2014-01-07 15:00
The Award Ceremony of 2012/2013 Visionary Sustainable Design –Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards for Elite and series of activities (2013 International Creative Mask Show and 2013 International Design Master Forum) were held on Oct.18th and Oct.19th in 2013 respectively in Zhuhai, China and China Macao Administrative Region. These events are hosted by APDC Asia Pacific Design Center, which is the member group of International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers(IFI).
On Oct.18th, guests from home and abroad, including designers from Canada, France, Italy, Finland, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, mainland China, Hongkong, Macao and other countries, domestic and foreign design authorities and award-winning designers all gathered in Zhuhai Dehan Hotel (International Conference Centre (hotel), which is the landmark building in Zhuhai City. All the guests have witnessed the annual festival of Asia Pacific interior design industry.
2012/2013 Asia-Pacific Interior Design Awards for Elite was authorized by International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers(IFI), which is considered as the “United Nations” of the Interior Architecture/Design field. The year 2013 is the 50th anniversary of IFI, therefore, all winning designers have got certificates and medasl which include the signature of 50th anniversary of IFI. These medals and certificates are not only of very commemorative collection value, but also historic record of each winning designer’s glory.
This award ceremony has gained support from Zhuhai Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Zhuhai Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. At the same time, the ceremony has a strong lineup of guests. In addition to the representative of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers(IFI), there are great and important representatives from UNESCO city of Design for St-Etienne, France, South Korean Interior Designers Association (KOSID), Chinese and Western Culture Creative Industries Promotion Association (Macao), City University of Macao, China National Interior Decoration Association, Guangdong Designer Center, Xiamen Interior Decoration Association, ShanTou Decoration Industry Association, Zhuhai Interior Design Association and other government organs, institutions, associations and universities.
Guests for this award ceremony:
A Past-President of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) and the first President of the Asia Pacific Design Center (APDC)
Mr.Claude Bérubé
Executive Board member of IFI and Administrative Board member of KOSID
Ms.Hyunie Cho
Representative of UNESCO city of Design for St-Etienne, France and Director of Philmoinedesign
Mr. Philippe Moine
Vice president of Asia Pacific Design Center (APDC) and past-president of Hongkong Indoor Designer Association
Mr. Patrick Fang
President and secretary of the Party Committee of Zhuhai Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau
Mr. Ma Rong
Director of design and art department in City University of Macau
Ms. Xu Lingzhi
Director of Chinese and Western Culture Creative Industries Promotion Association (Macao)
Mr.Li Jiazeng
Secretary General of Decorative Material Appliance Committee of China Interior Decoration Association
Mr.Lang Zhichun
Director of School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics and Architecture Design and Research Institution
Mr.Lu Yaoxiang
Operation director of Guangdong Designer Center and vice president of Guangdong Association of Art Crafts and Decoration Industry
Ms. Hu Xiaomei
Secretary General of Xiamen Interior Decoration Association
Mr.Huang Jianyao
Secretary General of ShanTou Decoration Industry Association
Ms. Wang Hui
Secretary General of Zhuhai Interior Design Association
Mr.Huang Mo
Director and Vice Secretary General of APDC International Design Exchange Center (Shenzhen)
Mr.Xiang Kai
Director of APDC International Design Exchange Center (Zhuhai/Macao)
Mr.Xiao Linwei
Director-general of APDC International Design Exchange Center
Mr.Chen Fangxiao
Vice president of APDC International Design Exchange Center of Greater China Region
Mr.Wang Bin
The design style of winning pieces of 2012/2013 Asia-Pacific Interior Design Awards for Elite diversifies a lot. Those pieces not only embodies full considerations of spatial planning and aesthetic demand, grasp of the fashion elements in the design, originality in energy-saving, but also explain the pursuit of humanity in interior design with carefully applied design language. It emphasizes the practice of “green” element in real life and makes the most of the core concept of the award-“Visionary Sustainable Design”, which reflects the value and achievement of designers in this meaningful process.