Xintiandi joins Design Shanghai
Design Shanghai has teamed up with local landmark Shanghai Xintiandi to spread the best of international and local design across the city. Taking place from 6-19 March, Design Shanghai @ Xintiandi Design Festival is open to the public free of charge.
Andy Zhang, General Manager of Taipingqiao Project, China Xintiandi, comments: “Throughout the years Shanghai Xintiandi has given unrelenting support to design, cultural and art endeavours, creating an off-line shopping atmosphere that is highly interactive, participatory and creative for the public through countless design and art exhibitions. We hope that the three-year strategic partnership with Design Shanghai will provide diverse inspirations to citizens and design enthusiasts and contribute to promoting the development of original design in China.”
The Festival, guided by the theme ‘In Future’, will populate the North and South block of Shanghai Xintiandi, the Xintiandi Style Shopping Centre, The House and the Lakeville Gallery, for 14 days, showcasing a selection of 18 interactive installations and spaces by international and Chinese designers and artists, and offering both the local community and visitors the opportunity to experience and rethink design, art, creativity and culture in a new light. The joint initiative, in collaboration with brand art content operation Shanghe Meichuang, has announced Song Tao, Hou Zhengguang and Du Xinyue as main curators, as well as Hu Zeming, Tian Mengran and Deng Min as joint curators.
Brands including Duxiana, hülsta, Perrier-Jouët and UPM have confirmed their presence alongside international artists such as Lee Lee Nam, Arnd Christian Müller, Rob Pepper and Jayson Atienza, and Chinese design brands, designers and artists such as Song Tao, Zhengguang Hou, Xinyue Du, Jamy Yang, Hung-Chun Wang, Zhoujie Zhang, Zizaoshe, Moreless, Fnji and A&Alison.
A notable highlight of the Festival will be the Dragon Tree, which uses 3D projection mapping to present the famous Design Shanghai lead creative on the trees. Each individual image is carefully rendered to create a 3D effect by using two 12,000-lumen high-resolution laser projectors installed in the Xintiandi area. Elsewhere, designer Pascal Bosetti from Munich will showcase his work Moon birdy, a unique outdoor accessory that is weatherproof and can work as a light source decoration, a casual seat or a comfortable footstool. Meanwhile, New Eastern Making by Zizaoshe is a conceptual exhibition about new eastern architecture and design, in which seven contemporary artists and designers will interpret recycling and deconstruction in the creative process.
With the Shanghai Exhibition Centre at its heart, Design Shanghai will see the entire city abuzz with design tours, business meetings and exclusive networking parties, turning the event into a Shanghai-wide celebration of design and creativity.
