Dubai Design Week announces five new commissions for Abwab 2026
A seven-metre installation featuring red light and a structure inspired by the coded instructions used by Kashmiri weavers are among five new commissions announced for Dubai Design Week’s Abwab programme. Abwab , which means doors in Arabic, commissions new work by practitioners from across Asia and Africa. Dalia Rafeh, Grace Shieh, Kanaka Raghavan, Ubik and