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2019 "Shanghai Design 10×10"

Global Design Summit 

Opening grandly in Shanghai Hongqiao State Guest Hotel at 9:30am on December 30, 2019

The conference invites global design leaders to gather together to share at the Shanghai Design Summit Forum, so that the "Shanghai Design 10x10" global cooperation platform will be better promoted.

The Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA)

Boasts 46 members from 28 member states in Europe. Members can be design promotion centers and other publicly funded organisations that promote design nationally or regionally as well as professional and trade associations for designers from across Europe. Those professional associations represent some 400,000 designers from across Europe in every discipline of work from industrial design and interiors to digital design and branding. BEDA is a not-for-profit organisation funded in its entirity by its members. It is run by a board of directors elected by its membership every two years. It also elects a President and Vice President every two years. BEDA is headquartered in Brussels.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering industry, Government, and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes.

CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, playing a proactive role in India's development process. Founded in 1895, India's premier business association has more than 9100 members, from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 300,000 enterprises from 291 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.

Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations (FHKDA)

The Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations (FHKDA) was founded in 2000 to connect major design associations and design schools in Hong Kong, including the Chartered Society of Designers (Hong Kong), the Hong Kong Designers Association, the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (Design Council of Hong Kong), the Hong Kong Fashion Designers Association, the Hong Kong Interior Design Association, and representatives of major design schools in Hong Kong, with a view to improving the level of professional design in Hong Kong. The FHKDA also manages the Hong Kong Design Center, and raises and appropriates funds for its operations and development.

German Design Council is one of the world's leading national organizations for communication and promotion in the field of design. Its main function is to promote international cooperation, award design awards, edit professional design publications, design strategic consulting, and organize international conferences and exhibitions. A non-profit foundation, which was launched and approved by Deutscher Bundestag  in 1953, was established to satisfy the needs of business, politics and research for design in Frankfurt . The Council provides a sustainable competitive advantage for companies in terms of design and brand strategy.

Established since 1985, Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS) is the nation’s premier multidisciplinary design chamber.

As a dynamic community of business leaders, practitioners, and academia from diverse backgrounds, the Chamber believes that a pluralistic design approach is the key to gaining a competitive edge in today’s global market. A champion of applying design in business, DBCS seeks to raise the standard of professional practices and create business opportunities through cross-collaborations in local and international contexts. We exist to facilitate Business transformation through Design, Innovation & Technology.

Key initiatives of DBCS include - the Singapore Good Design (SG Mark), Singapore Design Awards, Design Kitchen and Design Crawl (an experiential knowledge-sharing session).

Hub of Support for Design Creation

International Design Center NAGOYA

In addition to working for the promotion of local industry and cultural development through various design-related enterprises, International Design Center NAGOYA aims to serve as a hub of information dissemination contributing to the international community.

"creators shop Loop" is a space for encouraging initiation and business development, that gives creators a place to test out their ambitious proposals in creative fields. Named "Loop" to indicate the feedback between creator and user, it was designed as a marketing-based shop. Tenants are chosen by the judging committee annually, and open businesses over an 11-month period. Established by the City of Nagoya. Operation began in 2011.

International Council of Design (ico-D)

Founded in 1963 as Icograda, the International Council of Design, ico-D, is a nonprofit, non-partisan, member- based network that leads creatively by facilitating dialogue between design platforms including professional, educational and promotional categories.

In 2003, Taiwan Design Center, TDC was established.

In 2005, TDC set up the "National Design Award", the predecessor of the Golden Pin Design Award of the year.

In 2007, TDC assisted Taipei to secure the right to host the 2011 World Design Congress. It was the first World Design Congress after the International Design Alliance (IDA) was officially formed for the three international design associations (Icsid, Icograda, and IFI). .

In 2009, the "National Design Award" was officially renamed the "Golden Pin Design Award".

In 2011, TDC established the Taiwanese Design Museum, the first professional museum in the world with "Design" as the main axis of exhibition; and handled the world's first "Taipei World Design Conference and Taipei World Design Exhibition".

In 2013, TDC assisted Taipei to be selected as the "World Design Capital ® (WDC) 2016".

In 2015, the "Golden Pin Design Award" brand adjustment was divided into "Golden Pin Design Award", "Golden Pin Concept Design Award" and "Golden Pin Rookie Design Award" to establish the brand image of the award series.

In 2018, the four service areas of " Taiwan Design Museum ", " Not Just the Library ","Design Points " and " American Innovation Center ", which were operated by it, were integrated, and included performance exchange, design reading, creative implementation and style selection The life issue was named "Songyankou".

The Macau Designers Association (MDA) was founded on 18 May 1986.It is a professional and non-profit art and cultural association comprising graphic, product, interior and web designers, as well as commercial photographers, illustrators and other creative professionals. Over the past thirty years, MDA has been sparing no effort to fulfil the mission: ‘Unite Macao designers, protect their interest, enhance professionalism and facilitate external exchange’.In 1994, when the modern concepts of design professions were not widely understood in Macao, MDA successfully held the 1st Macau Design Biennial – the first large integrated design competition in the city, without any support from official institutions. 

Over the past 11 events, the Macau Design Biennial has exerted a positive influence on the local design sector as well as society as a whole. It has brought notable improvement to local designs and inspired new creative ideas and mind-sets while showcasing the talent of local designers. In 2019, the Macau Design Biennial has been repositioned and officially renamed as the Macau Design Award, seeking to further expand the influence of its competition and exhibition as well as to raise the overall level of Macao’s design profession.

World Design Organization (WDO)™

The World Design Organization (WDO)™, formerly known as the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid), is an international non-governmental organization that promotes the profession of industrial design and its ability to generate better products, systems, services, and experiences; better business and industry; and ultimately a better environment and society. From 12 founding professional design associations in 1957, WDO has grown to include over 160 member organizations from 40 nations, engaging them in collaborative efforts and providing them with the opportunity to be heard internationally. A renewed vision and mission was approved by the members at the general assembly in October 2015 along with an approval to change the name of the organization to World Design Organization. WDO has United Nations Special Consultative Status.

“Shanghai Design 10×10" is an exhibition project of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts that extends the concept of "Shanghai Design", with the concept of “building the platform”, “gathering energy”, “sharpening mutually” and “creating the future together”. It brings together top design organizations and design institutions with a long history and influence across continents from all over the world to hold “Shanghai Design 10×10 International Awards Exhibition” or “Shanghai Design 10×10 Global Design Summit” every two years.

This project aims to build an international design exchange platform and enhance the international influence of “Shanghai Design” standing on China and embracing world. The aim is to build a global design exchange platform and enhance the global influence of Shanghai Design, the design capital of Shanghai based on Shanghai and embracing the world. By exhibitions, forums, publications and other dimensions, it will build the best platform to connect global design "competition & award &master & masterpiece", and shape the top hall for global design award exchange and interaction. At the same time, it has established cooperation with the world's top design competition organizations and design institutions to gather the essence of global design.

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