5 - 11 December 2011
Guangzhou Design Week 2011
Organised by Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, Guangzhou Design Week is an annual international event for promoting innovation and design that takes place in Guangzhou since 2006. Guangzhou Design Week has become the most influential, exclusive, popular and largest annual promoting event in Chinese design
industry.

Guangzhou Design Week 2011 is scheduled on Dec 5-11 this year, themed by "Design is Value", Guangzhou Design Week has been developed as the most influential, comprehensive, international and largest design festival in China for the past five years. It includes four important event featuring the Design+Brands Fair, the International Industrial Design expo, The Design Tour, and the Design Week Awards and related forums.

Industrial Design Expo China (Guangzhou)
It is the most important exhibition of Guangzhou Design Week 2011, focusing on Product Design, Multi-media Design, Interactive Design, Graphic and Package design, Dress design, Furnishing Accessories Design, and the latest products and technology; the expo will build up a high-end platform for industrial design and creative industries in an innovative, technological and interactive display mode through five major sections of office, living, fashion, education and services. Industrial Design Expo China (Guangzhou) presents the giant leap of Chinese manufacturing industry from "Made in China" to "Create in China", in which it has caught up with the latest information of international design for the great development of Chinese design industry and provides valuable platform for business match with the brand enterprises and design businesses.

Design for Happiness & Low Carbon Design
Guangzhou Design Week 2011 defines "Design for Happiness" to be the theme of its important contest, Kapok Prize - China Design Awards 2011. It includes seven major types of personal and public products: home, work, study, entertainment, leisure, health and travel. It will present the latest design concept and products for designers and corporate from home and abroad.

Jinyang Prize - China Low Carbon Life Design Awards 2011
This award will continue to focus on low carbon design, aim at improving happiness index, paying high attention to concept leading, mass involvement and cultural content, and integrating with various creative design resources in different fields. Moreover, awarded products from prestigious domestic prizes like Red Star Award and Governor Cup will be exhibited during the same period.

Design + Brands Fair
Design + Brands Fair (known as "D+B FAIR" since 2006) is the key parallel event of Guangzhou Design week, themed by "Design is Value"; it is comprised of four sub-exhibitions: Furnishing Accessories; Creative Materials; Absolute Design and Workplace Design & Equipments. It is the most influential commercial fair for design and material selection in China.