Architect Salman Jawed, 32, founded Coalesce in 2008 with fellow graduates from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. The multidisciplinary firm made a name for itself at Dubai Design Days in 2015 with its installation Daalaan, an “abstract courtyard inspired by our childhood games,” says Jawed.

ANTIDOTE participation at Paris Contemporary Art Show showcasing for the first time 4 artists from the Middle East in Paris.

Reflective of the spaces of negotiation and interactivity in informal settlements, Pakistan’s first pavilion was conceived by Coalesce Design Studio, a Karachi-based multidisciplinary design practice, and Antidote Art & Design, a Dubai-based platform for visual artists and designers.

There was one rookie nation, however, whose appearance at the Biennale was especially poignant, both for the character of its installation and for the mere fact of its being in Venice at all: Pakistan.

Pakistani Pavilion: The Fold. Investigating the unregulated development patterns of Karachi, this pavilion shows the interesting urban and community consequences of the sprawling city. The team includes Coalesce Design Studio, a Karachi-based multidisciplinary design practice, and Antidote Art & Design, a Dubai-based platform that serves the careers of emerging and mid-career visual artists and designers.

Keeping the subject of FREESPACE in perspective, the Pakistan Pavilion takes inspiration from the physical and social dimensions of the sparsely open spaces embedded within the many informal settlements of Karachi, the most populated and fastest growing city of Pakistan.

Pakistan to debut its pavilion at 2018 Venise Biennale in collaboration with Dubai-based creative platform Antidote art & design.

In addition to the launch of the e-commerce
platform, they will be showcasing their artists’ works in New York, Paris, and the distinguished La Biennale di Venezia
— a highlight for Antidote, with the crème de la crème of architectural companies gathering for the occasion.

This installation is not only rooted in ideas of tradition and modernity but also pays homage to the golden falcon, the emblem of the UAE, signifying strength, speed and courage, “the design team explains”

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Smarin, a France-based furniture studio, created a popup "nap bar" in the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates last month as a way for residents to snag some rest for an hour or two during the day.

Antidote, a Dubai-based art and design platform, will set up a new Artroom from March 9–31 at the Zumtobel warehouse in Al Quoz, opposite Al Serkal Avenue. Artroom is a concept that enables the audience to discover an ephemeral art and design collection in an informal and relaxed private environment.

Antidote’s second pop-up design-plus-art collection – at the Zumtobel showroom on 6A Street, opposite the Alserkal Avenue extension – continues the theme of presenting a mix of art and design in an informal and relaxed private environment, this one a life-size installation of the interior of a young collector’s loft.

Laure Parise and Najeh Zimmermann are on a two-woman mission to make art and design more accessible. The duo founded Antidote, an online UAE-based platform for the art- and-design scene, last year, and this month are presenting the second edition of their Artroom project.

It is just what the UAE’s art scene needs, innovative start ups that offer platforms for emerging or mid-career artists. Antidote, founded last year by Najeh Zimmerman and Laure Parise Antidote creates spaces and exhibitions, highlighting exceptional artists from its roster in various locations throughout the UAE and abroad.

One of the first installation designers to bring eco- consciousness to the world of design with her Livingstones collection in 2004, Stephanie Marin trailblazes once again with her wellness-inspired concept for her French design firm Smarin. Antidote DXB, which represents Smarin in the Middle East, brought the label to the attention of design aficionados in the region by launching Stephanie’s new collection Kairos during Dubai Design Week and Downtown Design in October 2015.

Didier Naert, a French movie set designer and artist, works with vintage photographs printed on aluminium or black paper board and draws with gouache around the prints giving the compositions a dreamlike aspect.

Alliance Française Dubai and ANTIDOTE are proud to present French artist Didier Naert latest artworks with the support of Sofitel Dubai Jumeirah Beach.