UK Design in China
Date: 22 September 2008
Time: 13.00 - 20.30
Venue: Asia House
63 New Cavendish Street
London W1G 7LP
Creative Connexions is proud to be a part of the London Design Festival 2008 by organising a unique event "UK Design in China".
UK Design in China aims to focus on our own experiences, findings and hopes to illustrate what the UK Creative Industry can achieve in China and what kind of boundaries may need to be taken into consideration.
The event has 3 main parts:-
- The Creative Workshop
Teams of UK designers will develop prototypes against a briefing and the results will be discussed in relation to the prototypes developed by Chinese designers prior to the seminar. The workshop will be exclusive to the participants.
The workshop participants include:
| Agency | Expertise area | Location | ||||
| Anything Mac | General Design | |||||
| Agotob Ltd | Creative Media | |||||
| Dam Design | Furniture Design | London | ||||
| Design Stream | Product Design | London | ||||
| Frazer Design | Product Design | London | ||||
| Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC) | Product Design | London | ||||
| Keech Design | Furniture Design | Hertfordshire | ||||
| Kinneir Dufort | Product Design | Durham | ||||
| Maddison | Product Design | Sussex | ||||
| Mike Faulkner | Creative Media | London | ||||
| Nick Rhodes | Product Design/ Independent | London | ||||
| Posan Pang | Product Design/ Independent | London | ||||
| Ratio Design Associates | Product Design | Sussex | ||||
| Raw Studio | Furniture Design | London | ||||
| Robin Jones | Architecture Design | |||||
| Sabotage PKG | Product Design/ Packaging | London | ||||
| Seymour Powell | Product Design | London | ||||
- The presentations
This is about the current situation in China and its commitment to head for new more innovative design culture. An overview is given about the challenges and opportunities in China, particularly within the product design industry.
| Presentation topics and summary |
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Design in China by Dina Guth Overview of the current design environment in China.Challenges faced when working with Chinese designers and areas where British design companies learn from their Chinese counterparts.The new focus on innovation in China. |
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Industrial Design in China by Kasun Chen Xiangfeng Overview of the capabilities and status quo of Chinese industrial design companies.The influence of the government in promoting industrial design. Collaboration with western companies from a Chinese point of view. |
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Final Design in China by Zhou Yi The opportunity in the integration if Chinese and Western design resources. The fundamentals for "win-win" co-operations and a discussion of case studies from successful international projects. |
- The Panel discussion
A cross section of experts from Greater China and the UK provide a platform for an in-depth discussion on the growth of the design industry in China.
Our panel discussion experts include:
| Andrew Summers Chairman, Design Partners |
| Andrew Summers Profile |
| Nick Talbot Design Director, Seymour Powell |
| Nick Talbot Profile |
| Dina Guth Business Director, TECAtech Design |
| Dina Guth Profile |
| Professor John Heskett Chair Professor of Design, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| John Heskett Profile |
| Kasun Chen Xiangfeng Director, Design Do |
| Kasun Chen Xiangfeng Profile |
| Laura Hoke Director, Creative Connexions |
| Laura Hoke Profile |
| Simon Bolton Director, Creative Resources Lab |
| Simon Bolton Profile |
| Dr. Victoria Wang Head of Chinese Overseas Business in the UK, Rouse & Co International |
| Victoria Wang Profile |
| Zhou Yi President, s.point Design |
| Zhou Yi Profile |
| Zhuang Yan |