The first Apple Store in the Middle East showcases the future of Apple's interior design

The first Apple Store in the Middle East is getting ready to open in Dubai. It's rumored to be the biggest Apple Store in the world.

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Currently, the world's biggest Apple Store is the Covent Garden Store in London, which covers 40,000 square feet. The new Dubai store will reportedly cover 50,000 square feet, although its interior decor will reportedly be very similar to the new Brussels Apple Store.

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Here's your first look at the new Dubai Apple Store:

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The first Apple Store in the Middle East is in the majestic Mall Of The Emirates.

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It has a beautiful glass dome. A fitting place for an Apple Store.

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From the outside, we see the same black, bold borders around the windows, doors, and framing around light fixtures.

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As with any Apple Store opening, you're welcomed in by some Apple employees.

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Like the first Apple Store in Brussels, designed by Apple's chief designer Jony Ive, the Dubai store has live growing trees.

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You'll see the usual wooden display tables.

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And the hidden outlets that you "swipe to unlock."

 

It's not clear if this store was also specifically designed by Ive, or if this is Apple's new format for its stores, but it sure looks similar to the store in Brussels.

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It looks like parts of the Dubai Apple Store have a sunroof for letting in light. It makes for a natural-feeling environment, especially with the trees.

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The Dubai Apple Store will reportedly be the largest of its kind in the world.

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We're still figuring out that purple decoration is in the background.

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It's probably the gigantic screen.

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There's a lot of greenery. This guy is not in a rainforest; he's in the Apple Store.

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The Dubai location has patches of greenery dotted around the store to break the monotony of product display walls.

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The Apple Store in Dubai displays cases out of their boxes.

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And headphones from Beats and others are displayed on wooden heads, like the Brussels store.

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