China-
China | 6 December 2012
Dutch Design Day in Guangzhou
Dutch Design Desk South China organised Dutch Design Day at Guangzhou Design Week on 8 December, with a full day of Dutch design exhibitions and networking events. The day also included a programme of lectures and seminars.
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China | 4 December 2012
Dutch Design: Smart and Social Design
Under the header ‘Dutch Design: Smart and Social Design’, the Netherlands was strongly represented at Hong Kong Business of Design Week from 3 to 8 December, with a full programme of exhibitions, lectures and network events.
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China | 29 November 2012
Dutch Design on the Move in China
Dutch Design on the Move is a traveling pop-up exhibition experience that shows what Dutch creative experts can bring to the booming Chinese design market, with smart, sustainable and innovative solutions. In 2012 DDOTM traveled to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Guangzhou.
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China | 20 November 2012
FA-SH-ART! in Shanghai
FA-SH-ART! was the first in a series of events at Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai related to Arts & Fashion. The event on 25 November explored the mapping and connections between Dutch and Chinese fashion with speakers Jose Teunissen, Bert de Muynck and Shaway Yeh.
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China | 15 November 2012
Graphic Happiness in China
The launch of Graphic Happiness in China at the Museum of the University of the Arts in Nanjing on 24 November marked the start of a tour of this successful exhibition of Museum Hilversum through China in the next year, accompanied by an educational lab.
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China | 5 November 2012
Dutch Design at 100% Design Shanghai
Dutch Design Workspace Shanghai presented a varied programme at 100% Design Shanghai/IHDD from 8-10 November 2012, with traveling pop-up expo DDOTM, Pecha Kucha night and Dutch Design Day with keynote by Stefan Scholten of Scholten & Baijings (photo left by Freudenthal-Verhagen).
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China | 27 September 2012
Strong Dutch presence at Beijing Design Week 2012
Beijing Design Week 2012 had a strong Dutch presence with over 24 top Dutch design agencies taking part in the programme, a.o. MVRDV, KCAP and Gijs Bakker. Dutch Design Workspace Shanghai signed a MOU for longterm cooperation with Beijing Industrial Design Center.
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China | 6 July 2012
Launch Dutch Design Desk South China
The Dutch launch of the new Dutch Design Desk South China took place in Amsterdam on 5 July 2012. From its location in Hong Kong, the Desk supports Dutch creative companies to kick-start their business in South China (including Hong Kong).
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China | 5 July 2012
Mappings on design and fashion in China
The China mappings present an analysis of the fashion and design fields in China. They provide insight into the ideas and work of Chinese (fashion) designers, and lay out the structure of the local industry. The mappings also present business opportunities for Dutch designers in China.
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China | 5 July 2012
DutchDFA China Update
On 5 July, DutchDFA presented an update on the China programme. The day included the launch of Dutch Design Desk South China, information on a BNO trade mission to South China, and a presentation of mappings on the design and fashion industry in China.
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China | 27 April 2012
Dutch Design in China Yearbook & MoU Sino-Dutch cooperation at Dutch Week Shanghai
During Dutch Week Shanghai in April 2012, the Dutch Design in China Yearbook 2012 was launched. Also, an MoU for strategic cooperation to further strengthen future Sino-Dutch business exchange was signed.
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China | 20 April 2012
Dutch Week in Shanghai
From 22 to 27 April 2012 Shanghai will turn orange, when the Dutch business community and Consulate General Shanghai organize Dutch Week at Dutch Design Workspace Shanghai. The occasion is 40 years of diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands.
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China | 23 March 2012
NEXT publication now available in China
The publication Next: Designing Education, learning from the Next City explores new models for design education, looking at The Next City Joint Studio as an experiment. Distributed by FRAME China, the book can now be purchased at large design bookstores in China.
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China | 20 March 2012
Launch of Dutch Profiles on largest video website in China
Dutch Profiles are now available on Tudou, the largest video website in China with more than 7 million users a day. The launch was celebrated at the DutchDFA event at the prestigious Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai on 17 March.
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China | 14 March 2012
Profiles at Rockbund Art Museum - part 2
Design for Daily Life: Dutch Profiles Part Two screened at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai on March 17, followed by a dialogue between Chinese and Dutch design experts including Martine Vledder (MVRDV), Liu Yu Yang (Atelier Liu Yu Yang) and Zhang Lei (PINWU).
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China | 29 February 2012
Dutch profiles at the Rockbund Art Museum
On February 25 Giel Groothuis, director of the Dutch Design Workspace in Shanghai, presented the first part of the Dutch Profiles series Smart Design: Dutch Profiles Part One at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai to an enthusiastic crowd of over 150 people.
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China | 24 February 2012
Beijing Design Week awards Dutch contribution
Beijing Design Week named the 2011 Dutch participation - Smart Cities, Healthy Cities - "Outstanding Contribution". Mr Song Wei Zu, Deputy Director of BJDW organization committee office, handed out the award in Beijing on 20 February 2012.
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China | 21 February 2012
NAI @ Shenzhen Biennale 2011
At the 4th Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city biennale of architecture and urbanism, the NAI presented the exhibition Housing with a Mission on Sino-Dutch collaboration in social housing from 8 December 2011 to 10 February 2012. The expo won the Organizer Committee Award.
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China | 21 February 2012
NAI wins first prize Shenzhen Biennal
The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) has won the ‘"Organizer Committee Special Award’ at Shenzhen architecture biennal with the exhibition ‘Housing with a Mission’. It was considered most meaningful for the Chinese architecture practice. Photo: KCAP&NAI
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China | 15 September 2011
Dutch Design Desk GPRD
Chinese companies are evolving from ‘Made in China’ to ‘Created in China’. They need professionals with design and branding skills. Providing market insight and matchmaking, the Dutch Design Desk GPRD supports the entry of professionals into the Chinese market.
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China | 15 March 2011
NAI matchmaking in China
From 24 to 26 April 2011, NAI organized workshops in Hangzhou for 5 Chinese and 5 Dutch architecture offices. This matchmaking project aims to instigate collaboration between Dutch and Chinese architects and develop innovative solutions for China’s housing market.
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China | 17 September 2010
Dutch Design WorkSpace Shanghai
This creative incubator programme in Shanghai provides fully equipped office space to Dutch design companies that would like to enter the Chinese market and aims to support their first steps into this challenging business environment.
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The DutchDFA programme for China sets out to improve quality and sustainabiltiy of daily life in a fast-growing economy. Projects include the Dutch Design Workspace in Shanghai, Dutch Design Generator at Beijing Design Week and NAI matchmaking on social housing in Hangzhou.
