Design – magpie

Designing the world’s stage: WSD is coming to Sharjah

24 March 2025

Stage design is almost always crucial to any performance. The look and feel of the performance environment, the colours (or absence of them), the use of lighting and of shadow, physical objects and the layout of the space, transitions, special [… more]

Meeting your makers

3 September 2024

Dubai Culture’s Makers Month, last seen in May, is back with the ambition of “an initiative aimed at bringing together all makers, creative talent, and entrepreneurs under one umbrella to develop their skills, artistic capabilities, and various abilities … The [… more]

Jewelled insights

30 August 2024

Of course there’s a backstory to everything, but that’s especially true for the most intricate, elaborate, finely worked examples of art, design and craft that combine to produce luxury jewellery. The levels of skill, expertise and commitment at each stage [… more]

Upcoming: 2024’s design and architecture festivals

7 February 2024

A calendar of events in and around the cultural life of magpie Click on the event name and its website will open in a new tab. You can look for specific events from the search bar at the top, or [… more]