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.