Index Design Talks webinar series to launch on May 13
Index exhibition will bring together key members of Dubai's design scene to discuss design challenges
INDEX will be hosting its first webinar titled Index Design Talks Online on May 13.
The interactive webinar aims to discuss the various design challenges posed as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak and the ways in which designers can continue creating new opportunities and solutions.
The debut edition of the series will bring together Paul Bishop of Bishop Design, Waleed Shaalan, design director ofAFALULA, and artist Patricia Millns who will be joined by moderator Esra Lemmens to explore how each other’s work is responding to the current environment and how this may alter key aspects of the way that we conceive, create and interact with the design.
The online design talks will be held every three weeks and is an offset of the official design seminars that were held on stage during INDEX every year.
You can register to attend through the following link: : https://community.ingo.me/index-design-talks/. The online talk will take place at 2pm (GST / GMT+4).
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