Dubai Future Foundation has announced that Palmwood, first of its kind in the region has headquartered its interactive creative space in Area 2071, which is one of the foundations main initiatives. Founded by the UAE government and IDEO, Palmowood works with both public and private sector in creating creative solutions to improve lives in the UAE.

"We are delighted to have Palmwood join the Area 2071 community and bring in together the world's leading minds and thinkers to create innovative visions and solutions to current and future challenges facing various sectors of development and dynamism," said Abdulaziz Al Jaziri, Deputy CEO at Dubai Future Foundation.

Palmwood was recently established as a partnership between the UAE government  and IDEO a global design firm and  one of the world's leading organizations in the design of innovative concepts and technology solutions.

IDEO is a world leader in consulting, design and creative solutions. The company, headquartered in Silicon Valley in San Francisco, California, has nine branches around the world. The company was founded in 1991 by the creative designer and engineer David M. Kelly, a professor at the prestigious Stanford University of America. In its beginnings, IDEO worked with Apple to design one of the most important inventions of the 21st century: the mouse, which revolutionized the computer world. It has also worked with the private sector in Peru to improve the livelihoods of low-income people by devising a new school system that is easily applicable across a broad community. IDEO has also worked with Ford to create a laboratory that will design and innovate in the transportation sector in a rapidly changing world to lead the electric and self-driving sector.

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