Designooor Partners with Messe Frankfurt Middle East to Deepen the Conversation Around Lighting Design
In an industry often dominated by product launches and technical specifications, meaningful dialogue about lighting design remains rare. Designooor has now officially partnered with Messe Frankfurt Middle East, the organizer of Light + Intelligent Building Middle East, signaling a deliberate shift from surface-level visibility toward deeper critical engagement with lighting as a cultural, spatial, and human-centered discipline.
As an independent platform dedicated to critiquing and analyzing lighting design, Designooor focuses on process, intent, and the often-overlooked narratives behind projects. Through long-form critiques, conversations with designers, and editorial content that resists promotional language, the platform positions lighting not as an accessory to architecture, but as an active force shaping experience and behavior.
Messe Frankfurt Middle East, meanwhile, operates at the scale where ideas translate into real-world impact, bringing together designers, manufacturers, engineers, and policymakers across the region’s most influential projects. This partnership enables Designooor to provide thoughtful coverage of these projects and the emerging technologies and practices they embody.
By joining forces, Designooor and Messe Frankfurt Middle East aim to move the conversation beyond what is built to why it matters, exploring how lighting decisions intersect with usability, sustainability, and human experience, and shaping the way the industry tells its stories in the Middle East and beyond.