On the morning of June 18, 2021, IAI Design Forum was held in Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center. The theme of the forum was "The unknown design in the future after the pandemic". Seven designers and architects from different design fields and countries, including China, the United States, Belgium, Colombia, the Netherlands and other countries, gave their speeches towards the topic. This is also the second international design forum organized in the form of offline and online since the pandemic started in 2020.

IAI International Design Festival, hosted by Asia Pacific Designers Federation, is an international academic event with IAI Design Award as its core brand. It covers a wide range of activities, including architectural design, interior design, industrial design, fashion, brand, photography and many other design categories. IAI International Design Festival aims to organize competitions, exhibitions, forums and awards, as well as diverse and cross-boundary creative performances to form unique design festival activities. By holding the annual IAI International Design Festival, IAI hopes to create an innovative image of the city to achieve the goal of talent gathering and creativity, along with promoting the transformation and upgrading of the industry; to enhance the public's design awareness and aesthetic cultivation, along with realizing the value of design and the improvement of people's lives.