Qatar Museums announced the inauguration from 24 to 28 February 2024 of Design Doha, a biennial showcase for excellence in the design community in Qatar and the MENA region. Led by Artistic Director Glenn Adamson, design Doha will be a new platform for practitioners from across the Arab world, with awards, panel conversations with global industry leaders, collaborations with regional design studios, coaching programs on the business of design, as well as special events, helping to build. The cultural event will be held within Msheireb, a creative neighborhood that nurtures collaboration and creativity, in the Doha Design District.

Design Doha will offer exhibitions of work from a wide variety of design practices, from architecture, urbanism, and landscape design to textiles, wood, glass, ceramics, and graphic design. Among these are over 20 activations curated by partner design studios based in the region. A site-specific commission by South Korea-based designer Choi Byung Hoon will go on permanent view at the National Museum of Qatar, and a commission by Dutch designer Joris Laarman entitled the Doha Dragon will be installed in the Doha Design District.

After the first opening week, scheduled exhibitions will run until 5 August 2024.