Students' field trip - Values of Design: China in the Making

    2021年10月20日，南方科技大学创新创意设计学院下称（“设计学院”）组织带领学院学生前往海上世界文化艺术中心的V&A展馆，参观展览《设计的价值在中国》。设计学院院长关道文（Thomas Kvan）教授、何净值（Christiane M. Herr）教授、费道闻（Thomas Fischer）教授、罗涛教授与21名学生参与了本次活动。

    On October 20th, 2021 (Wed), the SUSTech School of Design organized a field trip to exhibition of "Values of Design: China in the Making" at the V&A Gallery of the Sea World Culture and Arts Center Shenzhen. Prof. Thomas Kvan, Prof. Christiane M. Herr, Prof. Thomas Fischer, Prof. Neo Luo and 21 students joined the trip.

    展览《设计的价值在中国》探索了设计在中国的快速发展，展示了价值观的变化如何影响、塑造着我们的设计、生产和购买行为。本次展览是设计互联与英国维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆（V&A）长期合作的成果之一，也是2017年设计互联旗下V&A展馆首展《设计的价值》在本土语境下的进阶重启。

    The exhibition Values of Design: China in the Making explores the growing field of design in China, and how changing and evolving values are shaping what we design, produce and consume. The exhibition follows an earlier exhibition titled Values of Design, which was produced by the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in collaboration with Design Society for the opening of the Sea World Culture and Arts Center in 2017.

    《设计的价值在中国》策展人、设计互联副馆长赵蓉女士为同学们分享了展览策展的过程和初衷，如何既向公众介绍设计学科，又在深圳充满活力的科技创新产业的背景下，推动本土设计项目的发展。《设计的价值在中国》通过突出在设计决策和最终设计出品背后不为公众所见的动机和过程，为观众提供了一个超越作品实体的视角。

    Ms. Zhao Rong, Curator of Values of Design: China in the Making and Deputy Director of the Design Society, provided students with additional background on how the exhibition was curated and the curatorial intentions to both introduce the discipline of design to the broader public and give impulses to the development of local design initiatives in the context of Shenzhen’s vibrant technology and innovation industry. Values of Design: China in the Making offers a view beyond the object by emphasizing the invisible motivations and processes that shape design decision making and eventually lead to tangible design products.

    海上世界文化艺术中心本身就是深圳设计发展的一座里程碑。关道文院长鼓励同学们进一步探索这座由普利兹克奖获得者、著名设计师槙文彦设计的建筑，了解其空间设计。海上世界文化艺术中心是海上世界综合办公、零售与住宅开发项目中设计的第一座文化建筑，旨在为深圳和中国提供高质量的当代艺术与文化。

    The Sea World Culture and Arts Center itself is a milestone of design in Shenzhen. Dean Thomas Kvan invited students to explore the building, designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Fumihiko Maki in terms of its spatial design. The Sea World Culture and Arts Center was designed as the first cultural facility within the Sea World’s comprehensive office, retail and residential development housing high level contemporary art and culture for Shenzhen and greater China.

    展馆展览内容非常丰富，而这次活动观展时间有限，何净值教授鼓励同学们可以后续再回来参观由设计互联组织的其它展览。设计学院期待与设计互联在未来更紧密的合作。

    With a field trip only offering limited time to explore the many exhibitions on show, Prof. Christiane M. Herr encouraged students to return regularly to explore exhibitions organized by the Design Society. The School of Design is looking forward to close collaborations with the Design Society in the future.

文字| 何净植、肖菲

图片| 何净植、肖菲

翻译| 张文康

审核| 李旭

Written by | Christiane M. Herr and Sophia Xiao

Photos by | Christiane M. Herr and Sophia Xiao

Translated by | Jason Zhang

Reviewed by | Xu Li