Creative China: Visual Culture, Architecture and Design

The two-day programme featured a range of presentations and panel discussions with leading academics, creative practitioners and arts professionals from China, Europe and the UK (short biographies here). Discussing fine art, photography and film as well as graphic design, fashion, product design, architecture and urban planning, speakers explored themes highlighted in the V&A's China Design Now exhibition, including changing Chinese cultural identities and emerging new practices in art and design.

Speakers included:

Bao Mingxin, Fashion, Art & Design Department, Donghua University, Shanghai
Stefan Landsberger, Sinological Institute, University of Leiden
Ou Ning, Designer, Filmmaker and Curator
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery
Zhang Hongxing, Co-Curator, China Design Now
Neville Mars, Dynamic City Foundation, Beijing
Xiaolu Guo, Writer and Filmmaker
Sir Michael Bichard, Chairman, Design Council
Freeman Lau, President, Hong Kong Design Centre
Chris Berry, Professor of Film and Television Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Gao Shiming, Director, Centre of Visual Culture Research, China Academy of Art
Charles Knevitt, Director, RIBA Trust
Jiang Jun, Editor-in-Chief, Urban China Magazine, Shanghai