Zandra Rhodes, an fashion designer and textile designer delivered a speech at the thematic shows of 2023 Beijing Design Week-Hello Master—Artist textiles: Picasso to Warhol on September 23 at 798 ArtDist Beijing. Photo: Courtesy of the offical Wechat account of Beijing Design Week
Hello Master—Artist textiles: Picasso to Warhol, one of the thematic shows of 2023 Beijing Design Week (BJDW), successfully took place on Saturday at 798 ArtDist Beijing.
The show at the 798 ArtDist features hundreds of articles compiled in the exquisite rare collection by 39 world-class legendary masters, as one part of the show, looking back at the fusion of fascinating art and fashion in 20th century modern art.
In another part, consisting of contemporary content corresponding to these precious exhibits, a group of up-and-coming young Chinese artists and designers were specially invited to integrate Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) technology, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) technology and Web3.0 co-creation mechanism. They presented the conceptual fusion of classic art and future trends, and an immersive and interactive experience zone.
Numerous guests attended the event including Wang Yudong, deputy director of the Beijing Design Week Organizing Committee Office, Geraldine McCafferty, minister and deputy head of mission of the British Embassy in Beijing, Zandra Rhodes, an fashion designer and textile designer, founder of the Fashion Museum in London attended.
Followed by the visiting show, Rhodes highlighted her personal work from the 1960s, including her most successful fabrics for the "High Copper Emblem" design and her most popular fabrics for the "Lipstick" design. Rhodes also showed the visiting press one of the first pieces she donated to the China Design Museum, which is currently under preparation. The collection was officially handed over to the Beijing Design Week Organizing Committee on Thursday at the opening event of the BJDW.
She donated 31 fashion designs to the Beijing Design Week Organizing Committee, which became the first batch of donations to the China Design Museum, according to Xinhua News Agency.
BJDW was officially opened on Thursday at the permanent site of Beijing Design Week in Zhangjiawan design town, Tongzhou district. The organizing committee of the design week announced that the permanent venue will be built into the China Design Museum in three to five years.
"The design area is changing so fast that with a design museum, there will be relatively regular exhibitions to document the history of Chinese design," Wang said, the China Design Museum will not only "solicit and collect important design items, but also wants to collect digitized original design documents from designers in various fields."
This thematic exhibition pays tribute to the concept of fusing art masters with life and explores their whimsical ideas, which is in line with the concept of design for the people and life that has been emphasized by the BJDW, and creates a connection across time and space.
Through this exhibition, the organizers hope to provide inspiration for artists and designers to think together about how art can be integrated with fashion design and digital technology, so that design can be better integrated into the lives of the public, according to media reports.
Themed of the 2023 BJDW is "Open and Innovation," including design city dialogue, theme exhibitions, and Beijing international children's design week and other sectors.
The BJDW takes place September 21 to October 7.
Global Times
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