Dubai’s premier event for creatives, will return for it’s highly anticipated 5th year. Hosted, once again in Dubai Design District (d3), -ing Creative Festival’s extensive schedule kicks off on April 11 and will run until April 13.

This year’s edition will see an unrivalled series of talks and workshops from some of the biggest brands in the world in addition to some of the regions most talented creatives including Tamara Abdul Hadi, Siddharth Muthyala, Shahin Haghjou, Sara Raza, Nicole Hendrix, Natasha Jen, Missy Dempsey, Michael Szivos, Marta Cerdà, Kristyan Sarkis, Anna Glansén, Carolin Wanitzek, Firas Abou Fakher, Hussain Almossawi, Josh Herman and Jun Kamei.

Covering a range of topics and areas of interest, the list of workshops include Innovate with Adidas, Packaging Design for the Future, Modular Arabic Design and Design Solutions with LEGO. The lineup for this year’s event reflects -ing’s ethos of bringing together emerging regional talent and the biggest names in the creative industries from around the world.

Speaking ahead of the Festival, Ramy Alawssy, Founder of -ing, commented “I wanted to create a space where creatives from the region gathered, connected and learned together. Over the past five years, the creative community in Dubai has grown rapidly and it has been a pleasure to be part of that.”

He continued “-ing Creative Festival strives to bring the world’s best creatives and creators to Dubai to help build a thriving and sustainable generation of local creators. We have brought together top creatives from the fields of design, architecture, photography, art and technology for three days of intimate talks and hands-on workshops.”

Dubai Design District will once again host this year’s event, which will see 38 workshops over three jam-packed days, in addition to the Creative Market, featuring emerging artists from around the world, and a host of activities for the public as well as special deals at restaurants and shops around d3.

Tickets are currently available at an early bird rate until the end of February and can be purchased online at https://www.ingcreatives.com/tickets.