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2021 "Shanghai Design 10×10"

Global Design Summit

On December 27, 2021

Grandly Held in Room 418, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University!

The summit invites representatives of global design organizations and top designers to gather together

Jointly speaking at the Shanghai Design Summit Forum

Let the global cooperation platform of "Shanghai Design 10x10"

play a better role in promoting

Time

December 27, 2021

First half: 11:45-14:45

Second half: 15:15-18:00

Location

Room 418, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts

Live address

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Host of the Summit

Apex Lin,Pang-Soong

Apex Lin,Pang-Soong, Distinguished Professor of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, President of Taiwan Design Alliance, President of Taiwan Industrial Design Association, President of Taiwan Cultural Creative Industry Alliance Foundation, and host of the Global Student Creative Design Competition - Taiwan Plan.

Chen Qing

Chen Qing, vice president, professor and doctoral supervisor of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, vice director of Arts and Crafts Committee of China Artists Association, and director of graphic design art committee of Shanghai Creative Designers Association.

First half guests

Xavier Bermúdez Bañuelos，Mexico 1953. Graphic Designer. He studies at the UAM X in Mexico and at the Scuola Politecnica di Design in the city of Milan, Italy. In 1988 he started the organization of the International Poster Biennial in Mexico, serving as the director. His works have been published by specialized magazines such as:" Linea Gráfica "," Print "and" Affiche " as well as by the magazines" Idea "and" Who is Who in Graphic Design ". He has been invited as a jury in the Lahti International Poster Triennial, Fort Collins Colorado and Bolivia. He has participated in the collection, for the world conference Kyoto Japan 1998, in the collection "Salon du Cent, Tribute to Toulouse Lautrec published in France in 2002 and recently in the collection tribute to Jan Rajlich. In 1997 he started the Lúdica Arte y Cultura del Diseño magazine. Producer curator and participant in the exhibition" Voces en Libertad "Presented in collaboration in more than 30 countries. He lives and works in Xalapa Veracruz.

The International Poster Biennial in Mexico is a civil association founded in 1989 with the aim of creating an international project dedicated to poster, with the premise that it is such an effective medium of message transmission that there had to be an agent in charge of recollecting the information to make history of the graphics. Even more importantly, the Poster Biennial was thought since its beginnings as an information exchange platform of creators, where related projects are impulsed or born.

BICM+ is the brand of all the products that the Poster Biennial organizes, that is to say, the total of projects that are under this non-profit civil society organization’s charge.

Dr. Serge Serov was born 1952. Graduated from Moscow Institute of Telecommunications and St.Petersburg State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Architecture after Ilya Repin. Author of 15 books and about 600 articles. Editor-in-chief or art director for several magazines. Organizer and curator of 500 design events.He is president of Golden Bee Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design. Vice-President of Academy of Graphic Design. Professor, Head of department of RANEPA Design School. Awards include Golden Badge of Honour for Public Recognition, Honorary Diploma of the U.N. Council for Public Awards, Rodchenko Award, etc.

Now in its 14th year, the Golden Bee International Biennial of Graphic Design in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1992, is a top-level event supported and recognized by the International Association of Graphic Designers AGI and the IBCC International Biennial Coordination Committee. As one of the most influential events in the world, Golden Bee International Graphic Design Biennial attracts designers from all over the world to participate in the event. Entries cover graphic design, posters, typefaces, environmental graphics and other categories. The Golden Bee International Graphic Design Biennial is a collection of the world's best design works. It aims to deepen international exchange, add cultural added value to design, enhance the creativity of the industry and showcase the trend of contemporary visual culture. The winning works of each competition are exhibited as a large-scale exhibition to promote worldwide cooperation through the exhibition and gradually raise the level of design and the potential ability of the design industry.

Yoonho Yoo，President of Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design Association(KECD), Director of the 11th Asian Graphic Design Triennale Exhibition in 2021, Director of Design Organizing Committee for the 2021 Republic of Korea Army Art Exhibition, 2021 Taiwan International Student Design Competition Visual Design Division Judge.

Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design Association(KECD), formerly known as the Korea Modern Design Experimental Designer Association, founded in 1969, contributed to developing the design culture in Korea for over 50 years. KECD started anew in 2010 to improve the overall quality of visual design to provide a better understanding in contributing positive energy to the society. As a member of ico-D, KECD continues to pursue global communication. To lead interchanging design activities, KECD held many conferences like the Seoul-Asia Graphic poster Triennale, Design Education Support for developing countries (DESPA), and United Design conference for non-Asian countries. It also held many conferences in coordination with ico-D, UNESCO, and with top universities from all over the world.

William Harald-Wong is the Co-Founder and Chairman of The Design Alliance Asia; Co-Founder of the Graphic Design Association of Malaysia and a Past Vice-President of icograda (ico-D). He is also a member of the International Committee for Emirates International Poster Festival (EIPF), Dubai. William works at the intersection of brand, culture, city, and community, enhancing a place’s human and cultural experience. He is passionate about Southeast Asian culture and has documented the region extensively in his early years. He is also Managing Partner and Design Director of Zakti Strategic Design, a company working on culture-related projects including next-generation museums and exhibitions and promoting cultural exchanges with countries.His current awards include the Design for Asia Awards (Hong Kong) 2015, the Malaysian Design Development Centre Lifetime Achievement Award 2011, etc.

The Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia) , founded in the year 2000, is one of the most extensive collaborative networks of designers in Asia with a shared vision of advancing Asian identity as a vital cultural force and a strategic platform for design. It promotes the original creativity of Asian designers by sharing ideas and knowledge of common yet diverse cultures. It is also committed to working with organisations that specialise in design, research, education, art and cultural exchange with a focus on Asia and the changing lifestyles of its people. In addition, tDA Asia associates actively participate in international design and cultural exhibitions, conferences and forums, and consult on design, identity, brand and export strategy with governments and other organisations reaching out across the region.

Pekka Loiri is the president of the Lahti International Poster Triennial, visiting Professor of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, member of Honorary Council BICM Mexico, International Poster Design Council BICBé and honorary member of Union of Designers. Loiri is Awarded dozens of international prize. He’s worked as a jury member in dozens international exhibitions. He’s received the government’s Design Award, the award of the Finnish Culture Foundation and elected as the Graphic Designer of the year. He is granted the government’s art and design prix, the Platinum Top by Grafia, and the Pro Finlandia medal. Association ProCom gave him The Lifetime Achievements Award. Loiri has been involved in education, e.g. at the University of Art and Design Helsinki, as the chancellor at the MG school. He has worked as visiting professor and has offered lectures and workshops at a number of universities all over the world.

Lahti International Poster Triennial was founded in 1974 by Tapani Aartomaa, is a world-renowned poster special exhibition, for ico-D (International Association of Graphic Designers) recognized as one of the world's earliest poster awards. It and Warsaw International Poster Biennial in Poland, Japan Toyama International Poster Exhibition, Mexico International Poster Exhibition, Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition included "the world's five authoritative poster exhibition". The exhibition was originally a biennial, located in Helsinki, changed to a triennial in 2014, the exhibition venue for Lahti Poster Museum. This world-renowned competition and exhibition, which brings together the world's best poster designers from Ecuador to China, the United States to South Africa, has been successfully held for 21 editions.

Apex Lin, Pang-Soong, Distinguished Professor of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Chairman of Taiwan Design Alliance, Chairman of Taiwan Industrial Design Association, Founding Chairman of Taiwan Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance Association, Host of Global Student Creative Design Competition - Taiwan Program.Professor Apex Lin, Pang-Soong enjoys a great reputation as the supervisor of Taiwan design community. Now he is the chair professor of Asia University, the doctoral advisor of China Academy of Art, Shanghai Institute of Design, the honorary professor of National Taiwan Normal University. He used to be the professor and dean of the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, the professor and dean of the Department of Visual Design, the director of Cultural & Creative Industries Center and the vice president of National Taiwan Normal University. Being honored as trailblazer of Taiwan CIS, he designed corporate identity system and brand for several companies, such as Taipei National Palace Museum. He used to be a judge for Red Dot Design Award, Adobe Design Achievement Award, International Poster Biennial in Mexico, G-mark Design Award and China International Poster Biennial, and was invited to be an international judge and a visual image design counselor of Emblem Design Competition of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Taiwan International Student Design Competition-Taiwan, which started in 2010, is an extension of the "Taiwan International Creative Design Competition" - "Student Category". It was promoted in 2008. The competition, combing the competitive advantages of existing art and design talent cultivation programs, not only encourage students from art and design institutions around the world to participate in the competition, but also to make full use of media and publicity to promote during the design competition event. Having experts and scholars from around the world come to Taiwan to serve as judges or students from around the world who have won awards come to Taiwan to receive them helps to promote the achievements of design education.

John Gravdahl，Graphic Design Professor at Colorado State University. He also serve as the Curator and Co-Director of the Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition (CIIPE), and his work can be found in many international publications and exhibition catalogs. He focuses on book illustration and poster design. John Gravdahl is active in professional practice, currently exploring experimental techniques in visual storytelling and public art. He sees great design as art's dialog with daily life. He teaches all levels of graphic design, specializing in visual language and affirming the role of applied arts for mindful change.

The Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition (CIIPE) was begun in 1979 as a way to expose students at Colorado State University, as well as the campus as a whole and surrounding communities, to a showcase of the best poster designers and artists from around the world. The invitees are selected by the directors of the exhibition as examples of the very best designers working on posters currently, having shown extensively in juried competitions, exhibitions, and galleries around the world, often being the award winners of the shows, and many have been invited to exhibit in several editions. The CIIPE is one of a very few invitational showcases that exist, so the unique nature of the exhibition itself is an event to celebrate the work of talented and exceptional poster artists from around the world.

David Lo is the Vice-chairman and Board of Director of Hong Kong Design Centre, the Member of Stamp Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Post Office, Faculty Advisory Committee of THEi. And he was also the chairman of Hong Kong Designers' Association (2012-2014).

David started off as the Art Director for Bates Graffix and Alan Chan Design. In 1999, David joined Grey Global Group as the Design Director and established Wba, a branding design company of Grey. Prior to launching Strategic Brand & Design Consultancy LOMATTERS. David joined South China Media as General Manager looking after popular magazines such as Esquire and CarPlus. Coming from an extensive background in creative and media design, David has had a big hand in shaping the visual branding in oversea and Greater China. He specialises in corporate and brand identity design system, brand management and event planning.
David is also a proactive member in worldwide design competitions. He earned his special recognition at the awards of Communication Arts, New York Festivals, One Show, Young Guns Australia, Japan Applied Typography, Design for Asia Awards, Hong Kong Designers Association Awards and Ten Outstanding Designers Award 2013, etc.

As a non-governmental organization established in 2001, the Hong Kong Design Center serves as a strategic partner of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the goal of promoting Hong Kong to become an internationally renowned design capital in Asia. The public mission is to promote the extensive and strategic use of design and design thinking in the community to create value for the industry and improve social welfare. It aims to promote Hong Kong to become an international design center in Asia.

Jan Rajlich Jr. was born in 1950 in Viskov (Czech Republic) and has been the president of the Society of Biennales Brno (SBB) since 1999.He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the VUT Brno University of Technology in 1974. He was the head of the Department of Industrial Design at the VUT Brno University of Technology in 1996-2014. He has now held 37 solo exhibitions including posters, graphic design, screen prints and paintings, and has participated in more than 400 group exhibitions. He received the Prize of the City of Brno for Applied Arts in 2001. In addition, he is a member of the Union of Visual Artists of the Czech Republic, Q Art Association, as well as an honorary member of Masaryk Academy of Arts in Prague and International Society of Graphic Designers (ISGD), USA.

The Brno International Biennial of Graphic Design, established in 1963, is one of the oldest and most important events in the field of visual communication worldwide. The First Czechoslovak Exhibition of Poster and Promotional Graphics was organized by the Moravian Gallery, Brno in 1964. From 1966 onwards it was followed by regular international exhibitions that worked to embrace a wide spectrum of graphic design. The original multi-thematic structure of the Brno Biennial comprised three exhibition disciplines. After 1968, the discipline involving exhibition design was abandoned as it proved too demanding. Two basic subjects have alternated at the Brno Biennial since 1970: (1) poster, corporate identity, information and promotional graphics, and (2) graphic design and typography in books, magazines, newspapers and the digital media.

Shigeo Okamoto born in Japan in 1934, Shigeo Okamoto is an internationally renowned graphic designer who graduated from Aichi Gakugei University. He founded Shigeo Okamoto Design Office in 1968 and is currently an honorary professor at Nagoya Gakugei University and Nagoya Zokei University in Japan. He is also the honorary president of the Chubu Creators Club (CCC), a member of the International Federation of Graphic Designers, a member of the Japan Graphic Design Association, and the honorary president of the Chubu Creative Club. International awards won by Shigeo Okamoto include Best Poster Award, Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition (2011), MAIN AWARD Award, Bruno International Graphic Design Biennial (2006), Gold Award, ADC Exhibition, New York (1980), Bronze Award, Bruno International Graphic Design Biennial (1978), Silver Award, Warsaw International Poster Biennial (1976), Special Selection, Daily Commercial Design Award (1968). He has opened 50 solo exhibitions in Nagoya, Tokyo and New York, and has been invited to participate in numerous international exhibitions. His works are collected in many world-renowned art museums such as the Museum of Modern Art.

The Chubu Creators Club (CCC) is an organization of designers founded in Japan in 1973 to promote regional design, exchange and learn from each other, and foster young designers by bringing together creators primarily active in the Nagoya area. The association engages in a wide range of activities such as exhibitions, lectures and training courses, and has established a poster competition for young designers and students in Japan to foster graphic designers who are expected to play an active role in the future. The competition has been successfully held for five sessions since 2015.

Qing Chen，Vice president, professor and doctoral supervisor of Shanghai Academy of fine arts,and deputy director of Arts and crafts Committee of China Artists Association,and director of Graphic Design Art Committee of Shanghai Creative Designers Association.

Second half guests

Han Jiaying, a famous Chinese designer. He is currently a visiting professor of the School of Urban Design of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, and the Innovation Institute of China Academy of Fine Arts. He is a member of the International Graphic Design Alliance (AGI), and has won the Gold Award of Asia's Most Influential Design Award, Forbes' "China's Most Influential Designer", and the Sino French Cultural Exchange Contribution Award. His works are collected by international art institutions in the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Japan, Hong Kong, China, including the V&A Museum, the Hamburg Arts and Crafts Museum, and the Fur Gestaltung Zurich Museum in Switzerland.

Zhang Dali, a famous interdisciplinary designer. He graduated from the Design Department of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in 1987; In 1995, he established "Zhang Dali Design" as the creative director; In 2005, he founded Elephant Space/acted as creative director; AGI member of the International Federation of Designers; SGDA Academic Member of Shenzhen Graphic Design Association; Founder of Shenzhen Digital and Creative Multimedia Association; Visiting Professor of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts. He has served as the judge of various international and domestic design competitions for many times and won more than 100 awards in various international and domestic design competitions.

Jiang Qinggong was born in Shanghai in 1960. He has been engaged in graphic design for 30 years and is now the art director of Shanghai Landscape Studio. In the past ten years, he has been active in public activities such as publishing, design popularization and exhibition. He has published many books, such as "Traveling in Shanghai with Chinese Characters", "Shanghai Pictorial Words - Century Art Archives of Illustrations", "Records of Shanghai Characters - Century Chinese Character Design Archives", and "Shanghai Lilong Cultural Map: Shikumen". His works have been honored as "the most beautiful book in China", nominated for the "Shanghai Book Award", and supported by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation. Many works are collected by art museums and museums at home and abroad.

Deng Yuanjian, Creative Director of UNDESIGN Joint Design, and one of the top ten outstanding youth in Shenzhen design industry awarded by Guanghua Longteng.

In 2005, he was awarded the SGDA Member Award by Shenzhen Graphic Design Association. In 2006, he was invited to participate in the Shenzhen Graphic Design Exhibition for Fifteen People held in Beijing and the Shenzhen Designer Exhibition for Nineteen People held in Changchun, Jilin. In 2008, he was invited to participate in the "Creative China" Contemporary China Design Now sponsored by V&A Museum in London, UK. In 2012, he served as the professional judge of Kan Tai Keung Design Award Global Chinese Design Competition. In 2014, he was selected as one hundred and fifty Asian creators of "ASIAN CREATIVES". In 2015, as a representative of Chinese designers, he was invited to participate in the "Unknown Asia" Asian Art Exhibition in Osaka, Japan, and in 2018, he participated in the "AGI CHINA" special invitation exhibition unit.

Since 2011, he has participated in the planning and organization of the most authoritative, fair and influential graphic design competition GDC [Graphic Design Exhibition in China]. In 2017, he was the curator of China TDC 2017 [Character Design in China]. In 2019, he served as the joint curator of the key project "Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Design Exhibition" of Shenzhen Design Week. The design works have won awards in many competitions such as the Tokyo Font Guidance Association Award, the Global Design Award, and the Golden Dot Design Award in China and Taiwan, and have been exhibited in many cities in the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Poland, Spain, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and mainland China. Some of his works have been collected by the V&A Museum in London, the Poster Museum in Warsaw, Poland, the Hamburg Museum of Arts and Crafts, Germany and other art institutions.

Lu Junyi, a graphic designer, a senior culture and art design media person, is the manager of Lu Junyi_ DesignLiv. He is an off-campus master tutor of Shanghai Donghua University, a member of Shanghai Artists Association, a director of Shanghai Creative Workers Association, and a member of ADC Art Guidance Club in New York.

He used to be the curator of 50/100 Global Chinese New Talent Exhibition, the joint curator of Paper Art Design Invitational Exhibition, the joint curator of the Netherlands Centennial Exhibition Shanghai Tour, the joint curator of the "Same/Different" 2013 Tongji Interdisciplinary Design Forum and Shanghai Graphic Designer Joint Exhibition, the planner of the Shanghai Type Dynamic Character Show project, the curator of the Shanghai International Orchid Exhibition Poster Invitational Exhibition, the curator of Shanghai Australia Contemporary Graphic Design Exhibition,member of the advisory meeting of the 2014 Shanghai City of Design Week, convener of the extension unit of the exhibition project interface of the science and art integration section of the third China Design Exhibition and Public Art Thematic Exhibition, and co curator of the 2021 Shanghai Design Invitational Exhibition - Domain•Poster. He is the international collection and evaluation of the West Bank x - regional visual image, and the collection and evaluation of the logo of the Shanghai Museum; Media review of 2018, 2019 and 2020 Platinum Creative International University Design Competition; Judge of 2021 TEDA Cup Youth Creative Design Competition; Founder of Graduate DesignLive project and co sponsor of Young Blood Award; Co sponsor of The Gradient Online Talk. The design works have won the gold medal of the 2021 Toyama Poster Triennial Exhibition in Japan, the outstanding award of GDC graphic design in China, and have been selected into the Asia Pacific Design Yearbook, VMD Design 100 Exhibition, Shanghai Art Design Exhibition, Golden Dot Design Award, Asian Graphic Design Biennale, etc.

Dawang Sun, graduated from the College of Design and Innovation of Tongji University with a master's degree. He is a member of TDC, SGDA and a co-founder of Shanghai ADC. He is currently engaged in research and practice of branding in both Shanghai and New York.

Dawang Sun has won many international awards, including Gold Award in Graphis, Excellence Award in CA Award, Gold Award in Conqueror Design Contest, Gold Award in International Logo Biennial Awards, Silver Award in Hiiibrand Awards, Silver Award in Taiwan International Graphic Design Award, Jury Award in Macau Design Award. He is also a winner of awards in the New York ADC, New York TDC, Tokyo TDC, GDC, Red Dot Award. His works have been exhibited in more than 20 countries and regions, such as Colorado International Poster Invitational Exhibition, Mexico International Poster Biennial, Poland Warsaw International Poster Biennial and Moscow Golden Bee International Graphic Biennial, etc.

He has branded or rebranded for cities and regions including Shanghai Lingang Free Trade Zone, Shanghai West Bund；commercial institutions including Shanghai Jahwa Group, Shanghai Insurance Exchange；and culture institutions including West Bund Museum and Ridgewood Public Library.

Hou Ying, born in 1983, worked at wx-design at Guangzhou upon graduation from 2006 and created wx-design Beijing’s company at 2009. She got a MFA degree at China Central Academy of Fine Art at 2012 and then started her another MFA degree of graphic design at School of Art in Yale University. She created INWA Design (www.inwa.com.cn) at 2016.

As a female designer, her working experience engaged her to participate and curate various professional projects of designing visual material, motion graphic, environmental (space) graphic, exhibition planning / design, etc. Her design works have been exhibited in a lot of exhibitions and places, such as, International Typography Biennale in Seoul, Beijing International Design Triennale, "Graphics" Global Chinese Graphic Design in Germany, WELTFORMAT Graphic Design Festival Switzerland, etc. Her design works have been selected for numerous international design awards, such as Tokyo TDC, NY ADC, HKDA…

Mei Shuzhi, is the Art Director of 702design. He is looking for freshness and interest from life, to make design explore morepossibilities in life. Awards: New York ADC 96th Gold Award, 2019 Tokyo TDC Prize, DFA Design for Asia Awards 2019 Grand Award with Special Mention/Gold Award, GDC 2017/2019 Best Awards，The 9th National Exhibition of Book Design Gold Award, HKDA Global Design Awards 2019 Gold Award etc. Originator and co-curated exhibtions:“SUPER PHOTO”exhibition、“Big, or Small”exhibition etc.

Wenbin Han, born in Shanghai in 1984, the co-founder of July Design Group . He graduated from Tama Art University in Japan and studied under Koichi Sato. His works have won the“Best of the Year”ofAWARD360,“Nomination Award”of Tokyo TDC. His posters were selected for the Chaumont International Graphic Design Biennale in France, the Toyama Poster Triennial in Japan, and the Typojanchi Typeface Design Biennale in Korea, etc.

He Rongkai, Creative Director. Rongkai founded Atmosphere Office in Shanghai in 2017 and currently working as its Creative Director. He is an MA Visual Communication graduate from Royal College of Art, BA Graphic and Media Design from London College of Communication and a Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Design from Beijing Institute of Technology. Rongkai worked in Nick Bell Design in London from 2011–2013, in 2015 after his return to China he co-founded Sudden Design with MadeIn Company. Rongkai was a visiting lecturer at Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts Detao School of Design.

Wang Yuan_Art Director of Studio Yuan

Graduated from State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart;

Awards: New York TDC_Jury Award; Award360°_Best Packaging Design Of The Year; Graphic Design in China_Jury Award & Nomination Award; Macau Design Award_Gold Award; Lahti Poster Triennial_2nd Place; Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design_Golden Bee Award; Shenzhen International Poster Festival_Gold Award; Taiwan International Poster Design Award_Bronze Award and Youth Award; Berliner Type Award_Bronze Award; iF Design Award; German Design Award; German Designer Club Award_Bronze Award…

Final judge of the 2020 Platinum Originality International University Students Graphic Design Competition.

RELATED DEPARTMENT is an independent graphic design practice founded in Shanghai in 2017, in which we dedicate ourselves to alternative approaches in design-related experiments, academic researches, visual exploration and cultural output. We actively focus on the post-Internet and post-colonial contexts for image-making processes and typographic expression. We founded Page Bureau in 2018, a self-publishing unit of RELATED DEPARTMENT, which releases printed matter and digital files designed with/for our friends.

THURSDAY-FREE, visual design studio, based in Shanghai & Amsterdam, which was founded by Kaixin Chen and Wei Shao in 2018, Shanghai. THURSDAY-FREE builds their visual language and storytelling methodology through mixing the fields of graphic design, film-making, illustration, motion graphics and Site-specific installations.

"Shanghai Design 10×10" is an exhibition and exchange project that extends the concept of "Shanghai Design". It aims to enhance the international influence of "Shanghai Design" and create an international design exchange platform for "Shanghai Design". It assembles 21 design competition organizations or design institutions with worldwide, long-standing, crossing four continents and top influences. The "Shanghai Design 10×10 Global Awards Exhibition" and the "Shanghai Design 10×10 Global Design Summit" are held every two years.

With the base of Shanghai and the global view, the events aim to build an international design exchange platform and enhance the design competitiveness of Shanghai Design Capital. Through exhibitions, forums, publications and other different dimensions, "Shanghai Design 10×10" has established cooperative relationships with the world's top design competition organizations and design institutions, bringing together the essence of global design. Since 2018, three "Shanghai Design 10×10" events have been successfully held.

"2021'Shanghai Design 10×10' Global Poster Invitational Exhibition" is the exhibition link of this year's "Shanghai Design 10×10" event. With the theme of "Impression of Shanghai", through 11 co-curators from around the world, 102 top designers from more than 20 countries and regions were invited to create themed posters, aiming to show global designers’impressions and images of Shanghai. In this way, a dialogue with "Shanghai Design Invitational Exhibition-Domain•Poster" is formed, thereby boosting the global influence of Chinese design, promoting global design to speak in Shanghai and promoting future design to happen in Shanghai!

2021 "Shanghai Design 10x10" Global Poster Invitation Exhibition Organizing Committee List

General Advisor: Feng Yuan

Chief Organizer: Zeng Chenggang

Chief Curator:Apex Lin, Pang-Soong (Taiwan, China), Chen Qing (China)

Co-curators:

Xavier Bermúdez Bañuelos (Mexico)

Serge Serov (Russia)

Yoonho Yoo (Korea)

Pekka Loiri (Finland)

John Gravdahl (USA)

David Lo (Hong Kong, China)

Jan Rajlich Jr. (Czech Republic)

Shigeo Okamoto (Japan)

William Harald-Wong (Malaysia)

Working Committee: Chen Jing, Wang Lingshan, Li Chao, Jin Jiangbo, Jiang Tieli, Song Guobang

Academic Chair: Chen Qing

Executive Director: Lu Dandan, Cai Wenzhao, Cheng Yiqi

Visual Design: Cai Wenchao

Exhibition Design: Lu Jiaxing, Zhou Zijian

Digital Exhibition Hall: Mei Douzhi (702 Design), Li Jian

Project Coordinator: Zhao Lei, Wang Jingyan, Li Chao, Wang Meng, Li Xingxing, Ma Jun, Song Jie, Pan Minye, Niu Chenguang, Lu Yang, Dong Shunqi, Shu Mei

Project Team: Shunkai Zhang, Peiming Song, Ran Chen, Jiayi Lou, Kevin You, Tianpeng Wang, Ziming Li, Yushan Ren, Keshi Qiu, Ying Liu, Houwang Huang, Ying Zhou, Eddie Jiang, Siyu Wang, Yang Yan, Zhiwei Yuan, Wenting Li, Shiyi Zhu, Zixuan Cao

Supervised by: Shanghai University

Organizer: Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Chinese Art Palace

Academic Director: Graphic Design Art Committee of China Artists Association, Shanghai Creative Designers Association

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