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SUMMARY:Fujairah Children's Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural Fujairah Children’s Book Fair will run 13-19 October 13 to 19 at Fujairah’s Al Bayt Mitwahid Hall. We know little about the event – it has Instagram and Facebook accounts\, but right now they’re post-free and there’s no website – but it will feature publishers from the UAE\, Saudi Arabia\, Kuwait\, Egypt and Jordan in four thematic zones: Imagination\, Adventure\, Creative and Future. Alongside the publishers’ stands there will be a programme of events including  workshops and conversations with authors.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/fujairah-childrens-book-fair/
LOCATION:Al Bayt Mitwahid Hall\, Al Maktoum Road\, Fujairah\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Book Fair,Family/kids
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Mouza Al Hamrani: Homepage
DESCRIPTION:The first solo show by the Emirati illustrator and multimedia designer reflects the duality of the digital age — “celebrating the opportunities the internet has provided\, while also expressing the exhaustion and apprehension that come with a prolonged digital presence. \n“I aimed to capture this nuanced experience\, inviting viewers to reflect on their own relationship with the digital world. It’s a portrait of my own experience of the internet in this region during my formative years\, all the way to the current day.” \nMouza Al Hamrani is one of only four UAE-based artists to be accepted for Tashkeel’s popular Critical Practice Programme last year and worked with a mentor to produce a series of artworks that blend of traditional illustration and cutting-edge digital artistry. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/last-chance-mouza-al-hamrani-homepage/
LOCATION:FN Designs\, Unit 26 Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Dubai Design Week
DESCRIPTION:Ten years is always a good time to see how far we’ve come. The tenth edition of Dubai Design Week  runs 5-10 November in d3\, and this year’s festival will apparently reflect on a decade of design and its influence on the UAE and GCC’s expanding interior design and furniture market\, now estimated to be worth $26 billion in total. Fuelled by rapid urbanisation\, a strong real estate market\, diversification of the economy and evolving tastes among residents and businesses\, DDW has matured to the point where it can now stand unapologetically alongside better established design festivals. \nMuch of that is down to institutional and government focus on design as a commercial imperative\, a differentiator\, and a key element in Dubai’s image of itself and the projection of that into the wider world; but Dubai Design Week has certainly been instrumental in creating the narrative over the past decade. Here are the key elements for this year: \nDowntown Design 6-9 November The anchor event of Dubai Design Week will take place on the d3 Waterfront Terrace. The region’s leading fair for contemporary interior design and fitout-relevant solutions is complemented by talks\, keynotes and masterclasses at The Forum plus pop-up concepts\, installations and networking events. It’s still primarily a B2B fair\, but it is full of ideas and trends that make the visit worthwhile for those outside the interiors business. Opening hours: 12am-8pm (but note that 6 November is an invite-only day) \nEditions 6-9 November New for this year is the region’s first limited-edition art and design fair\, with more than 50 galleries\, design studios and collectives exhibiting design\, photography\, prints\, ceramics and works on paper. The pitch is that “Editions paves an alternative route to art and design collecting”. Opening hours: 12am-8pm  \nUrban Commissions DDW’s annual design competition this year invited designers and architects to propose innovative community furniture that took the idea of ‘the table’ beyond its basic form. It was won by Altqadum\, a research-based design studio from Oman that specialises in architecture\, interior and objects design. Taking inspiration from the musical culture of the Gulf\, where communities traditionally gather around and accompany musicians\, Altqadum’s TukTuKDum is an innovative table that encourages interaction\, inviting audiences to become performers and even an integral part of the table itself. \nAbwab Abwab (‘doors’ in Arabic) is a programme that supports designers from the SWANA region by commissioning installations or pavilions each year reflecting relevant global and regional contexts. Since its inception in 2015\, over 180 designers have participated in Abwab; for 2024\, practitioners were invited to propose designs with a focus on vernacular architecture and how community-centric architectural methods can intersect with new environments. \nInstallations DDW visitors will find more 30 projects that explore ancient technologies\, modern innovations and materiality. Highlights include the Dubai-based architectural and interior design studio Bone with a pavilion made entirely from pre-fabricated earth blocks\, a collaboration with Spanish rammed earth specialists Fetdeterra; a traditional Japanese tea-house made from 3D-printed waste sawdust\, a creation of the Japanese architectural studio Mitsubishi Jisho Design; and an AI-infused ‘second skin’ fabric that responds to the body’s state of being\, shown by the tech-driven multidisciplinary practice DEOND (founded by Ross Lovegrove and Ila Colombo). Other installations promise various organic and upcycled materials including banana fibre\, soybean wax\, henna\, Himalayan salt\, terracotta and scrap metal. \nExhibitions and activations Curated exhibitions include the annual UAE Designer Exhibition\, now in its fifth edition. Supported by Dubai Culture and curated by Omar Al Gurg\, this is an effective showcase of work by emerging UAE-based designers. Other craft/design retail opportunities include an Art Jameel shop\, 421’s Dukkan421 shop\, and Monocle’s shop and café takeover of FRAME in d3. \nTalks\, workshops and masterclasses DDW’s workshops programme is apparently “designed to inspire and elevate skills across design disciplines\, catering to professionals and aspiring creatives of all ages\, interests and experience levels”. It’s housed in a pop-up Maker Space in d3 and there’s usually something for anyone – the workshops do tend to fill up quickly\, not least because most are free. DIDI (which is based in d3) has a collection of workshops and student-led tours\, all free – sign up here. The talks programme tends to be centred on Downtown Design and takes place in The Forum\, the amphitheatre-style space within Downtown Design. \nMarketplace 9-10 November (below) A weekend outdoor “retail experience” where “visitors can discover the very best of the region’s designers\, artisans and homegrown small businesses offering quality and original products”. It’s “consciously curated”\, so in theory there should be no dross. \n \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/dubai-design-week/
CATEGORIES:Design,Festival
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DTSTAMP:20240920T152117Z
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SUMMARY:The Fridge Concert Series Season 44: Chinua Hawk
DESCRIPTION:The Fridge gig series continues with the hard-working singer\, writer\, and “professional entertainer” Chinua Hawk. He has appeared around the world\, featured on the Kanye West-produced Talib Kweli hip hop classic ‘Get By’\, and has been a backup singer for Celine Dion at Madison Square Gardens. Expect a great mix of jazzy pop with soul\, RnB\, and hip-hop.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/chinua-hawk/
LOCATION:The Fridge\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Gig
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