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2024/02/24 - 2024/08/05
Design Doha 2024
Design Doha is a new biennial showcase for the design community in Qatar. This celebration of design excellence will highlight cultural innovation and offer a new dedicated platform for local, regional and global creative talent.
Established by Qatar Museums under the leadership of its Chairperson, Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Design Doha initiative will include world-class exhibitions, commissioned design projects and a varied events programme during the Qatar-Morocco 2024 Year of Culture.
Design Doha 2024
Six pioneering exhibitions are set to open during the first week of Design Doha, showcasing the richness of culture and creativity across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The headline exhibition, Arab Design Now at M7 will feature more than 70 Arab designers and 38 commissioned works, curated by Rana Beiruti, founder of Amman Design Week.
Other exhibitions during this inaugural edition of Design Doha will include Colours of the City: A Century of Architecture in Doha, Weaving Poems; 100/100 HUNDRED BEST ARABIC POSTERS Round 04, Crafting Uzbekistan: Tradition in Threads and Cultural Kinship.
Four designers from Qatar will also take part in Design Doha Exchange Qatar | Morocco: Crafting Design Futures, a year-long programme where they visit Morocco to work with local artists, designers, and artisans to explore the intersections of contemporary craft practices and innovative design between the two nations. The programme will also bring four Moroccan designers to Qatar.
The Qatar-based participating designers are Reema Abu Hassan, Majdulin Nassrallah, Nada Elkharashi, and Abdulrahman Al Muftah, who bring expertise in ceramic traditions, contemporary forms, installation and spatial interventions, pigment and natural materials, and upcycling to engage with their Moroccan counterparts.
Morocco-based designers Amine El Gotaibi, Sara Ouhaddou, Bouchra Boudoua, and Hamza Kadiri will explore various disciplines while in Qatar such as textiles, wood craftsmanship, installation work with ceramic and glass, and pottery.
Their work sustains collaborations with artisan communities, shared cultural narratives, and contemporary practices which will enrich the exchange and their residencies. In addition, all of the designers share a deep commitment to sustaining the languages, communities, narratives, traditions, typologies, and objects of craft within their respective contexts and through their own practices as designers and artists.
Crafting Design Futures aims to establish a network of designers across Morocco with active relationships to Qatar and to support designers of Qatar and designers of Morocco who are developing new work and ways of working across design and craft.
Qatar-Morocco 2024
Discover Qatar-Morocco
The Qatar-Morocco 2024 Year of Culture celebrates the profound ties shared by our two nations. This exciting year-long initiative brings together our communities to learn about the cultural heritage of both countries and forge life-long connections.
