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​School of Design Presenting @ WIDC 2021

The 2021 World Industrial Design Conference (WIDC) was successfully held in Yantai, Shandong Province from October 22 to October 24. WIDC is a top-level large-scale global industrial design event, and the only industrial design industry event sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China.

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Themed “Design Drives the Age of Digital Intelligence,” WIDC 2021 brought together representatives of government agencies, industry organizations, experts and scholars, entrepreneurs, designers and other innovators from more than 40 countries and regions, according to the Organizing Committee of WIDC. This was facilitated through a combination of online and offline efforts, and enabled a range of information and knowledge sharing, discussions, exchange and cooperation centered on the innovation and development of industrial design in the age of digital intelligence. The Shanghai Jiao Tong School of Design was invited as a participating unit. Student coursework from the International Industrial Design Engineering Program was displayed and attracted much attention from both the audience and the media.

This event gathered the innovative design achievements of more than 100 manufacturing enterprises, design institutions, universities, and other institutes from around the world, and comprehensively showcased the new ideas, examples, and industries of outstanding industrial design from home and abroad. It focused on design and industry, design and intelligence, design and education, design and innovative thinking, design and sustainability, design and culture, design and sports, as well as other fields.

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School of Design Presenting @ WIDC 2021

The 2021 World Industrial Design Conference (WIDC) was successfully held in Yantai, Shandong Province from October 22 to October 24. WIDC is a top-level large-scale global industrial design event, and the only industrial design industry event sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China.

Themed “Design Drives the Age of Digital Intelligence,” WIDC 2021 brought together representatives of government agencies, industry organizations, experts and scholars, entrepreneurs, designers and other innovators from more than 40 countries and regions, according to the Organizing Committee of WIDC. This was facilitated through a combination of online and offline efforts, and enabled a range of information and knowledge sharing, discussions, exchange and cooperation centered on the innovation and development of industrial design in the age of digital intelligence. The Shanghai Jiao Tong School of Design was invited as a participating unit. Student coursework from the International Industrial Design Engineering Program was displayed and attracted much attention from both the audience and the media.

This event gathered the innovative design achievements of more than 100 manufacturing enterprises, design institutions, universities, and other institutes from around the world, and comprehensively showcased the new ideas, examples, and industries of outstanding industrial design from home and abroad. It focused on design and industry, design and intelligence, design and education, design and innovative thinking, design and sustainability, design and culture, design and sports, as well as other fields.