100% FREEHerding the UNHEARD — sound, wool and unwritten languages
Explore pastoral calls and oral histories from India and the UAE through sound, wool artefacts and interactive prototypes. The programme describes listening, creating material samples and conversations about endangered knowledge.
Representative wool yarn photograph at Harrisville Designs; not the Herding the UNHEARD installation.
Dubai Design District, Dubai · Herding the UNHEARD, Building 6, Unit R9, Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai
Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.
When to go
3–8 November 2026, 10:00–22:00 daily (UAE time).
Who can go
All ages · Free public festival · all ages
Organiser says the free festival is open to visitors of all ages.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Free public installation within Dubai Design Week.
- Downtown Design tickets, optional purchases and transport/parking are not included.
- Optional free Wool as Memory needle-felting sessions: 5, 6 and 7 November 2026, 16:00–17:00, Building 6, Unit R9. Register each participant individually with Avid Learning; each session is limited to 15 participants.
- Workshop age suitability is not published; confirm with the organiser before bringing children. General installation admission remains open to all ages.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 29 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
29October2026: inspected current original herding-unheard programme and free festival admission policy. Visually inspected current Visit-page timetable confirming10:00–22:00 daily3–8November2026; this replaces earlier10:00–20:00 restriction. Item remains an eligible public free experience; separately ticketed activities and purchases excluded.
Dubai Design Week — Avid Learning Middle East and Dakhnii DiariesAvid Learning — Wool as Memory original workshop and registration
Photo: liz west · CC BY 2.0 · Resized and converted to WebP. Adapted images retain the source licence.