RUYA

Based in Business Bay, Dubai, with additional offices in Buenos Aires and Madrid, RUYA is a brand and design consultancy working across real estate, hospitality, destination and government sectors in the Middle East and beyond. Its client base includes real estate developers, hotel and resort operators, and government entities, with named partnerships including Nakheel, Qatar Investment Authority, Emaar, UDC, Deyaar, DLF, Piramal, FIVE, Jarir, Retal, OSUS and the UAE Government, for whom RUYA served as agency of record on national branding work. The team is organised as a full-service agency of 11-50 people, positioning its work around strategy, branding, 3D and experiences rather than isolated design tasks. Services span branding, strategy, 3D/CGI, UX/UI and web design, content marketing, social media marketing, SEO, and AR/VR development. Within its four stated sector specialisations, the agency develops brands for upscale residential projects and supports developers alongside architects and designers from conception through completion; it guides city and regional destination projects from ideation to realisation using strategic storytelling and branding experiences intended to build audience advocacy; it builds brand identities for hotels and resorts; and it works with government and private-sector entities on project transformation and narrative development. Case studies referenced on its site cover national branding, destination projects, integrated city developments, resort branding and large-scale real estate schemes across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and India, illustrating the consultancy's focus on large, multi-stakeholder projects rather than single-deliverable design engagements.