DESIGN SHANGHAI 2015
DESIGN SHANGHAI TO OPEN ITS DOORS
27-30 MARCH 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 2015
Design Shanghai 2015 leads way in China’s growing design scene with a mix of international
names and emerging Chinese talent
Design Shanghai will open its doors on 27th March
allowing visitors to experience more than 300
companies, galleries and designers showing limited
edition pieces, exclusive product launches and
world firsts across its Contemporary, Classic and
Collectible Design Halls.
Leading the design scene in China, Design
Shanghai will be the place to see international
design companies such as Fritz Hansen, Hay,
Ibride, Moroso, Vitra and Seletti, as well as
emerging Chinese design talent including Frank
Chou, Zai Ye Design and MZGF Furniture. This
year is also the launch of the Collectible Design
Hall, the first time a platform has been created in China to explore the realm of limited edition design.
David Gill presents Zaha Hadid for Citco; Marcel Wanders for Baccarat, Christofle and Personal Editions;
Arik Levy, with the Louise Alexander Gallery; US-based Gallery All; Xin Dong Cheng Space for
Contemporary Art; Carpenters Workshop Gallery and many others will be featured in this section.
In addition, the event will be enriched by an impressive selection of curatorial content from leading
western and Chinese designers and brands. Some of the highlights include the unveiling of Chinese artist
Wang Yuyang’s ‘Equip’ sculpture for Swiss luxury brand Bally’s Jean Prouvé 6x9 Demountable House
installation, Design Shanghai & AD Emerging Chinese Designers Platform showcasing young Chinese
designers, and Fredrikson Stallard’s new ‘Prologue’ installation for Swarovski, made of 8,000 blue-shade
Swarovski crystal droplets.
Design Shanghai takes place at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre
from 27th to 30th March 2015 and is expecting visitor numbers of
over 60,000 across the four-day event. Jaguar Land Rover is the
Headline Sponsor.
FEATURES
Design Shanghai and AD Emerging Chinese Designers
Platform
This year marks the launch of the Design Shanghai & AD
Emerging Chinese Designers Platform at Design Shanghai, where
ten designers have been selected by AD China and Ross Urwin,
Design Shanghai’s Creative Director, to show their work at this
year’s event. The selected emerging designers include Chen
Furong, Gong Lingna, Huang Jiewen, Li Gongbiao, Ruan Hao, Wu
Haoyu, Yu Haotian, Zhang Chao, Zhang Yuqian and Zhao Nan.
Alongside their original designs, the designers have been asked to
create a 2D rendering that reflects the changing design scene in
China. The designers’ original designs and 2D work will be
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Design Shanghai and AD Emerging Chinese
Designers Platform launches at Design
Shanghai. Pictured: One of ten designers
chosen for the platform – Gong Lingna’s
‘Patron’ made of old elm and metal
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displayed during the four-day event and will be judged by a panel including Xu Wang, Editorial Director of
AD China; Ross Urwin, Creative Director of Design Shanghai; Jaime Hayon, Designer in association with
Fritz Hansen; Rossana Hu, Co-founder of Neri and Hu; Mathieu Borysevicz, Curator of Studio Bank/ Mab
Society and Kenneth Li, Founder of Creativo.
The judges’ role will be to select an overall winner and act as a mentor to the ten designers during Design
Shanghai. In addition to the great exposure during Design Shanghai, and the mentoring support from a
panel of international design experts, the winning designer
will also be awarded a complimentary exhibitors stand by
Media 10 to show at Design Shanghai 2016 as well as the
opportunity to showcase their works at future exhibitions
held in China later in the year.
Swarovski creates new version of ‘Prologue’ for Design
Shanghai
During Design Shanghai 2015, Swarovski will present a new
version of ‘Prologue’, seen on mainland China for the first
time. Designed by London-based Fredrikson Stallard,
‘Prologue’ is a monumental circular sculpture measuring 4m
in diameter and holding over 8,000 blue-shade Swarovski
crystal droplets within a galvanised steel frame. The circular
’Prologue’ by Fredrikson Stallard for Swarovski,one
shape of the sculpture represents a cycle of infinite potential
of the many features at Design Shanghai
and the crystals will transform the space and environment
surrounding the sculpture throughout the day. This new version of ‘Prologue’ makes its debut at Design
Shanghai in 2015 to coincide with the 15th Anniversary of the Swarovski Waterschool. The Swarovski
Waterschool programme aims to inform young people about the importance of clean water and so far has
educated 196,000 students in 2,600 schools, across four countries.
Bally presents Jean Prouvé 6X9 Demountable House
Among the highlights of Design Shanghai’s varied programme
of events and installations is Jean Prouvé’s newly restored
6X9 Demountable House. For its first ever showing in Asia the
installation will include a site-specific intervention by Chinese
artist, Wang Yuyang. Selected by internationally renowned
contemporary art curator Jérôme Sans, Yuyang will present
‘Equip’, a sculpture that reflects the aesthetics and philosophy
of Jean Prouvé’s House and its relevance in China's
contemporary society. The sculpture entails a 3D process that
transforms the linear dimensions of the house through binary
code, which then creates a 3D rendering. Craftsmen translated
the renderings into a handmade sculptural form using various
materials specified by Yuyang such as copper, wood, steel and
plastic.
To visit the Bally exhibition, visitors must pre-book a time slot
on
http://functionandmodernity.com/category/ballydesignshang
hai and also register for Design Shanghai on
https://bj3.infosalons.com.cn/reg/dsh15/registeren/start.aspx.
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Wang Yuyang and the ‘Equip’ sculpture for
Swiss luxury brand Bally’s Jean Prouvé 6x9
Demountable House installation
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Journey of Light by Elle Decoration China
Journey of Light consists of two spaces. One is a light installation entitled ‘Spark’ and the other is a space
where visitors can experience lighting designs by 10 local designers who were discovered by Elle
Decoration in China.
‘Spark’ examines the culture of light, the ambivalent promethean
medium: a symbol of innovation and change as well as the
archetype for safety and warmth.
Anomaly creates immersive installation
Showing for the first time at Design Shanghai 2015, international
communications
agency
Anomaly
will
present
‘The
Unreasonable’, a multi-media installation combining video, sound
and words in an engaging way that celebrates those who are
innovating across a range of industries and countries.
‘Virtual is Real”
CIRCA invites famous Chinese design director of Yang Design,
Jamy Yang to present an art installation called “Virtual is Real”.
Jamy Yang will work with CIRCA to create a virtual space with
real points of contact; tangible exhibits will be integrated into this
virtual space through the use of special liquid like solids.
DESIGN HALLS
Across the Contemporary Design, Classic Design and Collectible
Design Halls, international designers will be exhibiting new
collections, one-off pieces and designs never before exhibited in
Asia.
Carpenters Workshop Gallery Haygarth,
Optical Chandelier Tinted (Large) can be
found in the Collectible Design Hall
Ross Urwin and Darrel Best, Creative Directors of Design Shanghai, said: “Design Shanghai aims to
explore how eastern and western design philosophies can work together synergistically across the three
halls: Contemporary Design, Classic Design and Collectible Design. We are proud to be involved in the
creation of a platform to exhibit both established and emerging Chinese and international brands.”
Collectible Design Hall
The Collectible Design Hall at Design Shanghai is curated and directed by Morgan Morris, Director of
Perfect Crossovers, and will explore the realm of limited
edition design and its crossovers with the art and design
worlds in China and the West. The hall will showcase top
designers and galleries that represent the best of
collectible design from Europe, the US and the Asia
Pacific region with a special focus on China.
Internationally known designers and galleries will present
collectible designs including Marcel Wanders; Zaha
Hadid; Arik Levy; David Gill Gallery representing
Humberto & Fernando Campana, Francis Sultana and
Mattia Bonetti; Stuart Haygarth, Studio Drift, Humberto &
Fernando Campana, and others represented by
Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
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Zaha Hadid’s ‘Liquid Glacial’ table, represented by
the David Gill Gallery, showing in the Collectible
Design Hall
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A new wave of Chinese talent will also be on display. The work of Song Tao, Jing Jing (Naihan Li) and
Liu Feng will be featured, as well as three generations of Chinese designers, from Shao Fan to Shi
Jianmin and Guo Bin, presented by the Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art.
UK-based designers will also make a debut. Visitors will be able to see John C. Taylor’s Dragon
Chronophage clock, Method Studio will present JOHN WALKER & SONS™ Master Blender's Trunks for
Johnnie Walker House, and Bertram Whitford, a trained cabinetmaker, will be launching the Steam Desk
and Steam mirrors, made out of English elm using a steam bending technique.
Morgan Morris said: “We are excited to present the new wave of Chinese designers working in limited
edition collectible design in a rigorous and creative manner.
They are part of a brand new but fast-growing trend in China
and the show will be instrumental in bringing this arena to the
forefront.”
Contemporary Design Hall
DomusTiandi, a sponsor of Design Shanghai, will be bringing a
selection of its latest products from world-class designers and
manufacturers to the Contemporary Design Hall including
Minotti, Promemoria, Ceccotti, Tom Dixon and Ingo Maurer. In
addition, some of the world’s leading international designers
and manufacturers, such as Fritz Hansen, Bo Concept, HAY
and Vitra, will exhibit alongside exciting new studios and
designers whose work in the contemporary design field sets
them apart from their competitors.
Moroso will be showing a wide collection of
designers in the Contemporary Hall. Pictured:
KUB table by Nendo for Moroso
‘The Designer’s Residence’, a conceptual installation by Georg
Jensen, will present the brand’s latest products arranged
across five distinct ‘living spaces’. Making its Design Shanghai
debut in 2015, Italian design brand Moroso will present designs
by Nendo, Patricia Urquiola, Ron Arad, Tord Boontje, Front
and many more.
Patrizia Moroso, Art Director at Moroso said: “We decided to
Frank Chou, an emerging Chinese designer,
attend Design Shanghai because we believe that this is a new
presents his new collection including the
and significant emerging market and that there is major interest
Kuan Chair, Ring Lamp, Nov Sofa and Ping
Screen for Frank Chou Design Studio
in China for Italian design companies like Moroso. I think this is
related to our history, our craftsmanship and a strong
international affinity for the brand. This fair represents a unique chance to promote Moroso in this region
of the world, an ideal platform to show our products and a strong brand-building environment as a result
of the major media exposure.”
Classic Design Hall
Silverlining is delighted to unveil its latest
cutting-edge
creation,
the
Infinity
Table,which will be on display in the
Classic Design Hall
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Amongst the new designs on show at Design Shanghai, leading
London-based designer Richard Brendon, best known for his
elegant ceramics, will premiere the new Richard Brendon Bespoke
service in the Classic Design Hall and allowing discerning clients to
create a customised Richard Brendon collection. Elizabeth Ashard
Ltd will present a collection of bespoke handmade rugs made out of
Tibetan Wool with silk accents and that draw inspiration from
sources as diverse as Moghul wall paintings, Georgian wallpaper,
Venetian graffiti and rock formations. Many other leading names,
including WallVision, Angus Ross and Miele will be joining these
designers.
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AD CHINA DESIGN FORUM | TRANSITION AND TRANSFORMATION
At Design Shanghai 2015, the world’s leading designers, architects, curators and inventors will share
their experiences and influences during an international series of talks and debates.
The AD China Design Forum, curated by
Aidan Walker, focuses on Transition and
Transformation, this year’s seminar theme.
The programme is designed to explore the
specific transitional and transformational
activity in a maturing Chinese design
industry, touching on topics such as the
politics of design, craft, materiality,
urbanism, technology and art.
To
create
well-rounded,
informative
Confirmed speakers - left to right: Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu, founders
conversations and debates, the programme
of Neri & Hu; Marcel Wanders (photo by Marte Visser photography from
includes key opinion formers from the
the book Famous City Amsterdam, 2014)
global architecture and design community,
including Marcel Wanders, Jaime Hayon in
association with Fritz Hansen, Arik Levy, Lee Broom, Aric Chen, Jérôme Sans, Lyndon Neri & Rossana
Hu, and WGSN’s Lisa White. For the full AD China Design Forum programme, please see the ‘Notes to
Editors’.
Aidan Walker, AD China Design Forum Curator, said: “'We are absolutely delighted by the quality and
range of speakers at the AD China Forum at Design Shanghai 2015. This programme demonstrates not
only the overwhelming enthusiasm of top western designers to engage with the emerging design industry
in the world's most populous country, but also the eagerness of their distinguished Chinese counterparts
to share ideas and inspirations, working towards a new and meaningful definition of modern Chinese
design. The Design Shanghai team is privileged to be in a position to support and promote this process.”
HOSPITALITY & EVENTS
As well as exhibitions and installations, visitors can enjoy a range of events, restaurants, cafes, bars and
a VIP lounge.
To mark Design Shanghai’s opening, an official ceremony will take place on Friday 27 March at 10am at
the main entrance of the Shanghai Exhibition Centre. Visitors will be welcomed with a ribbon cutting by
Media 10, Design Shanghai’s show organisers.
Visitors will start their design journey in the Shanghai Exhibition Centre’s beautiful domed entrance hall.
Here they can enjoy a glass of champagne at the Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Champagne Reception Bar
while they take in the sights of Design Shanghai around them.
For refreshments, visitors will have various options. Leading design store brand The House of Heddy will
host a cafe space with a unique and artistic design concept. Additionally, Mr. Choi Patisserie Café will be
located in the Classic Design Hall, on level two, serving sandwiches, salads and pastries.
Additionally, Henkes, located in the Contemporary Hall, will be hosting an exciting pop up cafe bringing
their much loved soups, pastas and other delights to the event. The Beast will be creating its innovative
installation and cafe in the partners lounge in the Collectible Design Hall. For something a little different,
EQ foods, located in the Classic Design Hall, will present a fun twist on the growing mobile cafe trend
with its coffee bike concept, serving up their famous Danish treats.
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Visitors will also have the chance to participate in an interactive cooking experience with Fisher & Paykel.
The Social Kitchen is a unique exploration of people, food and design and an attempt to rethink the role
of the kitchen.
The Martell VIP Lounge, sponsored by Martell Noblige, will be located in the Collectible Design Hall and
will celebrate the creative fusion of art and design. Martell Noblige will bring its truly unique and exclusive
Dang Dai Ming Shi (Elite) Lifestyle Lab experience to all guests with lifestyle demonstrations of DDMS
KOLs, which are inspired by the limited edition creation and manifested in expressions of Visual art,
Fashion, Music and Mixology.
Those wanting to take home a piece of Design Shanghai can explore the Design Store, a dedicated retail
space showcasing a selection of designs and interiors accessories from a range of disciplines.
Visitors will also be able to take part in a live auction that will be hosted on Sunday 29th March. The live
auction will be organised by iPai, an American auction house in China, and feature carefully selected
collectible design pieces from among the exhibitors in the Collectible Design Hall.
Mike Dynan, Show Director for Design Shanghai said:
“We are incredibly excited about Design Shanghai 2015. The design and creative industries in China
have exploded and are growing at a pace that is unlike anywhere else in the world. Design Shanghai will
reflect this phenomenon by bringing together the largest collection of leading design companies and
creative experts ever gathered in one place in mainland China.
“As well as featuring exclusive product launches and one-off limited edition pieces designed specifically
for a Chinese audience, the show will highlight new local contemporary design talent and showcase
fantastic traditional Chinese designs. Design Shanghai 2015 promises to be an event of global
significance and will highlight the burgeoning creative industry in China.”
Design Shanghai
27 – 30 March 2015
Shanghai Exhibition Centre
Jingan District, Shanghai, China
Website: www.designshowshanghai.com
ENDS
Notes to Editors
Full Media Pack:
http://bit.ly/10B4q5f
Website: www.designshowshanghai.com
Twitter: @designshanghai
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DesignShanghai
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Weibo: DesignShanghai
WeChat: designshanghai
Media Registration, Press Lounge, Press Tour and Media Lounge:
Before visiting, please be sure to register on the Design Shanghai website, here:
https://bj3.infosalons.com.cn/reg/dsh15/registeren/start.aspx
When arriving at Design Shanghai, please visit the press registration desk located at the front of the
Shanghai Exhibition Centre. Press will receive a press badge at registration that will allow access to the
Press Lounge located on the ground floor close to the main entrance. Please visit the Press Lounge to
receive additional information about the show and exhibitors as well as to speak to the press team
regarding media interviews and requests.
A press tour will take place on Friday 27th March at 10:30am and will start outside the Press Lounge.
Please join Ross Urwin and Darrel Best, Design Shanghai Creative Directors, and Morgan Morris,
Director and Curator of the Collectible Design Hall, for a tour of Design Shanghai’s design highlights
across the Contemporary, Classic and Collectible Design Halls.
The Media Lounge is located on Level 2, in the Classic Design Hall. Media partners will display the
latest issues of their magazines.
For more information, please contact ING Media PR & Communications:
Laura Colapietro
Abby Wilson
Patrick Grier
T: + 44 (0) 7534 970 576
T: + 44 (0) 7894 462 404
T: +44 (0) 2073 921 941
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]
Design Shanghai
Design Shanghai is China’s leading international design event, breaking new ground and setting a
precedent in China’s ever-growing design community.
Showcasing the best design brands from across the globe, Design Shanghai provides a unique and
exciting platform to network and establish long-term business relations with China’s top architects,
interior designers, property developers, retailers and private buyers.
Website: www.designshowshanghai.com
Media 10
Founded ten years ago Media 10 Limited is the most decorated media and events company in the
UK. Media 10 Ltd has fast become one of the leading players in the media and events industry as a
result of running some of the most iconic and successful magazines and events in the country,
including Grand Designs magazine, Icon magazine, Grand Designs Live and the world’s oldest
consumer exhibition: The Ideal Home Show. Other events in Media 10’s portfolio include 100%
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Design, 100% Optical, Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model Live, Clerkenwell Design Week, The
London Design Trail, Grand Designs Awards, Icon Awards, Destination Star Trek and Coronation
Festival at Buckingham Palace.
As a privately-owned company based in Loughton, Essex, Media 10 employs over 200 talented
people to run a growing portfolio of 17 live events, 21 websites and seven magazines. In the ten years
the company has been running, the company has seen its turnover, profits, portfolio and staff
numbers grow at a dramatic rate and it now has over one million visitors in attendance at Media 10
events and its publications have over three million readers.
Media 10 Ltd now has a company registered in China in order to launch further events and
exhibitions. 10 Media Shanghai was granted a business license as a wholly owned foreign enterprise
within the last two weeks and now has permanent offices and staff based in Shanghai.
Website: www.media-ten.com
HEADLINE SPONSOR
Jaguar Land Rover in China
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To get closer to customers, Jaguar Land Rover is relentlessly enhancing service quality by expanding
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AD CHINA DESIGN FORUM
PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 27 MARCH
10:30AM
Keynote #1: Where is Chinese design going?
Speakers: Sharon Leece – Editor at large, AD China and Xu
Wang – Editor, AD China
11:30 AM
The new age of design
Speakers: Marcel Wanders – Marcel Wanders Studio
12:30PM
The art of multiplicity
Speakers: Arik Levy – Arik Levy Studio
1:45PM
Head to Head #1:Arik & Aric
Speaker: Arik Levy and Aric Chen
3:00PM
Keynote #2: Social, sustainable, experiential - design
features
Speakers: Lisa White – Creative Director, WGSNHomebuildlife and Think Tank and Professor Lou Yongqi –
Dean of College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University
4:15PM
Chatroom #1: Open source: design collaborations
Speakers: Panel debate with Patrick Fredrikson & Ian
Stallard of Fredrikson Stallard, Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu of
Neri & Hu, Kokaistudios' Filippo Gabbiani & Andrea
Destefanis
SATURDAY - 28 MARCH
10:30AM
Keynote #3: A new Chinese Modernism
Speakers: Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu – Founders, Neri & Hu
SUNDAY - 29 MARCH
10:30AM
The art of time
Speakers: Dr John C. Taylor OBE, Professor Long Xiang –
Dean of Sculpture Department, China Academy of Art
11:30AM
Naco: Cross cultural architecture #2
Speakers: Margaux Lhermite – Director, Naco Architecture
12:30PM
The light architecture of Jean Prouve
Speakers: Eric Touchaleaume – vintage building expert for
Bally
1:45PM
Keynote #4: The creative city and the cultural district
Speakers: Aric Chen – M+, West Kowloon and Neville Mars –
Founder, Mars Architects
3:00PM
Head to Head #2: The art of technology
Speakers: Jérôme Sans – Founder, Perfect Crossovers and
Wang Yuyang – Artist
4:15PM
Chatroom #3: The Unreasonable
Speakers: Panel debate with Mighty Jaxx' Jackson Aw, style
seeker Ritchie Chan, digital doer Zhang Zhoujie and creative
upcycler Nicole Teng. Talk moderated by Anomaly’s Eric Lee.
MONDAY - 30 MARCH
10:30AM
Sebastian Herkner & Rosenthal
Speakers: Sebastian Herkner – Studio Sebastian Herkner
11:30AM
Keynote #5: Ou Ning: The New Chinese Ruralism
Speakers: Ou Ning – Artist, curator, designer, activist
11:30AM
The art of alchemy
Speakers: Patrick Fredrikson & Ian Stallard – Founders,
Fredrikson Stallard
12:30PM
MAKE Architects: The Temple House
Speakers: Katy Ghahremani – Director, MAKE Architects and
Dean Winter – Area Director of Operations for Hong Kong
and China Projects, Swirl Hotels
12:30PM
The art of decor
Speakers: Lee Broom – Lee Broom Design
1:45PM
The art of a chair
Speakers: Alan Chan
1:45PM
Process, inspiration, dreams and realisation
Speakers: Jaime Hayon – Designer, in association with Fritz
Hansen
3:00PM
Head to Head #3: The art of materials
Speakers: Qu Guangci – Founder, X+Q Art and Sebastian
Herkner – Founder, Studio Sebastian Herkner
3:00PM
Design MVW: Cross Cultural Architecture #1
Speakers: Chinese designer Xu Ming and French architect
Virginie Moriette, partners in life and in Design MVW
4:15PM
Chatroom #4: Open source: the art of craft, the craft of
design
Speakers: Panel debate with Pavlo Schtakleff – Founder, Sé
and Mark Boddington – Founder, Silverlining Furniture
4:15PM
Chatroom #2: Open source: design, art, craft
Speakers: Panel debate with Jaime Hayon, Lee Broom,
Marcel Wanders and Morgan Morris of Perfect Crossovers
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*Please note that the above programme may be affected by minor
scheduling changes*
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