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Dubai launches new strategy to double companies and jobs in the creative sector
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Dubai launches new strategy to double companies and jobs in the creative sector
The Dubai Creative Economy strategy aims to double the creative industries’ GDP contribution to 5 per cent of Dubai’s economy by 2025
April 4, 2021
Dubai seeks to more than double the number of creative companies based in Dubai from 8,300 to 15,000 within the next five years, according to a new strategy launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
DUBAI: Dubai has launched a strategy to more than double the number of creative companies in the emirate over the next five years. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the emirate’s ruler, announced the “Dubai Creative Economy Strategy” to boost the sector’s GDP contribution to 5 percent by 2025 – up from 2.6 percent in 2020. The aim is to attract as many as 15,000 companies
A cool graffiti thrift shop has popped up in Dubai Design District
Monochrome graffiti, vintage clothes and cool art are on the agenda…
Looking for something different to do this weekend? Check out this cool new pop up taking place at Dubai Design District. Brought to you by Satwa 3000, the thrift shop is launching as a part of the Rethink Art exhibition.
Tattoo artists, illustrators, screen printers and urban designers from Lebanon, the Philippines and Palestine teamed up to design the dynamic space, which is covered in monochrome graffiti.
For the next two weeks, shoppers will be able to explore a curated collection of pre-owned luxury apparel and vintage attire from Dintage. Dubai has shown a growing interest in the streetwear movement so this will be part of the weeklong pop-up in Dubai Design District.
The multi-disciplinary artist, who’s currently based in Dubai, gives us the details behind his far-reaching practice, replete with installations and furniture design.