Introduction to the 2024 IAI Design Festival

   & The 16th IAI Award Ceremomy

The IAI Design Festival is an international design event with the theme of the IAI Design Award competition, held once a year. The activities include award ceremonies, exhibition of award-winning works, academic forums, industry exchanges, etc. The aim is to create an international design festival event brand with unique regional cultural characteristics, gather global innovation resources and strength, create world brands, promote the value linkage andindustrial transformation between design and intelligent manufacturing, products and channels, originality and capital, designers and large platforms, promote industrial transformation and upgrading, innovation and development, achieve value creation and improve quality of life.

Organizer :  Asia Pacific Designers Federation

Co organizer : Portman Seven Star Bay Hotel     Xiamen Horticulture Expo Garden

Undertaking unit :  Xiamen Aiweiai Cultural Development Co., Ltd

Brand support : NIO Automotive       UNICLONE

June 28

IAI DESIGN AWARDS EXHIBITION

OPENING CREMONY

10 :00 am

Exhibition venue: Xiamen Horticulture Expo Garden ·Jiangnan Water StreetLotus

● IAI Interior Award Works

● IAI Architecture Award Works

● IAI Intelligent Manufacturing Award Works

● IAI Landscape Award works

● IAI Elite Award works

● IAI Most Creative Award Works

● IAI Lifetime Achievement Award Works

● IAI Historical Review Exhibition

June 29

OPEN CLASSES FORUM

9:30 am - 16:00 pm

Venue:  Portman Seven Star Bay Hotel

9:30 am - 12:00 am

THEME：

Design and Industry Development Trends under the New Trend of AIGC

Host:  

Mai Lijuan (Taiwan, China), Dean of the School of Film and Television Arts / Dean of the Academy of Film and Creative Technology of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Speaker

● Yao Deyi (China), Deputy General Manager and Technical Chief Engineer of Shanghai Shangying Film Production Co., Ltd./Deputy Director of Shanghai Film Technology Factory

● Marc Aurel (Germany), Dean of Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool Design Institute / Researcher at CAADRIA

● Gao Erdong (China), member of the 16th IAI Jury, associate professor at the School of Animation and Digital Arts, Communication University of China, and PhD in Design from the Central Academy of Fine Arts

● Dalia Gallico (Italy), Art Director of the Milan Palace Museum/Dean of the Rome Saint Raphael School of Fashion and Design

● Soonin Lee (South Korea), Chairman of the Asia Pacific Designers Alliance (APDF), Head of the Seoul Design Center in South Korea, and former Chairman of the World Design Organization (WDO)

● Interactive session

14：30 pm - 16:00 pm

THEME：

● Dialogue Future Design

Host:

Hao Ninghui (China), Dean and Professor of the School of Art and Design at the Central Academy of Fine Arts/Vice Chairman of the APDF Academic Committee

Speaker

● Wu Xiuwei and Yang Zhenyu (China), Founder&Partner and Creative Director of MOC DESIGNING OFFICE

● Eva Jiricna (Czech Republic), Czech Palace National Treasure Design Master/Chairman of the Jury for the 16th IAI Design Awards

● Fang Xiaofeng (China), Vice Dean of the School of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University/Vice Chairman of the 16th IAI Jury

● Jose Luiz Furtado Gouvea (Brazil), winner of the 2023-2024 IAI Most Creative Award and founder of Superlimao Architectural Design Firm

Dialogue guests:

●  Adam Chen (Taiwan, China), Vice President of APDF Asia Pacific Designers Federation，IAI Core Judge, President of Taiwan Green Smart Industry Alliance, Chairman of Green Energy Group

●  Abel Abel (Chile), 16th IAI Judge / CEO of Aiyi Space Design

AWARDS NIGHT

AWARDS CEREMONY

17:30PM-19: 30 PM

Venue:  Portman Hotel Banquet Hall

Award process

● Guest speeches

● Literary and artistic performances

● Award ceremony

● Book giveaway process

● Signing ceremony

● 2024 AIGC Design Award Launch Ceremony

● Photo taking session

● Activity end

GALA DINNER

19: 30PM-21: 00PM

Venue:  Portman Hotel Banquet Hall

● Art Show

● Guest speeches

● Closing ceremony

FUN SESSION

●   Digital avatar：Agile Life UNICLONE will also showcase the IP of digital people creating IAI winners on site. The AI protagonist story engine will experience AIGC, customize digital avatars, and perfectly replicate personal digital avatars.

●  Scan Code Lottery:  Participants have the opportunity to receive a limited edition exquisite artwork by IAI signed Belarusian artist Dasha.

●   Test drive experience:  NIO will provide free test drive experience for on-site users at the event site (during breaks).

Guests of IAI Creative Design Festival

Jury Guests

Eva Jiricna (Czech)，The Chairman of the 16th IAI Jury and the Grand Master of Czech Palace National Treasure Architecture.

Oskar Ho (China), Founding president of the Asia Pacific Designer Federation,  Initiator of the IAI Design Award.

Kees Spanjers (Netherlands), Chairman of the Interior Awards Committee of the 16th IAI Jury, President of the European Union of Interior Designers (ECIA), President/initiator

of the World Interior Design Conference, and Co Chairman of the Asia Pacific Designers Federation (apdf).

Soon-In Lee (South Korea), Chairman of the 14th IAI Intelligent Manufacturing Award Jury, Head of Seoul Design Center, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Designers

Association (APDF), President of the World Design Organization (WDO), and President/Professor of the International Design School at Hongyi University in South Korea.

Fang Xiaofeng (China), Vice Chairman of the 16th IAI Evaluation Committee, Vice Dean of the School of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University, Professor in Chief, Doctoral Supervisor, Editor in Chief and Editorial Board Member of the Chinese Decoration Magazine, Member of the 11th Tsinghua University Academic Committee, and Vice Chairman of the

Interior Branch of the Chinese Architecture Society.

Hao Ninghui (China), member of the 16th IAI Jury, Vice Chairman of the Academic Committee of the Asia Pacific Designers Alliance (APDF), Dean, Professor, Doctoral

Supervisor, and Member of the Academic Committee of the School of Art and Design at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Young "Changjiang Scholar" of the Ministry of

Education, and Chief Expert of the National Social Science Foundation Major Project.

Adam Chen (Taiwan, China), member of the 16th IAI Jury, vice chairman of the Asia Pacific Designers Alliance (apdf), chairman of the Taiwan Green Smart Industry Alliance, chairman of Green Energy Group, and vice chairman of IAI Academic Committee.

Mai Lijuan (Taiwan, China), a member of the 16th IAI jury, a doctoral supervisor, a member of the Experimental Teaching Committee of the Chinese Academy of Film and Television,

a member of the Suzhou Film and Television Artists Association, and a vice chairman of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge Urban Development Research Association.

Dasha (Belarus)， is a member of the 16th IAI Jury, an international creative photographer, painter, and designer, and the only officially designated artist to participate in the

Dubai World Expo in Belarus.

Dalia Gallico (Italy), member of the 16th IAI Jury, Chairman of the School of Fashion and Design at the University of Santa Raphael in Rome, Art Director of the Milan Palace

Museum, and member of the IAI Academic Committee.

Fernando Brandao (Brazil), Chief Designer of the Brazil Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Vice President of the Brazilian China Friendship Association, and Member of

the APDF International Council.

Wang Shouzhi (USA), member of the 16th IAI Jury, Honorary Chairman of the Asia Pacific Designers Association (APDF), Chinese American, expert in modern design theory andhistory, and one of the founders of modern design education in China.

Abel (Chile), member of the IAI Global Design Award jury, CEO of Beijing Aiyi Space Design Co., Ltd., and member of the APDF Asia Pacific Designer Alliance International

Council.

Xu Fei (China), member of the 16th IAI Jury, researcher at the School of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University, PhD in History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, postdoctoral

fellow in Design at the School of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University, and director of the Institute of Urban Construction Art and Design at the School of Fine Arts at Tsinghua

University.

Gao Erdong (China), member of the 16th IAI Jury, Associate Professor at the School of Animation and Digital Arts, Communication University of China, and Doctorate in Design from the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

※  The above rankings are not in any particular order

Specially invited guests

Wu Chen (China), Chair professor of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, director of the College of Human Settlements Sciences, Beijing strategic scientist, chief architect and chief planner of the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design and Research, and chief architect of Shougang Group.

Kees Van Oostru（Netherlands）, former president of the American Film Photographers Association and professor at the Shanghai Academy of Drama (17th IAI jury member)

Marc Aurel（Germany）, Dean of Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool School of Design, President of the Association for Building Science (ANZASCA) and the Asian Association for

Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAADRIA), Researcher CAADRIA,

Former Founder Director of FORUM8 Research Laboratory, Cambridge Innovation Center, Tokyo

Yao Deyi (China), Deputy General Manager and Technical Chief Engineer of Shanghai Shangying Film Production Co., Ltd./Deputy Director of Shanghai Film Technology Factory

Wang Yinghai (China) President of Suzhou Industrial Park Vocational and Technical College, Executive Dean of Samsung Semiconductor Engineering Academy, Director of Suzhou Vocational and Technical Joint Conference Teaching Alliance, Chairman of Suzhou Advanced Manufacturing Engineers Association, and Chairman of Suzhou Industrial Park Industrial Engineers (Technicians) Association.

Annual IAI Most Creativity Award Winner Guest

Jose Luiz Furtado Gouveia（Brazil），2023/204 - IAI Most Creativity Award Winner; One of the founders of the studio Superlimao.

Thiago Rodrigues（Brazil）,2023/204 - IAI Most Creativity Award Winner， One of the founders of the studio Superlimao.

※ The above activity content is constantly being updated, and the final announcement shall prevail.