with people from across the industry.

Outside the fair, d3 showed a different side of the programme. Studios, galleries and installations connected the event with the district’s everyday activity.

Together, the two settings provided a useful view of how exhibitions and an established creative district can support each other.