Dezeen promotion: Expo 2020 Dubai's Design and Crafts Programme has launched a design platform to present more than 40 local and international designers who showcase stories from the UAE through exclusive curated collections.
MENASA ? Emirati Design Platform is a core element of Expo 2020's arts and culture programme.
Running for the duration of Expo, from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022, MENASA will be located next to Al Wasl Plaza, at the heart of the event.
The initiative intends to spotlight innovations in contemporary design and material use
The initiative will present the work of the 40 designers through a series of curated design collections that seek to tell stories about the UAE while spotlighting innovations in contemporary design and material use. "The content that we are bringing to Expo through MENASA is innovative, intriguing and will surely capture the hearts and imaginations of our visitors," said Dr Hayat Shamsuddin, senior vice president, arts and culture Expo 2020 Dubai.
MENASA will also showcase Craft Stories, a series of diverse collections that tell the story of the UAE through crafts and tradition, including safeefa (palm frond weaving), talli (embroidery), sadu (bedouin weaving), gargour making (wire-crafted fish traps), pearl diving, clay and coffee making.
Expo 2020 Dubai celebrates the work of Emirati designers and craftspeople
One of the Craft Stories collections on display is 8,000 Waves: The Pearl Diving Story ? a collaboration betwe...