Guangzhou Design Week is an annual international event for promoting innovation and design that has taken place in Guangzhou every year since 2006, hosted by Guangzhou Municipal People's Government and organised by the Economic & Trade Commission of Guangzhou Municipality. This year's Festival will be held from 4-8 December 2009 in Guangzhou.

With the theme "Win by design", Guangzhou Design Week developed into one of the largest, most influential and comprehensive international design festivals in China. There are four key event components: the International Design Expo, the Design Tour, the Designweek Award and the Win by Design Forum, all covering a diverse selection of design fields, including industrial design, branding and communication design, cityscape and architecture design, interior design and fashion design.

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The International Design Expo is the most influential comprehensive design exhibition in China. Since 2006, the exhibition area has increased to 70 000 meters square, boasting mort than 100 000 professional visitors from design institutions and brands from home and aboard.

Showcasing predominantly newly design projects, design concepts and design products from around the world, the International Design Expo 2009 covers a wide range of fields including architecture and landscape design, interior design, industrial design and graphic design. It serves as an information center for worldwide cutting-edge design trends, business platforms for designers and branding enterprises, life-style trends and improving brand images to gain opportunities within the market.

The International Design Expo 2009 will consist of three themed areas: Win by Design, Design Service and Design Resource.

The Design Tour is a design promotion tour organised by Guangzhou Design Week within larger domestic cities. The tour includes a variety of activities, such as a forum, seminar, gala dinner and salon, in which local noted designers and well-known brands promotion agencies will participate.

On every stop of the Tour, there will be an accompanying theme corresponding to the local industrial and economic climate and cultural customs. One or two global design figures will be present at each location to speak on the related theme. Through the communication of concrete case studies of different cultural backgrounds and design styles blended into the specific theme, designers will experience the latest design trends and concepts, while leading brands of design resources take the most promising business opportunities.

Designweek Award is the label of all kinds of authoritative design awards and competitions under Guangzhou design week since 2006. For its high standards and marketing influence, it helps noted products, designers and company brands shine.   

In past three years of development, Designweek Award has gained wide recognition in the Chinese design industry and it is been identified as one of the most influential and authoritative annual showcase in the design fields in China.

Eligibility

The competition is open to all professional or amateur designers, creative practitioners, design college students and teachers, with no restrictions to nationality or age.

Deadline for submissions

31 October 2009

Jury

The final list of Jury Members will be announced in April.

Johan Adam Linneballe - The First Advisor of Guangzhou Design Week
Managing Director. Designer. MDD/MAA President CEO Scandinavian Branding A/S, architect MAA, designer MDD; God-farther of the INDEX:2005. Member of INDEX: executive lounge and member of the jury of the INDEX: AWARD 2005

Tong HuiMing - Head of Expert Lounge, Guangzhou Design Week
President of Design College, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.
Design Professor, Director of Master Degree.
Social Vice-Chairman of Guangdong Industrial Design Association (GIDA)
Duty Member of Industrial design Council, Chinese Fine Arts Association
Standing board of Chinese Industrial Design Association (CIDA)

Prizes

The winners will be notified by the Guangzhou Design Week 2009 Operating Lounge after 15 November 2009.

A Winner's cup and Certificates will be presented at the Awards Ceremony, held during the Guangzhou Design Week 2009.  All awarded submissions will be on display during Guangzhou Design Week 2009.

Exhibition

Showcasing industrial design, branding and communication design, interior design, fashion design and more.

4-6 December 2009
Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Center

From Guanzghou Design Week of past three years, the Win By Deign Forum has cultivated professional forum brands namely Forum Of Design Capacity of SMEs In Pearl River Delta, China Hotel Design and Renovation Summit, Asia Pacific Cityscape and Architecture Design Forum and Future Architecture and Interior Design Forum, boasting up to 2000 visitors with over 90% satisfaction every year.

Sponsor: Guangzhou Municipal Peoples' Government
Organiser: Economic and Trade Commission of Guangzhou Municipality
Operator: Citiexpo Limited; Economic and Trade Convention & Exhibition Service Center, Guangzhou; College of Design, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

For more information, please contact:

The Operation Lounge,
CITIEXPO LIMITED
9/F, Jinying Building, No.1 Jinying Road,
Guangzhou, Canton
510640 China
t: +86 20 3831 9428
f: +86 20 3831 9418
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