In strategic partnership with Keste Damena Foam & Beyond and D!NK Multimedia Plc, Design Week Addis Ababa (DWAA), the leading creative festival in East Africa, is set to take place in Ethiopia’s capital next week.
The programs include events across a variety of disciplines and features a diverse array or creative collaborators and programming partners. November 21st – 27th, 2022 will mark the fifth local edition of the annual Design festival, a multi-disciplinary event that celebrates innovation across a variety of industries, including technology, fashion and textiles, food and gastronomy, architecture and urban planning, industrial design and interiors, visual communication, as well as, art and multimedia.
Founded by author and creative director Metasebia Yoseph in 2014, DWAA was established in an effort to provide an international platform for entrepreneurs and members of the creative industries in Ethiopia, while promoting the advancement of Addis Ababa as a global design capital. It also advocates for the implementation of projects that incorporate a design-centered approach to Ethiopia’s development challenges, which Metasebia Yoseph describes as, “development by design.”
Since launching in 2015, DWAA has been invited and hosted at the London Design Festival and Downtown Design, during Dubai Design Week. DWAA is also a member of the World Design Weeks, which will only further the reach of this growing international platform. Various International Design Week
organizations from Africa continent have also participated on DWAA festival here in Addis Ababa. Design Week Addis Ababa (DWAA) has become a unique “destination event” for Ethiopia attracting visitors from around the world to experience this multidisciplinary festival.
This year, DWAA continues its support of the creative community through lectures, workshops, trainings, and events that enhance the true potential of African ingenuity. Design Week Addis Ababa is made possible through cooperative partnerships with both local and international organizations including strategic partnerships with: Keste Damena, D!NK Multimedia, Kinetic Dawn Multimedia, TOMOCA COFFEE, Creative Hub Ethiopia, The Urban Center, William Grant & Sons LTD, Awash Winery, Selamta Magazine, What’s Out! Addis, and many more partners.
As well as, creative collaborations with Elite Events, Numek, We Décor, Village, Atmosphere, LinkUp Addis, Kuncho Studio, Tilla Africa, Contemporary Gojo, Hub of Africa Fashion Week, 1Take Photography, and Se_Ne Design Studio, and Mehon Leather.