Design Shanghai partners with leading design and creative studios, luxury fashion brands and influential media titles to create unique design experience for all the participants and visitors, including the trend forecasts, one-off installations, stand-out projects and exclusive networking events!
TALENTS
TALENTS aims to consistently foster the growing creative force of young designers. The theme of TALENTS 2024 will be "THE QUEST FOR THE QUESTION." Driven by creativity, designers are challenged to set their sights on discovering and solving problems. However, they also need to recognize whether the identified problems have practical value: can solving these problems lead to actual improvements and innovations? Is the investment of manpower and resources reasonable and feasible? etc. These are questions that designers must carefully consider and balance. In the pursuit of creativity, it is essential for them to maintain a rational perspective and decision-making ability.
neooold
neooold curated by designer Chen Min, features "Art·Extension" as the theme for 2024. The significance of extending craftsmanship has consistently been one of neooold's dedicated development directions. The exhibition design, presented by the architectural firm line+ under the direction of architect Meng Fanhao, extracts the cultural symbol of the bracket arch, a traditional architectural element, to construct a precise and melodious space.
Rong
"Rong" means melting and fusion. The "Rong Design Library" is dedicated to deconstructing traditional crafts into materials and techniques, actively exploring the future of tradition. "Casting" is the research topic of the ninth edition of "Rong Design Exhibition," following the themes of bamboo, silk, clay, copper, paper, mortise and tenon joints, coloring, and weaving.
Materials First
"Materials First," curated by materials expert Chris Lefteri, utilizes cardboard to shape horizontal and vertical planes, aiming to place materials at the core of the creative process. Simultaneously, it embodies the concept of circular design. This initiative collaborates with numerous exhibitors from Design Shanghai, transforming easily disassembled structural installations into transport props after the exhibition. It seamlessly combines cutting-edge materials, sustainable design, aesthetics, and functionality.
Design Street
Following on from the success of this year’s exhibition we are bringing Design Street back to Design Shanghai for their 11th show. Running in parallel with our Studio Sessions series, our new exhibition format will feature a collection of top design studios from around the world and provide an insight into who is behind the products you know and love. Design Street offers a unique and engaging event experience, allowing visitors to view each product from a 360-degree angle and providing a more relaxed, design focused atmosphere than the traditional trade show format.