21 September 2009
Press release
Dutch top designers in Shanghai
The following architecture companies are participating: UNStudio, Wiel Arets Architects, KCAP Architects&Planners, VenhoevenCS architects, KuiperCompagnons, NLArchitects, Alliance NL (Tekton Architects, Archipelontwerpers, OKRA Landscape architects), KOW Architecture, NITA Design Group, XML Architecture Research Urbanism, Aim-architecture, SeARCH and Jo Coenen & Co Architects, industrial design agency npk design and graphic designers Studio Dumbar.
Programme
Besides showcasing their work, the delegation members will also take part in a varied programme of matchmaking and network activities. Lectures, workshops, network receptions and parties are all geared towards creating business opportunities. During the special Dutch Day (17 October) Dutch and Chinese designers will enter into a dialogue during a specially organised conference. The day will conclude a fashion show with work by young Dutch fashion designers and a party. The Dutch Design Lounge will welcome professionals and the general audience and will function as the central information hub of the Dutch Design Works manifestation.
Architecture and Public Space
The Dutch presentation at SICIW will highlight how Dutch designers contribute to the design of public space, on various scales, from urban planning to street furniture. How to accommodate traffic and city residents, commercial and public interests as well as personal contact and large-scale gatherings are key concerns. In the context of China’s explosive urbanisation, the design of public space has become a highly topical issue.
The Netherlands have a long-standing tradition is the design of public space, and play a leading role internationally with their careful and programmatic approach. The different design disciplines complement each other here: urbanists work alongside product designers, planners, architects and landscape architects. Their work encompasses large-scale developments of urban areas such as the Delta metropolis as well as the renewal of city centres (Almere, Breda) and road signage systems for new city areas and motorways. The project and products presented illustrate the Dutch know-how and the quality of their sustainable development and urban planning.
Incubator Programme
The Netherlands China Design Incubator will be launched during the opening days of the SICIW, on 16 October. This long-term support programme is initiated by DutchDFA in collaboration with the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Shanghai, the Shanghai Creative Industry Centre, FAR Architecture & Design Center Shanghai and local partners. The programme will start following the SICIW and will be based in Shanghai.
This creative business incubator will support designers in the fields of design, fashion and architecture who want to start out within the Chinese market and will accompany them with their first steps in this challenging environment. The programme will also support Chinese designers who are interested in developing a closer relationship with the Netherlands.
What Else?
Coinciding with the SICIW the exhibition Social Energy: Contemporary Communication Design from the Netherlands can be seen elsewhere in the city. This exhibition features work by eleven Dutch graphic designers and design agencies, including Karel Martens, Experimental Jetset, Niessen & De Vries, Studio Dumbar, Lust, Irma Boom and Mevis & Van Deursen.
The exhibition was previously on show in Chengdu and Beijing in 2009, and has subsequently travelled to Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Shanghai. 10 - 25 October Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art
Partners
DutchDFA is initiator, organiser and coordinator of Dutch Design Works, and works closely together with the the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Shanghait and the FAR-Architecture & Design Center Shanghai.
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For more information on Dutch participation, please contact:
DutchDFA, Carlie Janszen, +31 10 4136252, cjanszen@dutchdfa.nl, or:
Clarisse Stulp, Communications Manager SICIW Shanghai, +86 13817343080, clarissestulp@gmail.com
See also www.dutchdfa.nl, and from 28 September www.dutchdesignworks.cn
About Dutch Design Fashion Architecture:
The Dutch Design Fashion Architecture (DutchDFA) programme, which runs from 2009 until 2012, aims to strengthen the international position of the three Dutch creative disciplines on a long-term basis by joining forces within the field. DutchDFA is a unique collaboration between public and private partners, drawing together representatives of the Dutch Ministries of Economic Affairs, of Education, Culture & Science and of Foreign Affairs, sector-specific organisations such as Premsela and the Netherlands Architecture Institute, as well as the Office of the Chief Government Architect, and professional associations including the Association of Dutch Designers (BNO), the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects (BNA), the Association of Dutch Interior Architects (BNI) and MODINT (trade association for fashion, interior design, carpets and textiles), as well as the Dutch creative hubs of Amsterdam, Arnhem, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague.
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