Organization

Hosted by：

The Publicity Department of Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee of China (Municipal Press and Publication Bureau）

Zhejiang College of Security Technology

Supported by：

Wenzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission

Wenzhou Municipal Taiwan Affairs Office

Wenzhou Municipal Economy and Information Technology Bureau

Organized by:

Wenzhou Cultural Industry Promotion Association

Wenzhou International Design Biennale Committee

Co-organized by:

Hangzhou Transyeeh Cultural Service Co., Ltd.

2022 Wenzhou International Design Biennial (Wenzhou Biennial) is an exhibition with international vision and professional standards through high standard and strict evaluation, hosted by the Publicity Department of Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee of Zhejiang Province and Zhejiang College of Security Technology. With the theme of “Green and Poetic Road, Digital and Intelligence Future”, it aims to display and promote frontier design concepts and expressions. Through integrating design with culture, science & technology, fashion, industry and economy, Wenzhou Biennial devotes to exploring the future development of industry supported by design.

Wenzhou is well-known for its history of reform and opening up. The “Wenzhou Model”, which has been condensed the practical experience of more than 40 years, is precisely a large-scale and long-lasting “innovation” and “design”. Wenzhou Biennial has been held for twice, and Wenzhou design has deeply continuously communicated with the world through the event. 2022 Wenzhou Biennial will continue to uphold the concept of design innovation and help to strengthen the communication and cooperation with internal and external in  design community in order to promote and transform innovative achievements. It will also further highlight and display the quality and pattern of Wenzhou’s cultural interconnection.

1.Theme

Landscape culture, Digital and Intelligence Future

2.Language

Chinese and English

3.Participants

The competition is open to all companies, colleges, institutions and individuals around the world. Each category is divided into professional group and student group.

Professional group: designers, design enthusiasts, ect.

Student group: Full-time students from art school. (Including students from colleges and universities.)

4.Category

4.1 Product Design

(1) Intelligent Service Design: any smart hardware or software products with IoT, AI, VR and other new technologies.

(2) Safety Protection Product Design: any safety protection products related to manufacture or life, including products of personal safety protection, home protection, fire protection equipment in life or manufacture, intelligent monitoring, etc.

(3) Fashion Design: including personal fashion items that decorate the human body, like fashion design, leatherware, clothing accessories, glasses, jewelry, etc.

(4) Cultural & Creative Design and Intangible Cultural Heritage Design: including intangible cultural heritage and derivatives, cultural and creative products and derivatives, cultural and creative products, signs, and packaging that can be produced and applied in normal life.

4.2 Environmental Art Design

(1) “Smart City”: any designs integrated “traditional culture” and “digital civilization”, related to green city, smart city, and cultural city, including regional landscape environment design, architectural design such as commercial spaces, living spaces, community renovation, ecological communities, cultural and traditional towns, etc.

(2) “Cultural Countryside”: any designs about country houses, lodges and folk culture halls with local cultural characteristics related to countryside revitalization and presenting folk culture and art.

4.3. Poster Design

1、Content: any poster designs related to the city and culture and human sustainable development.

2、Theme: Existence

3、Requirements: no less than three posters in the series.

4、The works must be created after July 2020.

5. Registration

5.1 Registration

The competition adopts public registration and expert nomination. The public registration works need to participate in the preliminary evaluation, and the experts nominated works can directly enter the final evaluation after the examination by the committee. Nomination experts and judges will work independently. One work can be only registered in one category.

5.2 Registration period and fees

Work collection period is from Dec 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 at 24:00(UTC+8). Overdue works will not be accepted.

No registration fee will be charged. Participants shall bear the logistics, insurance, customs clearance and other expenses incurred by themselves.

5.3 Requirements and Notice

All kinds of design can be registered such as products, software, and comprehensive services. The Committee has the right to adjust the group and category accordingly.

(1) Product Design: Professional Group is targeted for works in the market within 2 years, or providing full-functional prototype before final evaluation with the year (Environmental art works do not need to provide samples). Student Group is targeted for works which have not launched in the market but need to provide design model before final evaluation.

Works of poster design and environmental art design are required to be created after July 2020.

(2) The works must be original. Anyone who plagiarizes will be disqualified. The relevant legal consequences shall be borne by the submitter. Except for the registration form, no names, organizations and any other unrelated marks about the submitter is allowed to appear on the works, otherwise the participation qualification will be canceled.

(3) Please see Attachment 1 for Requirements and specifications for submission. The preliminary evaluation results and the work delivery information will be announced on the official website.

(4) The preliminary evaluation will be submitted online, please pay attention to the notice on the official website (http:// wzdb.zjcst.edu.cn /).

5.4 Donation and collection

(1) Qualified award-winning works will be collected and granted “Certificate of Wenzhou International Design Biennial Collection”.

6. Evaluation Process

The evaluation will be divided into preliminary evaluation and final evaluation. The results will be published on the official website.

(1) Call for works: From now on-June 30, 2022

(2) Announcement for the result of preliminary evaluation: September 1, 2022

(3) Final evaluation: October 30, 2022

(4) Deadline for the Work Delivery: September 20, 2020

(5) Exhibition Time: 2022 Wenzhou International Biennial Exhibition

7. Awards Setting

The competition is divided into 3 categories, each item is divided into two groups (professional group and student group). The works will be review separately. Each group sets 1 gold award, 2 silver awards, 3 bronze awards and several honorable mentions. The winners will be granted certificate and trophies authorized and sealed by the Publicity Department of the Publicity Department of Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee.

8. Contact Us

Telephone: 13732070120   Ms. Kong

         13587878459   Ms. Chen

 E-mail: wzdb_zjist@126.com

Official website: http:// wzdb.zjcst.edu.cn /

Support agency: transyeeh@163.com

Attachment:

1. Requirements and specifications for submission

2. Instructions for Final Evaluation