Monday 6 October 2014

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Art On Chairs


Luciano Benetton - Art On Chairs - Beijing Design Week 2014


Art On Chairs - Beijing Design Week 2014

Saturday 4 October 2014

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar

Dashilar is located southwest of Tiananmen Sq near Qianmen Gate and Dashilar Alley is just one of many sites for events at Beijing Design Week 2014.

The Australian Design Industry Delegation visited Dashilar on Thursday Sept 25th as Beijing Design Week was just winding up.


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashialr Alley


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar Alley - Far Media Lab Project


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Air $ Value


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Air $ Value


Beijing Design Week - Dashilar District


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar Precinct


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar - Coutryard House Plug-In
People's Architecture with Ian Wong, Rohan Nicol and Ian McArthur from the Australian Design Industry Delegation.


Micro-Yuan'er project in Dashilar precinct at Beijing Design Week 2014.


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar - Bibliorium
Australian Design Industry Delegates Andrea Myles, Dr Brandon Gien, Jess Scully, Debbie Ryan and Oliver Kratzer.


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar
Australian Design Industry Delegation member Ian McArthur UNSW exits exhibition by Tsinghua University Architecture in Hutong along Dashilar Alley Beijing China.


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Tsinghua University Architecture - Dashilar Alley


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar Precinct

Beijing Design Week - Opening Ceremony

The Australian Design Industry Delegation to Beijing Design Week were honoured to join The Road of Design walk as part of the official program for the Opening Ceremony of Beijing Design Week 2014.


Australian delegates walk the Road of Design to launch the Opening Ceremony of Beijing Design Week 2014


Australian Design Industry delegates pictured during the Opening Ceremony of Beijing Design Week 2014


Members of the Australian Design Industry delegates pictured at the Opening Ceremony of Beijing Design Week 2014

The official Australian delegation to Beijing Design Week includes Mr Oliver Kratzer FDIA, Chairman, Australian Design Alliance; Dr Kenneth Cato AO, Chairman and Global Creative Director, Cato Brand Partners Pty Ltd; Dr Brandon Gien, CEO, Good Design Australia and President, International Council of Societies of Industrial Design; Ms Kristin McCourtie, Manager and Director Design Foundation; Mr Ian Wong FDIA, Director, Design Institute of Australia; Ms Jess Scully, Vivid Ideas Festival Director; Mr Ian McArthur, Designer and Senior Design Lecturer, UNSW Art & Design; Dr Rohan Nicol, Head of Gold and Silversmithing, Australian National University School of Art; and Ms Debbie Ryan, Founding Principle of McBride Charles Ryan.




Beijing Design Week 2014 - 798 & 751


Beijing Design Week 2014 - 798 and 751 District


Beijing Design Week 2014 - D Park 751 District


Beijing Design Week 2014 - 798 and 751 District


Australian Design Industry Delegation to Beijing Design Week 2014


Beijing Design Week 751 District


Beijing Design Week - Winnie Gao and Beatrice Leanza

Beijing Design Week director of International Projects Winnie Gao and Beatrice Leanza, Creative Director, Beijing Design Week briefed the Australian Design Industry Delegation during their visit to Beijing China.

We received our copy of the official Beijing Design Week Guide Book hot off the presses.


Beijing Design Week - Official Guide Book 2014


Beijing Design Week director of International Projects Winnie Gao and Beatrice Leanza, Creative Director, Beijing Design Week brief the Australian Design Industry Delegation during their visit to Beijing China.


Wednesday 1 October 2014

James Dyson Award National Winner - Alex Goad MARS

Monash University industrial design graduate Alex Goad has been awarded the national winner of the James Dyson Award 2014.


James Dyson Award National winner for Australia Alex Goad Monash University


James Dyson Award National winner for Australia Alex Goad MARS Modular Artificial Reef Structures.

Lenovo - The Smart Moving Platform Beijing Design Week

Lenovo demonstrated the smart running shoes developed with Vibram as part of the Smart Moving Platform at Beijing Design Week 2014.

The innovative sports and leisure shoe concepts are outcomes from the Smart Moving Platform Lab.

The shoes feature a woven fibre optic upper that provides color changing and illumination, illuminated sole regions and vibrating interative feedback for navigation and safety applications. The concept is a platform and partners are invited to collaborate. One potential application is to assist the blind.


Lenovo present the Smart Moving Platform in Beijing China


Lenovo present the Smart Moving Platform in Beijing China


Lenovo and Vibram Smart Moving Platform shoe concepts


Lenovo and Vibram Smart Moving Platform


Australian Design Industry Delegation at the Lenovo and Vibram Smart Moving Platform  - Beijing Design Week 2014

Beijing Design Week - Professor Liu Guanzhong


Professor Liu Guanzhong Tsinghua University industrial design


Tsinghua University Professor Liu Guanzhong and Ian Wong Monash University industrial design at Beijing Design Week Beijing China.


Beijing Design Week 2014 - Design Awards Presentation

The Beijing Design Week Design Awards presentations were held on Thursday September 25th 2014 at the Millennium Monument Beijing China.


Mr Chen Dongliang Beijing Industrial Design Center at the Beijing Design Week Design Awards presentations Beijing China.



Mr Yue Yuan CEO of Horizon Research Consulting Group

Professor Liu Guanzhong Tsinghua University Industrial Design


Professor Liu Guanzhong Tsinghua University Industrial Design


Beijing Design Week Golden Design Award presented by Professor Liu Guanzhong


Beijing Design Week Golden Design Award presented by Professor Liu Guanzhong

Beijing Design Week 2014 - The Los Angeles Project


Dr Rohan Nicol Head of Gold and Silversmithing at Australia National University and Australian Design Alliance President Oliver Kratzer visit The Los Angeles Project at Beijing Design Week 2014.