ABOUT PDW
Co-initiated by Maison&Objet, Paris China Design Center, Beijing Design Week, and Beijing KEYI, 2024 Paris Design Week · China Week emerges as the distinctive section devoted to Chinese design within Paris Design Week. 2024 Paris Design Week · China Week proudly presents its Theme of the Year——"Bodiless". Beyond its literal connotation, the curatorial theme embodies not only the intricate artistry of original Chinese lacquer craft, but also encapsulates the philosophical underpinnings of Chinese design. Amidst a complex geopolitical landscape the world is facing, societies, ethnicities, and individuals alike are actively pursuing transformation, exchange, and a rediscovery to foundational values——a “bodiless” state.
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W’ECO Design Festival
The 2024 W’ECO Design Festival in Wuxi successfully created the world's first ecological design event named after a city, advocating for a systematic construction from ecological protection, ecological governance, ecological economy, to ecological aesthetics, which has attracted widespread attention both domestically and internationally.
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Fenjiu ✕ Artist Wang Yi | Master of Intangible Cultural Heritage Series: The Realm of the Wandering Heart
As carriers of human civilization history, intangible cultural heritage (ICH) cannot be separated from protection and inheritance, nor can it be separated from innovation and transformation. The brewing techniques of Fenjiu were included in the first batch of national-level ICH conservation project listings in 2006. The Master Series works are a tribute by Fenjiu and the artist to the masters of traditional ICH craftsmanship, as well as an attempt to realize the responsibility and vision of inheriting and reviving ICH craftsmanship through the manufacture of industrial products.
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Alibaba Wonder Avenue
To foster Sino-French cultural exchange and collaboration against global challenges, the Paris Design Week · China Week Organizing Committee and the Alibaba Wonder Avenue (AWA) Committee of Alibaba, Worldwide Olympic Partner, jointly present the official forum themed “Shared Future - Chinese Design in the Glocal Era”.