On June 24, 2023, as night fell, the beautiful Xinglin Bay was filled with festive atmosphere everywhere. Walking along the shady path into the Jimei Lake Haosheng Hotel, a huge red IAI visual image stood prominently on the lintel in the center of the hotel building, particularly eye-catching. Its logo design complemented this exquisite Minnan style building, showcasing the style of the IAI Award. The 14th/15th IAI Global Design Awards Ceremony will be held here grandly. Hundreds of design experts, IAI award-winning designers, government leaders, representatives of major media, universities, enterprises, and the cultural and artistic industry from both domestic and international sources will gather at the ceremony to witness the birth of various IAI Design Awards.

At 6:30, when the host announced that the IAI Award Ceremony was now starting, a Modern dance performance with great visual impact immediately appeared on the scene. The dance was composed of four elements of "wind, water, fire and earth" throughout the whole scene. Through the exquisite artistic performance of the dancers, it seemed to see the birth, growth and progressive development and transformation process of IAI, making IAI Design Award persistent, proactive The spiritual trait of constantly surpassing oneself is vividly portrayed. Simultaneously introducing the IAI award atmosphere into the exciting and tense award process.

The winners and award-winning works of various IAI awards announced at the award ceremony are impressive, fully demonstrating the high value of IAI award works. The most creative award representing the top of the IAI Design Award is particularly noteworthy. The award was first won by a local architectural institution from China, breaking the record of foreign designers winning the award. Vice Mayor of Xiamen, Zhuang Rongliang, and core member of the IAI Jury, Kees Spanjers, jointly announced the award and presented it to the winners. Equally eye-catching is the award ceremony for the IAI Hall of Fame winners who have made outstanding contributions to promoting design development. In addition, the annual IAI major awards, including the IAI Jury Special Award, the IAI Environmental Friendly Award, the IAI Intelligent Manufacturing Award, the IAI Architecture Award, and the IAI Indoor Award, are all announced on site, highlighting the extraordinary level and strength of the IAI winners in various categories of awards.

Zhuang Rongliang, vice mayor of Xiamen, Hu Xubin, secretary of Jimei District Party Committee, Ni Jie, head of Jimei District, Li Yunli, second level inspector of Xiamen Culture and Tourism Bureau, members of IAI Chinese and foreign jury, and leaders of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Xiamen University, Huaqiao University and other institutions attended the award ceremony, and presented awards to IAI award winners. The attribution of major IAI awards this year is truly deserved, fully demonstrating the strength and level of IAI winners. The IAI Most Creative Award, representing the pinnacle of the IAI Design Award, was first won by a local architectural institution from China, breaking the record of foreign designers winning the award. Vice Mayor Zhuang Rongliang of Xiamen and core member of the IAI Jury Kees Spanjers jointly announced the award and presented it to the winners. Equally eye-catching was the award ceremony for the IAI Hall of Fame winners who made outstanding contributions to promoting design development, which also won applause from the entire audience. Subsequently, various categories of awards including the IAI Intelligent Manufacturing Award, IAI Architecture Award, and IAI Interior Award were awarded, which became the core part of the entire award ceremony and attracted much attention.

At the award ceremony, the establishment ceremony of the Asia Pacific Designers Alliance Art and Technology Research Center was also held. As a forward-looking and leading design organization, the Asia Pacific Designers Alliance actively advocates technology empowering design innovation and development, actively participates in the construction of various design academic platforms, and promotes industry development. The establishment of the center will promote the arts and innovation research projects focusing on Metaverse design, AI design and GPT.

In addition, the Asia Pacific Designers Alliance also signed contracts with 13 universities and institutions, including Central Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin Institute of Contemporary Art, School of Fashion and Design of San Rafael University in Rome, School of Architecture of Huaqiao University, School of Fine Arts and Design of Jimei University, Xiamen Institute of Arts and Crafts of Fuzhou University, Belarus Dasha Art Center, and Taiwan Green Energy Industry Alliance, to jointly seek cooperation between industry, education and research, Enable innovative development of Design education, promote the transformation from "Made in China" to "Created in China", and help Xiamen's economic innovation and sustainable development.

After the IAI Awards ceremony, a celebration banquet was held in the hotel's air corridor to once again celebrate the achievements of the IAI winners, and to share the joy of success and beautiful expectations for the future through communication with peers.