THE ''BELGIAN SPIRIT'' COMES TO BUSINESS OF DESIGN WEEK ANNUAL CONFERENCE BODW IN HONG KONG

Asia’s leading annual design event returns for its 11th edition from the 2nd to 7th December, 2013, at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. This year, the conference will feature the “Belgian Spirit” focusing on Belgium’s international importance at the highest level of design and creativity. In selecting Belgium as this year`s BODW’s partner country, the forum aims to showcase the highly influential Belgian and Flemish perspective in exhibitions, forums and programmes, as well as its key role in the growing business of design, innovation and branding.

 

Key Belgian designers and guests attending include influential graphic conceptualist Thierry Brunfaut, unique furniture designer Xavier Lust, Flemish automobile legend Lowie Vermeersch, Brussels` award winning designer Alain Gilles and Anne Chapelle, CEO of fashion brands Ann Demeulemeester and Haider Ackermann.

 

Also arriving are Poland`s intriguing editorial and typography artists Artur Frankowski and Magdalena Frankowska, `King of Mida design` Stefano Giovannoni, multi-discipline artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde, and three time Compasso d Oro Award winner Matteo Thun from Italy. Other prominent international speakers include Larry Keeley, an innovation strategist, the President and Co-founder of the Chicago Consultancy Doblin, interior designer William Paley from Tonychi and Associates, and Deyan Sudjic, the Director of Design Museum from London. Organised by the Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) since 2002, the week long conference brings the global design community‘s best minds to Hong Kong, offering industry experts and executives a chance to network and share innovation and ideas. The gathering also encourages artists and businesses to unleash the power of design by focusing on their vital relationship and complex interplay.

 

In addition to the three day forum, special events around the week include the popular Detour public exhibits and displays, the BrandAsia Forum, the DesignEd Asia Conference, the Technology For Design seminar, as well as the annual Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) Awards Gala Dinner.