Business of Design Week

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Business of Design Week (BODW) is an annual week-long design event organised every December by the . BODW was launched in 2002. It includes a design conference, forums, seminars, exhibitions and award presentations.

BODW annually invites designers, business leaders and educators to speak and share their opinions in various forums. Past speakers include Marcel Wanders, Rem Koolhaas, Raman Hui, Zaha Hadid, Tom Dixon (industrial designer), Jimmy Choo, Sir John Sorrell, Karim Rashid, , Marc Newson, and Vivienne Tam.

Each year, BODW forms a partnership with a different country. The country is invited to bring a group of designers to Hong Kong to give presentations at the conference. The country can also hold exhibitions and seminars about its national design.

BODW has main events which occur each year including the BODW Forum where designers give presentations. There is also the HKDC Award Gala Dinner where the are presented. These awards include the Design for Asia Awards, the World’s Outstanding Chinese Designer Award, the Design Leadership Award, the Design for Asia Award, and the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Awards.

Past BODW[]

Partner City/Country Theme
2021 Global Design Reset
2020 Vision 20/21
2019 United Kingdom
2018 Melbourne "Think ∙ Collaborate ∙ Create"
2017 Italy
2016 Chicago ChicagoMade
2015 Barcelona BARCELONA INSPIRES
2014 Sweden Living Design: Live it. Work it. Do it.
2013 Belgium Belgian Spirit
2012 Denmark Design Society Denmark
2011 Germany Brand New Germany
2010 Japan Lost and Found
2009 France France Forward
2008 The Netherlands Open Minds
2007 Italy -
2006 United Kingdom Designs for Life
2005 Scandinavia LifeStyleAsia
2004 Sweden LifeStyleAsia
2003 - LifeStyleAsia
2002 - Solution

References[]

External links[]

Retrieved from ""