For her - design is a boundless medium of self-expression that encapsulates a balance between functionality and aesthetics. A key feature β every year Dubai Design Week includes a diverse range of immersive installations that captivate and inspire visitors.
Bringing together designers, architects, brands and creatives from across the globe it demonstrates the power of imagination and innovation in the field of design. Staged across Dubai Design District d3 during the six-day festival was a curated range of outdoor installations and interventions transforming public spaces into immersive experiences.
Having spent the majority of his years in the UAE, where the vast desert landscape is home to a myriad of plant and animal species β Abdalla Almulla drew deep inspiration from the indigenous Palm tree for the Abwab pavilion of this year. Beyond its aesthetic and ecological significance, he aims to showcase how this remarkable tree can provide sustenance, offer shelter, yield various products, and even serve as a source of fuel.
The entire pavilion, from its structural components to its interior design and the showcased products was meticulously crafted from the versatile palm tree. With packaging making up more than one-third of our waste, in part due to the increase of consumerism in recent years, Dubai-based architecture and interior design atelier Tee Vee Eff attempted to salvage discarded waste β particularly from delivery boxes and paper bags β through their installation Pulp Fractions.
Waste cardboard and paper can be processed into a durable and lightweight material when pressed and dried. Tee Vee Eff made use of this paper pulp as the primary material of Pulp Fractions, poured into a custom mold and dry pressed to form stackable modules.
