Design Week Addis Ababa 2019

Posted: Jan, 28th 2019 Contributor: Bilen Shifferaw,

The fourth Design Week Addis Ababa celebrating innovation and design in the heart of East Africa this February 11-17, 2019

DWAA is a community-based and collaborative cultural event that spotlights some of the best innovations throughout the country, allowing creatives and design enthusiasts an opportunity to learn about one another and foster new ideas.

The Design Week Addis Ababa festival aims to further the creative industries in Ethiopia and foster the economic potential of designers, creators, and innovators by showcasing their projects and products directly to the end users and commercial partners.

This multidisciplinary festival covers the themes in alignment with UNESCO’s Creative Cities initiative. Our bi-annual festivity celebrates the best innovations in:

ARCHITECTURE/ URBAN PLANNING FASHION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIAL DESIGN/ INTERIORS VISUAL COMMUNICATION FOOD & GASTRONOMY ART/ MULTIMEDIA and much more.

Since launching in December of 2015, Design Week Addis Ababa (DWAA) has become the most anticipated design event in East Africa. It offers a distinctly collaborative platform for creative, cultural, and commercial engagement

Click here for a full look at the full programme.