On June 3rd, the preliminary evaluation meeting of the fourth China Design Intelligence Award (hereinafter referred to as "DIA Award") was officially launched in Xiangshan Campus of China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. The organizing committee specially invited 18 industry authority representatives from 6 countries and regions at home and abroad to form a preliminary evaluation panel. According to the evaluation system standard of "Jinzhi Tower", the committee paid attention to the basic quality and innovation of the works from the perspective of design profession. Finally, the excellent design works shortlisted for re-evaluation were selected jointly by group voting and collective reconsideration. Preliminary results will be released on the official platform on June 13, so stay tuned.
The 4th China Design Intelligence Awards Preliminary Evaluation meeting was officially launched. The picture shows the judges taking a group photo
It is reported that this year's DIA Award collection has been closed. This year, the organizing committee opened registration for only three months and received 7,280 designs from all over the world. Among them, the number of applications for the "smart Creation Award" increased compared to previous years, with four new entrants, including Slovenia, Afghanistan, Romania and Pakistan. To date, DIA Award participants have covered 56 countries and regions on five continents.
The fourth China Design Intelligence Award Preliminary Evaluation meeting site
The first judging session is offline, with 18 judges from home and abroad gathering on site to select works. "I think a lot of the products still reflect the development of the industry in recent years, and the overall quality is very good." Zhang Linghao, assistant to the president of Jiangnan University and dean of the School of Design, is one of the judges. In his impression, the design, manufacturing and brand communication of some large state-owned enterprises in this competition are of high quality, reflecting the overall innovation and transformation strength of the industry leaders. Secondly, some small design companies are cooperating more with foreign design companies in the way from design-driven to start-up. "At the same time, through the efforts of DIA team in global promotion over the years, this time we have brought entries from Slovenia, Afghanistan and other countries, which are very local. I am encouraged by the strong participation of design schools in China, and will look forward to their future integration with the power of industrial transformation in China."
Professor Wang Yun, Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of China Design Intelligence Award and President of Industrial Design and Research Institute of China Academy of Art
"We are a very inclusive design award." Professor Wang Yun, secretary-general of the organizing committee of the China Design Intelligence Awards and president of the Industrial Design Research Institute of the China Academy of Art, said: There are many professions -- programmers, surgeons and designers. Age range - high school students, older adults; Large geographical span - across five continents; The industries span a wide range - from famous companies to prestigious schools, very diverse.
It is worth mentioning that, as one of the first evaluation activities, DIA emerged a "new play" -- D·will lecture this year, which is a platform for the Cultural Innovation Center of China Academy of Art to spread design ideas based on DIA award experts. On June 4th, more than ten preliminary judges of DIA Award will hold their first lecture at the Cultural and Creative Center of China Academy of Art. They will share with the young generation the most cutting-edge design ideas in their respective fields, and talk about their drips and reflections in their design career, aiming to promote the integration of design thinking with design friends.
D. will lecture for the first time
"Internationalization" + "Academy Award"
As an industrial design award born in Zhejiang Province, DIA Award is different from most domestic awards. Many people have the impression of DIA Award -- fast growth, internationalization, rich resources, etc., but this is inseparable from its unique positioning of "Academy Award". China Academy of Art, a famous art school with a history of more than 90 years, has been known as China's first comprehensive national institution of higher art since its founding in 1928. By the China Academy of Art to run the award, no doubt for this young award to do a strong academic support. "It is because of the" international "and" academy "characteristics of the DIA Award that it has been widely recognized by the international design review community in just four years, and has had an amazing impact on them." Song Jianming, chairman of the organizing committee of DIA Prize and professor of China Academy of Art, said that in the early days of the establishment of the prize, the research team of the organizing committee spent nearly a year thinking about all the things that an "academy" could think of, and finally extracted the core values of "humanistic intelligence, life wisdom, science and art intelligence, industrial think tank". And around it to create a set of implementation schemes from the way of solicitation, evaluation rules, evaluation criteria to operational norms and so on. Today, the DIA Award has been recognized by the industry as the most international award in China. In addition to having more than 500 international expert database resources, it has also established long-term cooperative partnership with more than 100 famous international design institutions, design week organizations and design associations on five continents.
DIA China Design Intelligence Award is the first Academy Award for industrial design in China. It is sponsored by China Academy of Art, co-organized by China Industrial Design Association and the Industrial Design Teaching Guidance Sub-Committee of the Ministry of Education, and supported by Zhejiang Provincial People's Government.
DIA Award "Kim Ji Ta" evaluation system
