“世界华人设计论坛”（GCIDC,Global Chinese Industrial Design Conference）起源于1995年开始、每两年举办的“海峡两岸工业设计研讨会”，并于2003年形成共识扩大为“世界华人工业设计论坛”，其目的在于促进两岸及全球华人之间的工业设计教育、学术及实践经验交流，共同营造华人世界的设计创新体系。1995年－2013年，分别在厦门大学、台北科技大学、北京理工大学、大叶大学、广州美术学院、长庚大学、中国美术学院、朝阳科技大学、武汉理工大学、华梵大学举办。2015年“世界华人工业设计论坛”将在2015年11月将由湖南大学承办、台湾明志科技大学、台湾创意设计中心、中意设计创新中心协办。届时将邀请来自海内外高校及各界专才汇聚岳麓山下，共同探讨工业设计创新之道。
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On 29 June, the global design scene came together in Essen to celebrate the best products of the year. The glamorous Red Dot Gala in the Aalto-Theater marked the culmination of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015. International design experts and manufacturers met media representatives from all over the world on the red carpet. The subsequent Designers’ Night party went on well into the early hours – with the last guests leaving the Red Dot Design Museum at the Zollverein World Heritage Site at 5.15 a.m. This year, there was also a special occasion to celebrate: The renowned competition for good design is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2015. Also due to the record number of 4,928 entries from 56 countries, the award ceremony was the international design event of the year.
In keeping with tradition, Professor Dr Peter Zec hosted the impressive gala. The founder and CEO of Red Dot welcomed respected guests onto the stage. 1,200 audience members travelling from roughly 40 countries watched as the laureates of the top individual award, the “Red Dot: Best of the Best”, received their trophies on the stage of the Aalto-Theater. Only 81 of the almost 5,000 entries succeeded in winning the top individual award. An exciting cultural programme provided additional entertainment, with Denis Gäbel, one of Germany’s most sought-after saxophone players, playing a medley of his repertoire and the Aalto Ballett Essen presenting excerpts from the piece “The Odyssey”.
The highlight of the award ceremony was the awarding of the Red Dot: Design Team of the Year. Robert Sachon & Bosch Home Appliances Design Team received the title of honour and surprised the audience with a stage show of their own. The designers from Munich commissioned the foot-tapping Double Drums for the Red Dot Gala: The percussion duo provided a thrilling performance which featured rhythmic drumming on Bosch home appliances. After the show, Oskar Juhlin, Director of Product Design at Veryday, handed over the “Radius” challenge cup to Robert Sachon and his team, thus officially crowning them “Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2015” together with Prof. Dr Peter Zec. No-one can apply for this title of honour. Some winners in prior years include Veryday, Apple, BMW, Hilti, Grohe, Lenovo, LG, Porsche and Sony.
Towards the end of the award ceremony, the Bosch team brought a real surprise on stage in the form of a classy trophy which was designed especially for Red Dot. “In the name of this year’s Red Dot: Design Team of the Year – and I would probably say in the name of all previous winners – we’d like to recognise what the Design Zentrum and the Red Dot organisation had been doing over the past 60 years. Big thanks from all of us!” A visibly amazed and moved Peter Zec accepted the trophy gratefully.
After the award ceremony, the Designers’ Night and the vernissage for the special exhibition “Design on Stage – Winners Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015” took place in the Red Dot Design Museum. Around 1,400 designers, decision makers and media representatives came together at the lively aftershow party in the midst of award-winning products and partied until the early hours. Cult DJ “Chrissi D!” provided the party atmosphere in the museum’s impressive industrial architecture. At the same time, all of the year’s winning products were on show in the museum for the first time. Robert Sachon & Bosch Home Appliances Design Team presented their own exhibition entitled “Icons of everyday life – Bosch home appliances throughout the ages”.
Another current exhibition at the Zollverein Complex also drew numerous gala guests: “Enduring, not ultimate form” recounts the history of Design Zentrum NRW on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the competition. Under the patronage of Professor Dr Norbert Lammert, President of the German Bundestag, historical products from the first winners’ exhibition in 1955 as well as the success story of the Red Dot Design Award are presented using fascinating exhibits. The anniversary show in Hall 5 at the Zollverein World Heritage Site runs until 23 August 2015.
About the Red Dot Award
In order to appraise the diversity in the field of design in a professional manner, the Red Dot Design Award breaks down into the three disciplines of Red Dot Award: Product Design, Red Dot Award: Communication Design and Red Dot Award: Design Concept. The Red Dot Award was created by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen and with around 17,000 entries each year is one of the best-respected design competitions in the world. In 2015, it is celebrating its 60th anniversary: It was in 1955 that a jury convened for the first time to assess the best designs of the day. The sought-after award, the “Red Dot”, is the revered international seal of outstanding design quality.
时至今日，所谓“服务”已非单单与客人面对面，而是一个跨行业术语：由财务到待客之道、从市场学至资讯科技，全都包含其中。不少在香港以至亚洲区的企业都不只满足于随波逐流，希望透过创新思维了解客人所需，从而提升服务质素。设计“智”识周2015（Knowledge of Design Week 2015）以“设计．服务．未来”为主题，邀请全球各地的服务设计专家，与大家分享他们的专业意见。
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