The second version of Oman Design Week commenced on Wednesday at Al Khuwair Sq. and continues till Saturday, January 31, happening through the second week of actions inside Muscat Nights 2026.
The occasion is collectively organised by Muscat Municipality and the Oman Design Affiliation.
The opening ceremony was held underneath the auspices of Sayyid Ibrahim bin Stated al Busaidy, Minister of Heritage and Tourism, within the presence of high dignitaries and senior officers.
This 12 months, Oman Design Week is held underneath the theme ‘Between Us’, which explores shared areas between people, cultures and concepts. The theme highlights design as a unifying human language that transcends type to convey that means, reflecting ideas of communication, integration, and cultural dialogue by various creative and artistic experiences.
Eng Dana bint Abdullah Al Fannah al Araimi, Appearing Director of the Central Design Division at Muscat Municipality, said that organising Oman Design Week as a part of Muscat Nights displays the Municipality’s dedication to supporting the design sector and strengthening its function in city and cultural improvement.
She defined that the occasion is the results of a memorandum of understanding signed between Muscat Municipality and the Oman Design Affiliation, geared toward enhancing joint cooperation within the fields of design and innovation, supporting analysis actions and increasing areas of institutional partnership.
She added that this partnership seeks to empower Omani designers, spotlight up to date Omani id, and set up an interactive platform that brings creativity and the group collectively, contributing to improved high quality of life and the development of the design scene in Muscat.
The week contains a various cultural and artistic programme that features design exhibitions, artwork installations, dwell workshops, and panel discussions bringing collectively a distinguished group of designers and artists from inside Oman and overseas.
The programme additionally features a devoted market supporting artists and designers by enabling them to showcase and promote their inventive works and modern merchandise, along with presenting excellent artworks with huge participation from native and worldwide names.
The occasion serves as a cultural platform for all age teams, providing an built-in expertise that caters to households and combines creativity, leisure and data.
The organisation of Oman Design Week underscores the function of design in enriching the cultural panorama, strengthening the inventive economic system within the Sultanate of Oman, supporting native expertise, and opening avenues for cultural and mental change with world experiences, reflecting Oman’s place as a civilisational bridge between cultures.
