Design Shanghai 2020 will take place from 26th to 29th November at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre. In addition to more than 400 participating brands, this year’s Design Shanghai will introduce a range of special features and present a substantial live Forum talks programme that straddles both physical and digital.
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Zhuo Tan, Director of Design Shanghai, comments, "Every year Design Shanghai works with leading designers, creative studios and lifestyle brands to create numerous experiences including large-scale installations and design projects. This year, we have moved to a larger venue therefore have a bigger stage. The Special Features are meant to be a platform for the design community to exchange ideas and to foster collaborations so that we can contribute to the future of design with joint efforts.”
The inaugural Talents section is curated by Frank Chou, founder of Frank Chou Design Studio. It is intended to support the development of young designers and is committed to creating practical design solutions with a global vision as well as localized executions. Talents will focus more on the designers themselves, sharing information on supply chains and manufacturers and imparting them with communication and marketing tools.
Talents aims to break down boundaries and establish a transparent evaluation system in order to provide guidance at an early development stage for young Chinese designers so that they can thrive in a more sustainable way. The 8 designers participating in Talents come from different backgrounds and they are KAE Studio, Huang Zixin, Doris Wang from Dorisofia Studio, Wang Yunhan from Cosi Design Studio, Anne Zhou, Cui Zhihua, Chen Danqi, Zhou Changwei and Wu Hai.