Kim Industry - Me and My Blog: The 1st Industrial Design Exhibition

The Design Institute of Australia and Monash University will feature in the First Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition and R&D Public Service Activities organised by the People's Republic of China Suzhou City Science and Technology Bureau.

The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition - Suzhou, China

The Australia China collaboration will begin with the China-Australia Industrial Design Forum following the official opening of the new Suzhou Industrial Design Centre in downtown Suzhou close to the historic Ping Yang Road. The Design Institute of Australia, MADA - Monash University Art Design and Architecture, and the Southeast University - Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou) will be represented on a combined Australia stand in the exhibition. The Design Institute of Australia exhibit will feature award winning work from industrial design practice members. The stand will also feature Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printing and the latest Wacom Cintiq digital sketching tablets currently used by students in the Master of Industrial design program. Monash University lecturer Bernie Walsh will demonstrate Autodesk Sketchbook Pro and the latest Samsung digital tablet technology.

Bernie Walsh

Keynote speakers at the China - Australia Industrial Design Forum include:

Professor Xue Chengqi - Southeast Univerity China
Professor Liu Guanzhong - Tsinghua University China
Dr Ethan Wang - Monash University Australia
Ian Wong - Monash University - Design Institute of Australia
David Flynn - Head of Design - Willow Australia.

Professor Xue Chengqi

Professor Liu Guanzhong

Dr Ethan Wang

Dr Ethan Wang from Monash University will chair the forum and discuss his PhD research related to SME's in China and Australia. Professor Xue Chengqi director of the Department of Industrial Design at Southeast University will discuss industry research outcomes in China. Ian Wong FDIA - Program Director Master of Industrial Design Monash University and representing the Design Institute of Australia will outline Industrial Design practice in Australia including research on the history of industrial design in Victoria. David Flynn FDIA will present an Australian perspective on design management in consulting and manufacturing.

Ian Wong

Monash University have commenced the Master of Industrial Design program at the Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou) in the Suzhou Industrial Park Dushu Lake Education Precinct.

The First Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition and R&D Public Service Activities
178 East Gan Jiang Road

June 3rd -June 5th 2013
Suzhou. China

China Australia Industrial Design Forum - 10am June 3rd

Digital Industrial Design Techniques - Bernie Walsh
Monday June 3rd - 2pm and 3pm
Tuesday June 4th - 10am, 11am, 2pm, 3pm
Wednesday June 5th - 10am, 11am, 2pm, 3pm

Australian and International enquiries: ian.wong@monash.edu