Khous sofa by Aljoud Lootah

Four years on and the UAE has managed not just to inaugurate, then nurture and develop a fine annual Dubai Design Week, by international standards, but to encapsulate under one giant emotional umbrella all that is of cultural significance in the contemporary Arab world.

四年过去了，阿联酋不仅以国际标准启动、培育和发展了一年一度的“迪拜设计周”，还把所有在当代阿拉伯世界具有文化意义的东西都封装在了一个巨大的情感保护伞下。

With a junket of journalists being flown in from all corners of the globe, Dubai Design Week this November became the opportune moment to launch the Jameel Arts Centre by London-based Serie Architects, the first non-profit non-government owned museum for contemporary art in the UAE, as well as the first Fikra Graphic Design Biennial in neighbouring emirate Sharjah. Art Jameel has been a supporter of Islamic arts since the 1990s through weighty venues such as London’s V-A and the Met in New York. And now, Jameel finally has its own physical home, with a second to follow in Jeddah in few coming years.

随着大批记者从世界各地飞来，今年11月的迪拜设计周成为了由总部位于伦敦的意甲建筑师创办贾米尔艺术中心(Jameel Art Centre)的最佳时机，该中心是阿联酋首个非营利性的非政府拥有的当代艺术博物馆，也是邻近酋长国沙迦(Sharjah)举办的首个菲克拉平面设计双年展(Fikra平面设计双年展)。自从20世纪90年代以来，ArtJameel一直是伊斯兰艺术的支持者，通过伦敦的V等重要的场所。

The Dana bench by Aljoud Lootah, part of ‘UAE Design Stories’ at Dubai Design Week

杜拜设计周“阿联酋设计故事”的一部分Aljoud Lootah的Dana工作台

Last year saw the opening of the minimal Etihad museum – Etihad translating to ‘unification’ in Arabic – which through modern means explains the history of the Emirates themselves in the 1970s. There was also the long-awaited Jean Nouvel-designed Louvre in Abu Dhabi.

去年，最小的埃蒂哈德博物馆(Etihad)以阿拉伯语翻译成“统一”，这通过现代手段解释了阿联酋在20世纪70年代的历史。在阿布扎比还有期待已久的让·努维尔设计的卢浮宫。

Next year we will witness the Museum of the Future, already taking hold under the Emirates Towers, an extraordinary feat both architecturally and content wise, with a 3D-printed skin. There is a push in the Dubai to have all buildings 3D-printed within a very short time. For the 2020 Expo, it is cited that police will be seated atop man-driven drones. Technology is king in the UAE and the local success of the Global Grad Show during Dubai Design Week is indicative of a place at the vanguard of neoteric thought.

明年，我们将见证未来的博物馆，已经在阿联酋大厦举行，在建筑和内容方面都是非凡的壮举，有3D印刷的皮肤。迪拜有一个推动，让所有建筑在很短的时间内进行3D打印。在2020年世博会中，有人指出，警察将坐在无人驾驶的无人机顶上。技术是阿联酋的国王，迪拜设计周全球格勒展的当地成功表明了新思想先锋的一个地方。

Aside from new visions for the Emirates, many real stars this year at Dubai Design Week have been the people who have helped boost the bedrock of Dubai and the Emirates contemporary culture. Included are director of Jameel Arts Centre, Antonia Carver, previously director of Art Dubai, and designer and curator Khalid Shafar, whose earlier work Wallpaper* exhibited at ‘Middle East Revealed’ in collaboration with Dubai Design District (d3) in London in 2014. Both Carver and Shafar are very good communicators, and after all, isn’t art and design all, really, communication?

除了阿联酋的新愿景，今年迪拜设计周上的许多真正的明星都是帮助提升迪拜和阿联酋当代文化基石的人。其中包括贾米尔艺术中心主任、前迪拜艺术总监安东尼娅·卡弗(Antonia Carver)和设计师兼策展人哈立德·沙法尔(Khalid Shafar)。2014年，他与迪拜设计区(D3)合作，在“中东展”上展出了早期的壁纸作品。卡弗和沙法尔都是很好的沟通者，毕竟，艺术和设计难道不都是沟通吗？

Series 02/ Vases by Kutleh, part of the Amman Design Week showcase at Downtown Editions at Dubai Design Week

系列02/花瓶由Kutleh，安曼设计周展示在市中心版迪拜设计周的一部分

‘UAE Design Stories’ exhibited in Dubai was the third incarnation of the project spearheaded by Emirati Khalid Shafar, following Milan during Salone del Mobile and London during the London Design Festival. The Dubai offering is an extremely considered collaboration with select designers commissioned to create pieces inspired by a longstanding Emirati children’s magazine, Majid Magazine. With the subtext, ‘Designed for Littles, Ours and Others’ the pieces shown were unusually un-child like in appearance until explained, and all possess commercial feasibility.

在迪拜展出的“阿联酋设计故事”是该项目的第三次化身，该项目由埃米尔·哈立德·沙法尔牵头，在伦敦设计节期间继米兰之后，在索诺德·德尔·莫比尔和伦敦举行。迪拜提供的是一个经过深思熟虑的合作，与选定的设计师委托创作作品，灵感来自一个长期的阿联酋儿童杂志，马吉德杂志。有了潜台词，“我们和其他人的设计”，在解释之前，这些作品在外观上异乎寻常地不像孩子，而且都具有商业上的可行性。

The ‘Dana’ bench by Aljoud Lootah, who also exhibited at Downtown Editions, was inspired by the curly hair and earrings of Dana, a comic book character. Meanwhile ‘Pop’ by Alia Bin Omair is a colourful lollipop night light that separates from its base, inspired from a lollipop puzzle in the comic. ‘Seesaw’, a sophisticated low level bench seat – Majlis style – by Abdulla Almulla is a seesaw when converted.

阿朱德·卢塔的“达纳”长凳也在市中心版展出，灵感来自漫画人物达纳的卷发和耳环。同时，阿莉娅·本·奥马尔(AliaBin Omair)的“流行”(Pop)是一种五颜六色的棒棒糖夜光，它从底部分离出来，灵感来自漫画中的棒棒糖“Seesaw”，由阿不都拉·阿尔穆拉设计的高级低档长椅-Majlis风格-在改装时是一只拉锯。

‘Table Runner’ by Myrtile Ronteix, part of the Tanween collection by Tashkeel

《表道》，《桃金娘》（MyrttileRrontix），塔西龙骨收集的部分。

There is a thoughtfulness and compassion to Emirati design today and a great sense of ‘group’ and heritage, reminiscent of Memphis with its playfulness and collaborative spirit. Neighbouring countries in the Gulf and within the entire MENASA region also enjoy the platform Dubai Design Week offers via Abwab – Arabic for gateway. The Saudi and Kuwait pavilions took the limelight this year, the latter through the tireless work of young Kuwaiti metal worker Kawther Alsaffar with her work Desert Cast. Alsaffar continues to sand cast most recently using architectural motifs of her region and a work force of casters whose tradition requires new tolerances.

今天的阿联酋设计有一种体贴和同情，一种伟大的“团体”感和传承感，让人想起孟菲斯的玩乐和合作精神。海湾周边国家和整个MENASA区域也享受迪拜设计周提供的平台，通过Abwab-阿拉伯语作为门户。沙特和科威特展馆今年备受瞩目，后者通过年轻的科威特金属工人Kawther Alsaffar的不懈努力和她的工作沙漠铸造。Alsaffar继续砂铸，最近使用的是她所在地区的建筑图案和一支传统需要新的公差的脚轮工人队伍。

At the brand new Editions section within Downtown Design, the more commercial arm of Dubai Design Week, fledgling and established Emirate-based designers exhibited alongside counterparts from Jordan and Palestine. In five years since even the possibility of Dubai Design Week was first discussed, business is clearly booming, moreover, its the stories that reign supreme and commit clout to culture. §

在市中心设计中全新版本的部分，迪拜设计周的更多商业ARM，羽翼未丰，并建立了以阿联酋为基础的设计师，与约旦和巴勒斯坦的同行们一起展出。五年以来，甚至迪拜设计周的可能性也首次得到了讨论，商业显然在蓬勃发展，而且它的故事是最高的，对文化有影响力。?

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在沙漠铸造内部，在Abwab的科威特展馆，Kawther Al Saffar展示了她在沙漠中铸造的砂粒，在Abwab的科威特展馆，Kawther Al Saffar展示了她的砂粒。