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Opening Ceremony of 2011 Beijing Design Week & the First Beijing International Design Triennial On September 26, 2011, Beijing Design Week and the First Beijing International Design Triennial were officially inaugurated with an Opening Ceremony at the China Millennium Monument. Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong, and core member of the London Guest City Delegation Lord Jonathan Marland [...]

The First Beijing International Design Triennial has grandly opened in the National Museum of China in the evening of Sep 27, 2011.The moderator of the BIDT opening is Mr Xie Weihe, the Deputy Secretary-General of “2011 Beijing Design Week and the First Beijing International Design Triennial”, Vice-president of Tsinghua University. The vice-minister of the Ministry [...]

“Hutopolis” is a research program that aims to investigate new boundaries for the urban development in China. The study intends to re-use and enhance the existing urban framework and networks as a key idea to generate a new evolution of the city. Hutopolis at Beijing Design Week is a retrospective on the urban condition of [...]

With the theme of ‘Light and Matter,’ the ‘Creative Light Beijing’ International Arts Festival 2011  will literally light up on evening of September 22 in Beijing, historic Ditan Park (Temple of Earth Park) with a grand staging of lights ahead of the Beijing International Design Week.   The festival will last from September 22nd to [...]

As one of the many highlights of 2011 Beijing Design Week & the First Beijing International Design Triennial, an exhibition on Australian Urbanism named “Now and When” is going to show different perspectives on the future of the cities, encouraging the public to reflect upon this issue. Consisting of two parts, “Now” and “When”, presents [...]

On September 26th, the opening day of 2011 Beijing Design Week and the First Beijing International Design Triennial, Manuscript, a major art installation will be exhibited at the China Millennium Monument. This 20m long, 8m wide and 6.7m tall installation weighs about 50tons, and will be on display until October 4th, the last day of [...]

Dates: 25 September – 3 October Location: Dutch Design Generator at 751 D • Park, No. 4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing   ‘Smart Cities, Healthy Cities’ focuses on how design can sustainably improve the quality of daily life in our cities. With multiple exhibitions, individual presentations by designers, a varied conference programme, a book [...]

    Our globalized world faces enormous challenges in the coming years: fast growing cities, a widening polarity of city versus countryside and an increase of environmental changes. Design can contribute to ameliorate our life conditions in the near future. On the occasion of 2011 Beijing Design Week, the first Beijing International Design Triennial, Goethe-Institut [...]