Quoz Arts Fest 2025 | UNITY الوحدة IS PLURAL

UNITY الوحدة IS PLURAL

By Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation

Installation

Date

25_26 Jan 2025

Starts

10.00AM

Ends

10.00PM

Venue

Warehouse_46

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Unity, الوحدة, is the coming together of many into one. Inspired by its layered meaning in

Arabic—الوِحْدَة solitude, and الوَحْدَة togetherness—this exhibition explores how plurality

forms the essence of unity. Drawing from Dubai’s multicultural identity and Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation’s (DIDI) multidisciplinary ethos, it highlights how distinct perspectives, working together, build resilient systems. In light of global challenges, “الوحدة” calls for a shift from human-centered to planet-centered thinking, fostering deeper connections with one another and with the Earth. Rooted in the Quoz Arts Fest theme, “one hut can fit a thousand,” unity becomes an intentional act of care and connection.


About the participant

DUBAI INSTITUTE OF DESIGN AND INNOVATION (DIDI)

Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI), is a non-profit university based in the vibrant Dubai Design District (d3). Accredited by the UAE Ministry of Education it offers the region’s first dual-discipline Bachelor of Design degree. Its curriculum is designed to empower students to map out their own four-year educational journey, with a choice of disciplines in the areas of Product Design, Multimedia Design, Fashion Design and Strategic Design Management. They are empowered to specialize in 2 of these to ensure a secure future for their careers. Teaching a curriculum designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Parsons School of Design at The New School, DIDI provides students with a unique blend of academic rigor and hands-on industry experience, nurturing the next generation of innovative thinkers and creative leaders.