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LETTING DESIGN GROW 

TALENTS originates from Design Shanghai, curated by designer Frank Chou, and was first launched in 2020. In order to better help young designers grow and gradually improve the design ecology in China, TALENTS focuses on the localization of Chinese design, upholds the brand value of people-oriented design, focuses on people through design, discovers potential young designers, and gives them professional career guidance.

 

TALENTS 2024 Theme

THE QUEST FOR THE QUESTION

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. 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, they need to maintain a rational perspective and decision-making ability.

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2024 Official Video


 

Join Us at TALENTS 2025!

Contact Us If You Meet the Following Criteria:

1. Multiple works can be submitted during the application process, and the expert panel will select the final works for exhibition. 

2. The exhibited works must be final status(include prototypes). conceptual or rendered models are not allowed. 

3. The exhibited works must have been achieved within one year, and it is first time launched in China.

4.Products must be original designs.

 

  • Email: zhuo.tan@clarionevents.cn
  • Mobile: +86 (0)21 6433 0668

2024 Members of the Mentor

sebastianherkner

Sebastian Herkner

Product Designer, Founder of Studio Sebastian Herkner

aldo

Aldo Cibic

Famous Italian Architect, A founding member of Memphis

chiwinglo

Chi Wing Lo

Founder, DIMENSIONE CHI WING LO Italia & 1ness

shidayu

Jeff Dayu Shi

Product Designer, Founder & Creative Director of Dragonfly Design Center

baohongshen

Baohong Shen

Founder of U⁺

zhuhui

Zhu Hui

Founder of Ziinlife

frankchou

Frank Chou

Curator of TALENTS

tanzhuo

Zhuo Tan

Managing Director of Clarion Events Ltd., Shanghai

TALENTS 2024 Designers

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TALENTS 2023 Designers

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Previous TALENTS Designers

TALENTS 2021 Designers:

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TALENTS 2020 Designers:

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  • The selection mechanism of Talents and the review process feels like a return to the criticism process we enjoyed in college, and is a good bridge allow new designers like us to develop and become more mature in our design approach.
    Gong Zihe
    Co-founder of Mohno Studio
  • We came to Suzhou very recently in November (2020) only, what we’re looking at now is why we chose to participate in TALENTS show because it's our first introduction to the Chinese design scene and we thought TALENTS would be an excellent choice.
    Namuun Zimmermann & Martijn Rigters
    Founders of Studio Sain
  • I participated in Design Shanghai last year, I connected with other TALENTS very well.
    Doris Wang
    Founder of Dorisofia Studio