AlUla Design Award partners with Paris Design Week
 

An international design award inspired by the heritage, landscapes, and artistic legacies of AlUla in Saudi Arabia partners with Paris Design Week for its second edition. The winners will be exhibited in an exceptional exhibition during Paris Design Week 2023 and announced on 7 September 2023.

AlUla Design Award : an award for exceptional design inspired by heritage and landscape
 

The AlUla Design Award (ADA) is an Open Call that invites established and emerging designers to conceptualise and propose exceptional products inspired by the locale. A jury of recognised design leaders will evaluate submissions in three stages - a shortlist of 20 designs from the original submissions; 10 finalists to be exhibited at the Paris Design Week (PDW); and 5 winners will be announced on 7 September at PDW.

This is the second edition of the award inviting Saudi, regional, and international designers to create outstanding designs in categories including jewelry, footwear, clothing, home accessories and leather goods.
 

After a successful first edition, Nora AlDabal, Arts and Creative Planning Director at the Royal Commission of AlUla (RCU), announced the second edition of AlUla Design Award in January 2023,

"Being so steep in history and culture, and with the mesmerising natural wonders it holds, AlUla is the perfect muse for any creative wishing to push their boundaries. AlUla Design Award is the intersection between heritage and contemporary creative culture, providing local and international talents with the opportunity to interact with AlUla and translate it to their designs."

AlUla Design Award, partner of Paris Design Week 2023

The 10 finalists will showcase their prototypes in September 2023 in an exhibition at Paris Design Week providing an opportunity for participants to benefit from exposure to an international audience, and to connect with key leaders in the design world.

All applications will be evaluated by a Jury of acclaimed leaders from the design world including :

Cyril Zammit - Design Advisor & Consultant, Cyril Zammit Design Consultancy

Yara Al-Namlah - Architect & Influencer

Robert Frith - Creative Director, King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture, Ithra

Emily Marant - Design Consultant & Founder, Studio Marant

Raghad Hazzazi - Senior Arts and Cultural Programming Specialist, Royal Commission for AlUla

About AlUla

AlUla tells the complex story of human settlement and civilisation through art and design. It ranges from prehistoric architecture upon the volcanic fields that continue to compel and confound archaeologists; the exquisite sculpture of ancient Arabian tribes who made AlUla their capital; the monumental Nabataean tombs carved out of sandstone mountains and decorated with intricate symbols inspired by Italian, Egyptian and Greek cultures; and the mud-brick labyrinth to AlUla Old Town decorated with the artwork of its inhabitants.

About Arts AlUla

The creation of Arts AlUla within The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) is a commitment to the next chapters in a millennia of artistic creation - celebrating cultural inheritance, AlUla has long been a consistent and ever-evolving hub of cultural transfer. It has been a place of passage, a crossroads for trade, and home to successive civilizations who carved, sculpted and inscribed their lives into the landscape. The work of Arts AlUla seeks to preserve this legacy: fuse the old with the new; the local with the international, keeping the arts central to the spirit of AlUla as a place of extraordinary natural and human heritage.

Arts AlUla will bring to fruition a series of new initiatives, projects and exhibitions. The artwork curation will speak to RCU's vision for the continued development of AlUla's contemporary art scenes: positioning the arts as a key contributor to AlUla's character, the quality of life for its local community and the region's economic future.

Arts AlUla focuses on transferring the talents of the Saudi nation and the local AlUla community into meaningful long-standing social and economic opportunities. This is a key part of the Journey through Time masterplan bringing together the 15 different landmark destinations for culture, heritage and creativity across AlUla.

For more information please visit:

experiencealula.com
@artsalula
@experiencealula
@alulamoments
www.aluladesignaward.com

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