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First launched with a pilot effort in 2009, Beijing Design Week has quickly become
A new BJDW debuted in 2011 as a citywide showcase, catalyst and laboratory for raising public design awareness, while helping to develop a stronger design infrastructure and discourse in Beijing, and China.
BJDW is an initiative of the Ministry of Education of the PRC, the Ministry of Culture of the PRC, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Municipal Government of Beijing.
Running from 26 September to 3 October (preview days: 24 & 25 September), Beijing Design Week 2011 was a major success. It comprised and attracted more than:
60 exhibitions, installations and pop-up shops
40 talks, lectures and workshops
100 partner events
1800 participants from 25 countries
200
900 unique media reports, and 300,000 web impressions.
3.5 million visitors
Opening Ceremony:BJDW 2011 opened on 26 September with a gala ceremony, presided over by GuoJinlong, Mayor of Beijing, at the China Millennium Monument.
Design Triennial:In 2011, BJDW was mounted in partnership with the First Beijing International Design Triennial, organized by Tsinghua University, at the National Museum of China on Tiananmen Square.
Guest City: LondonLondon was the official Guest City of BJDW 2011.
The program included a delegation headed by Lord Marland, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and was highlighted by Manuscript, a largescale installation by designer Paul Cocksedge.
Milan will be the Guest City of BJDW 2012.
Beijing Design Forum:The one-day Beijing Design Forum was held on 28 September at the Great Hall of the People, with leading dignitaries and luminaries in attendance, including Mayor GuoJinlong.
BJDW 2011 was a citywide event, encompassing dozens of venues across Beijing.
However, two primary zones were established at:
751 D PARK, a former gas plant adjacent the 798 Art Zone
Dashilar, an historic hutong neighborhood by Tiananmen Square
Additional hubs and major events at:
National Museum of China
China Millennium Monument
Sanlitun Village
Ditan Park
Liang Dian Design Center
Ditan Park
Liang Dian
Sanlitun Village
National Museum
China MillenniumMonument
DASHILAR
751
[Forbidden City]
Alongside dozens of talks, more than 60 exhibitions and installationsspanning urban graphic interventions and 3-D urbanism films to rapid prototyping workshops and pop-up shops and cafes enlivened the city
MoMA curator Paola Antonelli Alberto Alessi of Alessi
Core77 TalkDesigner Kenya Hara Designer Tom Dixon
Schools
Aalto University (Helsinki)Academy of Media Arts (Cologne)Beijing Institute of Fashion TechnologyCentral Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing)Columbia University (New York)Kingston University/Design Museum London Parsons The New School for Design (New York)Tsinghua University (Beijing)
Institutions/Organizations
AIGA (US)British Council (UK)DMY-Berlin (Germany)DutchDFA (Netherlands)Embassy of FranceGoethe Institute (Germany)Helsinki Design Week (Finland)Helsinki World Design Capital (Finland)Premsela (Netherlands)Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (China)
Brands/Companies
AlessiArtemideArupConverseDieselKartellKostaBodaLane CrawfordLenovoMagisMaterial ConnexionNickelodeonGiovannoni DesignTom DixonTop Shop/Top Man
Media
Core77DesignboomDezeenElle DecorationFinancial TimesFRAME/MARKRizzoliTimeOut Beijing
Exhibitors/Participants (Sample List):
Beijing Design Awards:BJDW also launched the annual Beijing Design Awards, with a nationally televised ceremony on the BTV network.
resolve to become a cultural superpower. New York Times
Beijing Design Week intends to reposition the country as a place where ideas are created rather than appropriated.Financial Times
Beijing Design Week signals China's creative intent.Forbes.com