The project marks a chapter in Dubai’s creative landscape and is set to stimulate the arts sector and drive economic growth through its cultural, social, and economic impact
Dubai Creative Economy Strategy
Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed reviews plans for Azizi Developments’ cultural district in Dubai South
Mirwais Azizi, Founder and Chairman of Azizi Developments, briefed Sheikh Mohammed on the project’s key components
Dubai’s leading creative event opens in strategic partnership with d3
Now in its 10th edition, Downtown Design
Week is an annual event which aims to connect local and international design communities
Dubai’s global business hub is powering the creative sector
Artists, storytellers, filmmakers, fashion, graphic and product designers, and entrepreneurs all benefit from Dubai’s role as a global creative hub
Dubai CommerCity, Dubai Culture team up to support emirate’s creative economy
The services will include applying for a long-term cultural visa, a first-of-its-kind 10-year residency offered to creative talents
Dubai’s new creative zone project kicks off latest phase
The project, scheduled to be completed by 2025, is being implemented to ensure Dubai’s future economy relies on sustainable knowledge and creativity
Sheikh Hamdan approves plan to put Al Fahidi at heart of Dubai’s cultural push
Dubai Crown Prince approves the Rehabilitation and Revitalisation of Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood Strategy
Build it and they will come: Dubai as a creative hub
Eighty percent of global creative hubs are created from the top-down with government money funding infrastructure development and legislation passed in an active effort to build mature ecosystems
Why creativity is key to cracking climate change challenge
Deemed non-essential, some 10 million jobs in the culture and creativity sectors were lost or became fragile in 2020, when globally the sector shrunk by $750 billion, according to UNESCO figures
How Dubai is increasingly becoming a ‘magnet’ for the world’s creative talent
Dubai’s global ranking rises as it seeks to become the capital of the global creative economy by 2025
Dubai’s digital art hub launch to enhance position as ‘city of the future’
Dubai Culture chairperson Sheikha Latifa hails launch of Infinity des Lumieres as city aims to become global creative economy capital
Priorities revealed in plan to make Dubai the global creative capital by 2025
Top officials have met for the first time to lay out plans to develop the Al Quoz Creative Zone in Dubai
Dubai sets out 100-day plan to drive priorities for creative industry ambitions
Progress made in developing the Al Quoz Creative Zone, the first phase in Dubai’s ambition to become the capital of the global creative economy
Why Dubai is the ‘best place to be’ for design
Level Shoes sees “exponential growth” of local designers, eyes first expansion out of Dubai into Saudi by year-end
Committee formed to drive Dubai’s plan to become global creative capital
High-ranking Dubai Government officials named in Al Quoz Creative District Development Committee
Dubai is boosting creative firms: Here’s what it means for the industry and economy
Mark Fiddes, international creative consultant, discusses the short- and long-term implications of the plan to increase the number of creative firms from 8,000 to 15,000 over the next five years
Why the world needs a new creative hub as Venice once was
Creative talent will always migrate to opportunity, and Dubai has created opportunity for the creative