Brands Isola Design

Milan and Dubai-based Isola Design Group provides visibility and opportunities to independent designers, design studios, and brands worldwide. The venture runs both Isola Design, the community platform featuring profiles, project portfolios, and direct messaging for the exchange of ideas, and the recently launched Isola Studio, a consultancy studio for future-thinking design brands and organizations.

Isola Design is the world’s first digital and physical platform connecting independent designers and studios with industry professionals, brands, curators, journalists, and clients. Its dedicated curatorial team selects projects with a focus on sustainability, innovation, and handcraft.

Founded in 2017 in Milan, Isola Design District immediately became one of the main official areas of the Milan Design Week, with special attention to international and emerging designers. Isola Design also organizes various in-person events under the umbrella of Isola Design Festival, which takes place throughout the year, hosting dozens of exhibitions, hundreds of exhibitors, and thousands of visitors.

From 2019 to 2024, Isola Design took part in the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, becoming the first Italian design district to participate in a foreign event. Isola Design expanded its reach even further in 2022, when for the first time led a curated group of designers to the United Arab Emirates for Downtown Design during Dubai Design Week. From 2023 onward, Isola participated also in the London Design Festival, Tanween - Ithra’s Conference of Creativity in Saudi Arabia, and Design Democracy in India.

Launched in 2021 with more than 2.035 designers from 65+ countries and 3.200+ projects published, Isola Design offers a community for creative people around the globe through its digital platform, with dedicated profiles and portfolio pages. The digital platform aims to spark direct community interactions, discussions, and the sharing of expertise.

In 2024, Isola Design Group founded Isola Studio, an international consultancy lab for design brands, organizations, and institutions within the global Isola Design community. The studio develops innovative solutions, connects design brands with emerging talents, and creates bespoke projects across Europe and the Middle East. In June 2024, Isola Studio launched its first international design residency, Nitaj (www.isola.design/nitaj), focused on lighting design, conceived for Sama Design in Jeddah, which started in Milan and concluded with an exhibition in Saudi Arabia.

In 2025, Isola Design Group opened Isola Space in Dubai, its first physical venue and a new permanent platform for exchange between local and international creatives. Located at The Lana Promenade, Dorchester Collection, in Marasi Bay and just minutes from Dubai Design District, the space is conceived as a dynamic and hybrid environment that reflects the multifaceted nature of the brand. The venue brings together an exhibition gallery, design store, café, workspace areas, and an event location. Isola Space functions as an ever-evolving cultural destination, hosting exhibitions, workshops, presentations, and immersive experiences of collaborative design.