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Hossein Farmani, is an entrepreneur and creative force, he has left an indelible mark on the worlds of publishing, design, and photography. Born with a passion for artistic expression, Farmani embarked on his journey by founding the Farmani Group in 1985, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Initially focusing on publishing with ventures like Vue Magazine and FotoFolio magazine, he quickly rose to prominence, receiving awards for his innovative approach as both Creative Director and Publisher. In 1995, he recognized the transformative potential of the internet and established one of the first Internet service providers, ARTNET.NET. His efforts not only connected people globally but also played a pivotal role in educating the public on utilizing email and establishing an online presence, earning him recognition in prestigious publications like the New York Times. Farmani continued to push boundaries. In 2004, he introduced the Lucie Awards, often hailed as the Oscars of Photography, alongside the International Photography Awards (IPA), cementing his commitment to celebrating photographic excellence. This dedication extended further in 2007 with the inception of the International Design Awards and the London Creative Awards, platforms designed to champion designers and the creative community worldwide. In response to a call from the European Parliament, he established the European Product Design Awards in 2016, further solidifying his commitment to recognizing exceptional design. Collaborating with like-minded visionaries, he co-founded the Architectural Masterprize Awards in 2017, fostering a global platform for architectural and interior design excellence. Throughout his career, Farmani’s passion for art and design has driven him to create some of the most respected awards in the industry. His mission has always been to honor the vision, passion, and dedication of exceptional creative talents, shining a spotlight on their extraordinary contributions to humanity’s cultural tapestry.

Mr. Hossein Farmani

Founder

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Steve has focused on advocating for Design and the role it can play across a career spanning 25 years. He is deeply experienced in the business of design, having worked in and led design organisations before co-founding and growing Meld Studios from three founders in 2009 to twenty-five Designers across four studios today. The company has a string of accolades, winning the Australian Good Design Team of the Year in 2022 and becoming the first Australian headquartered company to become Employee-Owned by Trust in 2021. Steve has played a critical role in the growth of Interaction Design, User Experience, Service Design and Strategic Design as communities of practice in Australia and around the world, helping to expand the Interaction Design Association from 10,000 to 75,000 members globally; convening Australia’s premier User Experience conference - UX Australia - since 2009; and launching and coordinating the UX Bookclub in 140 locations around the world. Steve is a Good Design Ambassador and served on the Jury Panel for the Australian Good Design Awards from 2012-2016. An accomplished speaker and presenter, Steve has also recently published a book on Strategic Design, Designing Tomorrow, co-authored with Dr. Martin Tomitsch of UTS.

Mr. Steve Baty

CEO

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Simon Ong spearheads the strategic planning, development, as well as its creative and brand standards of Kingsmen, a leading communication design & production group with 18 offices spanning the Asia Pacific region and North America. Kingsmen has won numerous awards, including the Asia’s Top Design Practice, President’s Design Award, Singapore Good Design Mark, SRA Best Retail Concept Award, SFIA Hall of Fame, Promising Brand Award, A.R.E. Retail Design Award and RDI International Store Design Award USA. An ardent advocate of education, Simon is actively involved in the creative industry as a board director of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, an Honorary advisor to the Society of Interior Designers of Singapore and an ambassador of Red Dot Design awards. Simon served as the Chairman of the design sector of Singapore Workforce Development Agency, member of the advisory board of Design Business Chamber, the School of Design & Environment at the National University of Singapore and a board member of SHOP!, a leading Association of Retail Environments in USA. In 2019, he was inducted into the SHOP! Hall of Fame in recognition of his significant contributions to the industry. Simon graduated with a master degree in design from the University of New South Wales and an MBA from the University of South Australia.

Mr. Simon Ong

Deputy Chairman & Co-Founder

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Lisa Cahill joined the Australian Design Centre team as Associate Director in 2015 and in 2016 she was appointed as CEO and Artistic Director. In that time she has developed and presented seven annual creative programs, curated more than 40 exhibitions, founded and directed the annual Sydney Craft Week Festival, and restarted the organisation’s commitment to supporting makers and designers with a retail shop and twice yearly outdoor markets. With more than 35 years’ experience, Lisa has held various government roles in Canberra and Melbourne, including a stint as a ministerial adviser, SBS, the Australia Council for the Arts and the City of Sydney. Working variously as a curator, writer and creative producer in the visual and performing arts, Lisa co-curated the Australian exhibition for the Triennale of Craft in Kanazawa, Japan in 2013 and, most recently, co-curated ADC’s award nominated podcast series. Lisa was the founding CEO of the Australian Design Alliance and is currently co-chair of the Australian Craft and Design Centres Network (ACDC). She holds a Bachelor of Communications in Professional Writing at the University of Canberra and a Master of Arts Administration from UNSW. Lisa is a Fellow of the Gordon Darling Foundation Museum Leadership Program.

Ms. Lisa Cahill

CEO and Artistic Director

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Short Biography: With over 12 years of experience in Automotive and Industrial Design, acquired valuable expertise through academic studies and practical experiences across a range of international locations including Iran, Malaysia, Turkey, Austria, Italy, and Germany. Deep background proficiency in the complete design and manufacturing journey, covering interior and exterior design of the vehicles, CMF & HMI design & prototyping across electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, commercial vehicles, buses, trucks, trams, trains, drones, and various other products and gadgets. Deep expertise in teamwork, team leading, building strategical partnerships, university collaborations, building & launching design award, teaching, mentoring, judging in multiple design awards & contests, event management, public speaking & presenting. Short paragraph expressing my thoughts on the VMARK Vietnam Design Award: The VMARK Vietnam Design Award stands out as a significant platform recognizing exceptional design talent in Vietnam. It not only highlights innovative and creative projects but also fosters growth within the design community. Recently, there has been notable improvement in the fields of automotive and product design in Vietnam. Events like VMARK are crucial for expanding the overall understanding of design topics and demonstrating that design excellence is not confined to a specific region or country. Talent is global, and such events ensure that no single region is seen as the sole pioneer in design, showcasing that creativity thrives worldwide.

Mr. Koorosh Shojaei

Design & Strategy Manager

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Davide Conti was born in Genoa. After classical studies, he joins the faculty of Industrial Design in Genoa University. Since 2006 his focus on furniture design and interior design, he started to participate and win several national and international design competitions. In 2007 he became a member of ADI (Association for Industrial Design), at the end of 2011, founded the territorial delegation of ADI in his region Liguria, and he is elected as councilor for ADI Liguria from 2012 to 2016. In 2008 he starts undertaking professional relationships with national and international clients. At the end of 2012, he decided to open the Davide Conti Design Studio. From September 2013 to July 2015 he has held the role of Project Manager ADI China, and since October 2015 he represent ADI in China, developing with Chinese partners projects related to the internationalization of ADI actively contributing to the promotion and development of projects between the Italian and Chinese world of design. Over the years the studio saw so broaden its horizons in Milan and now in Shanghai. Since 2015 he has been actively participating as a jury of international design award and since 2016 he has been teaching interior design and Italian design for different Chinese universities, developing courses, workshops, and cultural design tours in Italy for Chinese design students. In 2017 together with other colleagues working in China, he founded the IADC, Italian Architects and Designers Community in China. In 2019 he founded IDM - Italian Design Masterclass in Shanghai, an extra-academic course of high education for Chinese designers. In 2020 he held the position of Senior Account for POLI.design in China. He is particularly creative and lives the reality with joy and curiosity, drawing out innumerable cues which lead him to commit to his job with passion. Lives and works between Shanghai (China), Milan (Italy), and his beloved Chiavari (Genoa, Italy).

Mr. Davide Conti

Founder, Design Leader

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David Basulto. Graduate Architect from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2006). Founder and Director of ArchDaily, and its global network of sites in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. ArchDaily’s mission is “to improve the quality of life of the next 3 billion people who live in cities by 2050, by providing inspiration, knowledge, and tools to the architects who face this challenge.” David has served as jury for several awards, prizes and design competitions in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia. Member of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize International Advisory Council in Chicago, of the Endeavor Foundation in New York, and member of the Academic Council of TEC de Monterrey in México. Curator of the Nordic Countries Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. David has been chosen as one of Chile’s 100 Young Leaders, and received the National Award of Innovation for ArchDaily, by the Government of Chile. Currently lives in Berlin. ArchDaily is today the world’s most visited architecture website. As of May 2020, ArchDaily merged with Architonic, joining the NZZ Media Group in Switzerland. David currently serves as Managing Director of Architonic ArchDaily, and as Editor in Chief of ArchDaily.

Mr. David Basulto

Founder & Editor

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Mr. Koji Sakai is the Director of Sia-furniture, Japan. Concept "SIA×DESIGN=HAPPINESS" Create the feeling, not the shapes. SIＡ is a design unit with the motto, "SIA×DESIGN=HAPPINESS", try to create comfortable, convenient and pleasant things. ​ Mr. Koji Sakai is also on the Board of Directors of the Japan Interior Designers' Association (JID). JID was founded in 1958 as a national association to represent the interests of interior designers in Japan. Since then, JID has been dealing with the professional, cultural, and legal interests of the interior design profession supporting and promoting the realization of modern design. ​ The full membership consists of the individual designers who practice interior design and interior product design as well as the researchers engaged in the field of interior design. The supporting membership includes the organizations, companies, design schools and institutes relevant to the field of interior design who wish to contribute to the goals of the association. The objectives of the association are to contribute to social well-being by looking for common solutions to make better living environments and to enhance the social recognition of the importance of interior design. To this end, JID has been exchanging ideas and experiences and trying to strengthen social solidarity between the individuals and the organizations nationally as well as internationally in order to establish the recognition, methods, and technique to meet the common goals as the professional organization. JID has taken its role as a member of global society participating positively in international activities and voicing itself on issues concerted. and will continue to do its part striving towards the objectives raised through a range of activities and with the recognition and responsibilities as a national organization. ​

Mr. Koji Sakai

Professor, Board of Director

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Ms. Zheng graduated from the The China Academy of Art majoring in Comprehensive Design with honors, Later, she went to the Department of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong, under the tutelage of Patrick Fong. After her graduation she engaged in various large scale interior design and color design projects including China, Hong Kong and Sydney. Ms. Zheng traveled extensively to Japan, Canada, Australia and other countries for oversea study exchange. With her personal unique design flair and management experience, making every project contains its own aesthetic and creative concept. Ms. Zhang also won various awards from local and international design industry and media. ​Major Completed Projects Cloud Data Center，Nanjing; U-Park Property Sales Center, Nanjing; D32 Shopping Mall, Hangzhou; Le Palais D'ete Property Sales Center, Jiaxing; Idyllic Nobles Property Sales Center, Hangzhou; More Center Lobby, Hangzhou; Full-Sun Club House，British Style, Hangzhou; Full-Sun Villa, American Style, Hangzhou; Full-Sun Villa, Modern Style, Hangzhou; Full-Sun Villa, Spanish Style, Hangzhou; Lotus Garden Show House，Linping; Greentown First Class， Hangzhou; ​AWARDS 2016-2017 Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards For Elite | Club Award 2015-2016 Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards For Elite | Gold Award 2015 Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards For Elite | Best Design Concept Award 2014 Sikelyde Space Design Awards | The Best Display Art Designer 2014 APDC Award Special Award 2014 China Building Decoration Association Outstanding Designer 2014 Fashion Figure Awards Of China Residential Design Committee Winner

Ms. Cowcow Zheng

Design Director

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1984 Born in Hokkaido Japan 2003 Graduated the Interior Department of Tokyo Polytechnic University. 2007 Joined the Interior Designing of Design Company. 2011 Freelance Designer 2012 Established Canuch 2013 Founded Canuch Inc. ・JIDA Japan Industrial Designers’ Association [Member] ・JSSD Japanese Society For The Science Of Design [Member] ・Tokyo Polytechnic University Faculty of Arts Department of Design [Associate Professor] 2021~

Mr. Yosuke Kinoshita

CEO, Designer

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Davide Conti was born in Genoa. After classical studies, he joins the faculty of Industrial Design in Genoa University. Since 2006 his focus on furniture design and interior design, he started to participate and win several national and international design competitions. In 2007 he became a member of ADI (Association for Industrial Design), at the end of 2011, founded the territorial delegation of ADI in his region Liguria, and he is elected as councilor for ADI Liguria from 2012 to 2016. In 2008 he starts undertaking professional relationships with national and international clients. At the end of 2012, he decided to open the Davide Conti Design Studio. From September 2013 to July 2015 he has held the role of Project Manager ADI China, and since October 2015 he represent ADI in China, developing with Chinese partners projects related to the internationalization of ADI actively contributing to the promotion and development of projects between the Italian and Chinese world of design. Over the years the studio saw so broaden its horizons in Milan and now in Shanghai. Since 2015 he has been actively participating as a jury of international design award and since 2016 he has been teaching interior design and Italian design for different Chinese universities, developing courses, workshops, and cultural design tours in Italy for Chinese design students. In 2017 together with other colleagues working in China, he founded the IADC, Italian Architects and Designers Community in China. In 2019 he founded IDM - Italian Design Masterclass in Shanghai, an extra-academic course of high education for Chinese designers. In 2020 he held the position of Senior Account for POLI.design in China. He is particularly creative and lives the reality with joy and curiosity, drawing out innumerable cues which lead him to commit to his job with passion. Lives and works between Shanghai (China), Milan (Italy), and his beloved Chiavari (Genoa, Italy).

Mr. Davide Conti

Founder, Design Leader

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Marcin Husarz is an architect and founder of "competitions.archi", a leading platform for architecture competitions. He is also the editor in chief of the "Architecture Competitions Yearbook". Through his work, he promotes innovation in the industry and showcases the best in architectural design.

Mr. Marcin Husarz

Architect

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Mr. Jason Wang is the leading figure in the Chinese design arena who had devoted himself to the design industry as a curator up to 2009. Wang is the Secretary-General of Asia Pacific Design Center (APDC) as well as the Secretary-General of the Organizing Committee for the APDC Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards for Elite. ​In 2010, Mr. Jason Wang established the Asia Pacific Design Center (APDC) in Hong Kong, China. He also initiated the Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards for Elite with the theme ‘Celebrating Creativity’, which has become one of the most important design awards in the Chinese community.

Mr. Jason Wang

Secretary-General

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Casey Hyun is an international multi-award-winning designer/strategist, business consultant and futurist. He has over 25 years of experience in the automotive and tech sectors including Panasonic, Audi, Ford, GM, Hyundai and most recently Google Uber where he was integral in the development of autonomous and future mobility technology. With extensive experiences with top global corporations, his knowledge and professional network are unmatched. Since 2010, multiple numbers of Casey Hyun’s automotive designs have been globally awarded for their design excellence. Casey Hyun has covered a number of interviews and articles for global magazines and news around the world.

Mr. Casey Hyun

Product Designer | Professor

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Riccardo Franceschi 1989-1994 Polytechnic of Milan, Faculty of Architecture and Interior Design 1993-1995 Assistant Professor of Architecture at Faculty of Architecture of Polytechnic of Milan 1996 Opens office in Brescia 2009 Partnership with Giorgio Goffi 2010 Establishes with Giorgio Goffi ARCHI2 office ​Archisquare awards 1994 “Premio San Carlo Borromeo” Permanent Exhibition in Milan (selected) 2005 “Piranesi Prix International” (finalist) 2006 Award “Gold Medal for Italian Architecture” Honorable Mention “International Prize Mies Van Der Rohe” (selected) “National Award ANCE-IN / ARCH”, Prize for the best young architects project section ​

Mr. Riccardo Franceschi

Architect, Interior Designer

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Suzy Annetta, Founding Editor in Chief of Design Anthology is a design editor and curator and a recognised authority on design in Asia. Suzy has judged numerous design awards regionally, has advised on selection panels, serves as on the advisory committee for Design Trust, hosted numerous interviews and panel discussions at events, live television and podcasts, and has edited numerous books on design. With a background in interior design, and 18 years living in Asia, Annetta recognised the need to tell stories about design across the region. Design Anthology was first launched in early 2014 to a strong following that continues to grow internationally. Design Anthology is published independently and is the only design magazine available across the Asia region to focus on a curated selection of high-end projects in the region or by Asian designers internationally. A European edition of the magazine launched in 2018, followed by an Australian edition in late 2019. Design Anthology published their first long format book in collaboration with Thames & Hudson in early 2020.

Ms. Suzy Annetta

Founding Editor-in-Chief

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Professor Do is an accomplished executive leader with extensive experience and consummate achievements in multiple internationally recognised and awarded-winning global research and scholarship. The teaching programs and projects he leads have sustained a record of success in attracting local, state, federal and international backing through numerous funding sources. • Award-winning senior-level professional and educator with experience as a director, executive and lead of public and private sectors in university-wide and professional communities for over 20 years. • A highly analytical decision-maker in the methodology of creative systems thinking. Experienced in establishing and implementing strategic plans for turning around challenging and complex situations to deliver positive operational outcomes, along with a proven history of increasing productivity and impact value scalability. • A highly self-motivated trailblazer who consistently wins highly competitive large grant funding with impactful education programs locally and internationally. • Seasoned executive with in-depth knowledge of emerging global pedagogy in international education and commercial market opportunities, having established academic and industry relationships across Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Taiwan. Hames Sharley’s National Head of Design Education in Practice, Professor Do, leads the design knowledge development, supporting the best practices with the approach of a scholarly in-practice design research methodology.

Prof. Khoa Do

Professor of Architecture and Design

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Oliver Lin – He is the vice president of Taiwan Design Research Institute and the vice-chairman of Taiwan Design Alliance, also serves as a consultant or committee member of governmental projects. He is dedicated to globalizing Taiwan design for over two decades. He is the advocator and promoter of Design Cities and was in charge of the planning and executing of the 2011 IDA Congress Taipei and World Design Capital 2016 Taipei and 7 WDC programs. Recently he serves as the key role in TDRI’s strategic research and planning of national design policies, supporting corporates’ design-empowerment and innovation, and also fostering the establishment and international promotion of the national design brand - “DIT” (Design in Taiwan), in order to build up Taiwan’s design ecosystem. He devotes himself to developing Taiwan Design’s international impact and the power of discourse. The vision is to make a better change in Taiwan through design capabilities and to facilitate Taiwan design’s global reputation.

Mr. Oliver Lin

Product Designer

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Mr. Tung Ching Yew is a multi-disciplinary designer who has vast experience from reputable international design consultancy organizations. Ching Yew has successfully accomplished projects both locally and overseas in countries such as U.S, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. He has won Gold and Bronze awards in Industry Design Excellence Awards (I-DEA) for Exhibition and Retail categories in 2014 and 2012 respectively. Having more than 10 years of industry practice, Ching Yew established a spatial design practice, Spirit Of Design Analogy Pte Ltd (SODA) with another fellow alumnus from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. With a total of 15 years of design industry experience that includes design management and project management, Ching Yew has completed projects in major retail malls in Singapore such as Marina Bay Sands, ION Orchard, 313 Somerset, TripleOne Somerset, Iluma, Vivocity, Suntec City, Marina Square, Plaza Singapura and still counting. Some of the other mentionable projects in which he was involved as a design consultant are National Day Parade, Orchard Road Christmas Light-up, CommunicAsia / BroadcastAsia, Food and Hotel Asia, and TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition. ​ SODA is an award-winning spatial design firm established in Singapore that specializes in Corporate Spaces. We have completed projects in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China mainly in the Retail, Commercial Office, F&B, Showroom, Hospitality and Exhibition Design sectors. We have been actively participating in seminars as guest speakers and jury panel for the awards program.

Mr. Tung Ching Yew

President | Chairman

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Mr. Cameron Woo, the founder of Cameron Woo Design (CWD), is celebrated as one of the world’s top interior designers. His firm has been featured in the interior design bible, Andrew Martin Interior Design Review, the Oscars of the interior design world, and has won multiple awards from the International Property Awards, London for World’s Best Interior Design, Asia Pacific’s Best Interior Design and for Singapore. CWD’s clientele includes many of the world’s leading property developers such as Kerry Properties, Swire Properties, Capitaland Residential, Ho Bee Group, VIG and Mulpha International. Cameron Woo has been invited to speak at international interior design conferences such as 100% Design, China International Interior Design Cultural Festival, Housing Industry Association of Australia, One to One with World Class Designers in Bangkok and Hong Kong International Lighting Fair. CWD has collaborated with some of the world’s largest consumer and prestige brands such as Dulux, AkzoNobel, Louis Vuitton and Philips Lighting. Cameron Woo is a panelist on Akzonobel’s Colour Futures and is a regular guest judge and mentor on the hit international interior design reality television show The Apartment TV, (Season 5 & 6) with 11 million viewers in SEA alone. Cameron is currently the President of the Interior Design Confederation Singapore from 2018-2019. ​

Mr. Cameron Woo Bio

Interior Designer | President

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Professor Fong is a registered Professional Interior Designer of IIDA (U.S.A), Chartered Society of Designers (UK) and member of AIA (USA) He was elected as the Chairman of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association from 1993-1995. During his 30 years of practice, he completed more than 1,000 major projects located in Mainland China, London, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the USA, and receiving more than 100 design awards. In addition, Mr. Fong lectured at the Hong Kong University and The Tsing Hua University in Bejing China. He also sat on the judging panel for the Asia Pacific Interior Design Award competition and the examination panels for various design institutes. Presently Mr. Fong is the Professor of The China Academy of Art in Hangzhou China, rating the best art academy in China. In 2005, he established the “Most Original Design Award- Patrick Fong” in China to encourage young designers on creatively thinking.

Prof. Patrick Fong

President | APDC Awards for Elite

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Mr. Duong Ho is the President of VDAS Design Association, an organization belonging to the Industry & Trade Department of Hochiminh City, Vietnam. The main mission is to plan and develop national design strategies to connect Vietnamese creative designers, businesses, design educators, national and international organizations. VDAS also enhances the creative design industry in Vietnam and promotes the design thinking process to change the perception of society in regards to overcoming national challenges and to build up Vietnam's design identity with the sole purpose of being recognized globally. Mr. Duong Ho has a background as an interior designer who has worked for more than 30 years in many different fields related to creative design, both locally and overseas. He is one of the first and leading interior design experts in Vietnam since the opening of the Vietnamese economy in the 1990s. He has contributed and participated in the design of many diverse interior projects, and lifestyle products for many famous global brands. With the opportunities to participate in overseas workshops, training courses and international events worldwide, he is always dedicated to the development of changing the mindset for Vietnamese design with the new trends and contemporary styles from Northern Europe, applying and bringing new materials and technology into the Vietnamese interior market. He is also the founder of VMARK Vietnam Design Institute, which was established with a clear mission to become a unique and leading professional design institution in Vietnam, specializing in providing design education and incubation on multiple levels of professional development for people who love creative design. From 2019, Mr. Duong Ho, with his partner, has initiated the launching of the VMARK Vietnam Interior Design Week & Vietnam Design Awards, which is, to this day, the FIRST professional CREATIVE DESIGN AWARD in Vietnam to evaluate and reward the best-applied designs in Vietnam for better awareness for businesses and citizens about the importance of vitality in design from their daily activities to the country's competitiveness. Since leading VDAS Design Association, Mr. Duong Ho has been invited to many international interior design events in Asia-Pacific and Europe, and has been invited to be the juror of some of the most authoritative design awards, such as the Singapore Interior Design Awards, Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards, CIDA China Design Awards, International Industrial Design Awards, etc.

Mr. Ho Tan Duong

Interior_Designer

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WORKS NAMBA PARKS・Parks Moon The 41st square Blue'dge WINDSOR ＆ BOULOGNE ＆ LOGOS THE WESTIN NAGOYA CASTLE deluxe suite INAX Shinjuku showroom 4F CLStage THE WESTIN NAGOYA CASTLE chapel The Opera & HUGS THE RITZ-CARLTON Tokyo 45F dining THE SAKAE RESIDENCE moitie moitie mamaya Noritake Sakae patisserie gram PROUD Mizuho-hinatacho Hilltop Notitake Ginza Iseya Sohonten Koen-ten Nakanoshima Wellness Center Keishindo JP tower KITTE Marunouchi knot Vent Vert Higashiyama Hotel Gate In Kagoshima Sumai Salon Aichi Fudosan Okazaki Leopalace21 Head office 1F LIXIL showroom AWARDS Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 2004 IIDA 2004 Award of Excellence (IES) Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Paul Waterbury Award of Excellence(Outdoor) ～ NAMBA PARKS・Parks Moon Good Design Award 2003-2004 Award of S&M Enterprises ～ Concrete Design Kitsuji　　 Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 2005　 IIDA 2005 Award of Merit (IES) Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Edwin F. Guth(Interior) Merit Award (Award of Excellence) ～LIVE JAZZ LOUNGE TRIBECA Tokyo Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 2008 IIDA 2008 Award of Merit (IES) Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Edwin F. Guth(Interior) Merit Award (Award of Excellence) The Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan Excellent Illuminating Facility in Tokai Branch, Chief Award ～The 41st square Blue'dge Best Store Of The Year 18th Award of Excellence ～INAX Shinjuku showroom 4F CLStage Architecture Award in Mie 29th, General Section Winner ～Okashi-Kokoro TORAYA SHOGETSU 8th PUBLIC Space Design Contest, 3rd place of facilities department ～Noritake no Mori - my Dining ​

Mr. Niwa Hiroyuki

President

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Architect by training and multidisciplinary designer by profession, Prof. Keat Ong is a celebrated, awards-winning designer. He is the founder/ kreative director of Keat Ong Design and co-founder of SCKD Pte Ltd as well as 3 terms president of Society of Interior Designers, Singapore (SIDS). Keat chairs the Singapore Interior Design Accreditation Council which overseas the competency of interior design practitioners in Singapore. He was also elected to preside over the the 13 nations Asia Pacific Space Designers Association (APSDA) for the term 2021-2023. He has been named one of Asia’s Top Designers in Singapore Design Awards 2014 and as Designers of the year 2016/2017 from the famed INTERIOR DESIGN Magazine. He was also honored with the title of “The Most Influential Designer” by China’s national body for Interior design, China Building Decoration Association in the 2017. He is also Adjunct Professors to numerous universities including the famed China Academy of Art and Taylor’s University as well as judges to many prestigious awards internationally. Keat is the author of “Injecting Architecture”, a book about his methodology in design demonstrated through his collection of selected projects.

Mr. Keat Ong

Founder, Kreative Director | President

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‘Andrew Thomas is the publisher of Transform magazine, the only global magazine to celebrate the transformative power of brand strategy and design.’ ​Andrew Thomas is the founder of Cravenhill Publishing. He is the publishing editor of Communicate magazine (the UK's market leading publication for corporate communication professionals) and of Transform magazine (the global magazine for brand development). Andrew has over 30 years experience in the publishing industry, 20 of them as publisher. As well as writing on communications, he is a frequent conference speaker and media commentator on communication topics including corporate reputation, media relations, social media, and the communications and media world in general. As well as publishing Communicate and Transform, Andrew also organises awards events and conferences, including the following: AWARDS PROGRAMMES Transform - Transform Europe - Transform Middle East and Africa - Transform Nordics - Transform North America - Transform Asia - Transform ANZ

Mr. Andrew Thomas

Founder, Publisher

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President of Foshan Environmental Design Association (FEDA) Chief Creative Design Director of Damu Architectural Engineering Design Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong/Shanghai/Foshan) Master Tutor, School of Art and Design, Guangdong University of Technology Rocco Tse was graduated from Guangdong University of Technology, after that he got his master’s degree of EMBA in Tsinghua University. He devoted himself in interior architectural design industry for more than 20 years. As the most influential Chinese senior interior architect, he's very good at old building renovation, commercial office space design, hotel real estate design, exhibition space design, catering space design, public resources, urban reconstruction and many other fields. Many of his outstanding works have been participated in many design awards in the Asia Pacific region including China, he won many awards for his standing out designs. His remarkable works have been published in every excellent domestic journals.

Zhiming Xie

Vice President of Architectural Society of China - Institute of Interior Design (IID-ASC)
President Foshan Environmental Design Association (FEDA)

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Founded in 2007, the IDA exists to recognize, celebrate and promote exceptional design visionaries and discover emerging talent in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic and Fashion Design worldwide. The Farmani Groupcreated the International Design Awards as a design sibling of their Annual Lucie Awards for Photography. Jill Grinda joined the Farmani Group as the Vice President for the IDA in 2020. With more than three decades of international experience Jill has held senior business development roles in major media groups including Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, CNBC and Reuters News Agency. In addition to her background in commercial sales, negotiating strategic partnerships and content distribution for media multinationals Jill is also an accomplished event designer. Over the past 30 years, Grinda has participated in and/or led the creation of world-class events across the globe. She created events for the Australian Wool Corporation throughout the 1980s - including the Young Designer Awards and the Bicentennial Wool Collection at the Sydney Opera House in 1988 (where the guests of honour were Prince Charles and Princess Diana); followed by a project working on La Marseillaise - the bicentennial celebration of the French Revolution which was produced by the French Ministry of Culture and directed by legendary Jean-Paul Goude. Jill Grinda is a dynamic leader with a diverse skillset in digital content sales management, commercial strategy, music rights, business development, events, PR and communications. Connected to a broad network of international C-Suite media executives she holds a successful track record in planning and executing revenue growth and turnaround strategies and developing and leading effective teams. Jill has worked extensively on a global basis and has held several board positions. She lives in Paris and founded the consultancy JillCo Consultancy.

Jill Grinda

Vice President - Marketing and Business Development

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Prof. Srini Srinivasan is a highly accomplished design educator, designer & entrepreneur in creative design and technology development, with over 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley, the United States, Europe, and Asia. Presently, Prof. Srinivasan is a Professor of Industrial Design at the Design Institute of Innovation Shanghai (DIIS) and additionally the Chief Operations Officer of the institute. DIIS is a non-profit entity that is focused on Innovation Transformation Engine and helps organizations with design-led strategies. Presently, Srini is a Senator of WDO (World Design Organization, formerly Icsid) after serving as its President until Feb 2022. He has been working with its global members to promote sustainability and design for a better world. Srini is also the Founding President of WDO Foundation, a non-profit entity set up to work with Cities, Municipalities and local governments to execute projects that help create a better lifestyle for citizens. Srini is the Chairman of LUMIUM DESIGN, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based, world-class, award-winning product Design Company that has developed 300+ products in the Consumer Electronics, Medical, Industrial Goods, Security, and Surveillance domains. Lumium has design studios in San Jose (USA) and Ahmedabad (India) to execute creative design projects for global clients. Srini is a visiting Professor of Industrial Design at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Industrial Design at Tongji College of Design & Innovation, Shanghai, and also a member of its International Advisory Board. In his role as an Advisory Board member, Srini helps and mentors educational institutes and technology start-ups to help them grow. Srini has been a Keynote Speaker at several Design Conferences across the globe on Innovation & Design topics. He has been the Jury Chairman and Member of the Jury on several well-known Design Awards across the globe. Srini is an active member of IDSA, the professional body for Industrial Designers in the US. Srini attended UC Berkeley for his executive education in Product Management. Presently, Srini is pursuing his Ph.D. in Sustainable Development. Srini lives in Shanghai, China, and travels extensively around the globe. He is also an avid singer, golfer, and occasional pilot.

Prof. Srini Srinivasan

Professor of Industrial Design | Chief Operations Officer

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Brigitte has dedicated over 35 years of her career to promoting the design and architecture industry. As co-president of the PID Agency, a media company specializing in design and architecture. Brigitte has demonstrated her expertise and ability to create and manage high-quality and effective promotion platforms. The agency's flagship achievements, including the renowned INTÉRIEURS magazine, the prestigious GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN awards, and the INT.design portal, have gained national and international recognition for their creativity and contribution to showcasing creators. Throughout her career, Brigitte has proven her competence and talent in organizing major projects and interacting with local, national, and international stakeholders, including governments, businesses, and media. In addition to her specialization in human resources, finance, and operational management, she excels in planning, organizing, and prioritizing, and is recognized for her leadership skills. Her extensive experience in sales and sales management also provides valuable expertise in highlighting the projects she undertakes. Brigitte possesses in-depth knowledge of the challenges related to the design industry, enabling her to provide quality consulting services. She is known for her effective communication skills and is an adept at making complex concepts accessible. Her ability to understand her clients' needs and provide wise counsel is one of her major strengths, allowing her to establish lasting and fruitful relationships in the industry.

Brigitte Gadoury

Co-President

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Mui Kinoshita is a product designer and entrepreneur trained with a multicultural background. She was born in Hong Kong, and studied industrial and strategic design in Hong Kong, UK, Finland and Italy respectively. In recognition of her remarkable achievements, she was awarded numerous global design and business awards, including the industry supremacy iF Gold Design Award, Red Dot Design Award, Global Design Gold Award, Smart Design Gold Award, YDTA Best Young Designer of the year, 40 under 40 Asian Design Talent and more. Mui is also the founder and CEO of ASA Innovation & Technology Ltd, a startup that makes use of design with technology which is based in Hong Kong Science Park. ASA has attracted New World Development as its early investor, and has completed Pre A series round funding at HKD 100M Valuation. ASA has won Peninsula Hotel Kaleidoscope Lab Global Winner, HSBC Innovation Awards, China Mobile Entrepreneurship Award, the Alibaba Jumpstarter Global Best Startup and Most Favourite Startup, beating 600+ startups around the world etc. Mui has served the Hong Kong Designer Association (HKDA) since 2012 and she is currently the Chairman of HKDA. Mui has offered extensive assistance in formulating strategies and networking people between designers, government and commercial bodies. She has also taken up roles as the Chairlady of the Global Design Awards, and lead various projects including Sponsorship of International Design Award (SIDA), DXT (Design X Technology) and the Design Symposium.

Mui Kinoshita

Chairman

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Ms. Danh Tran is a Vice President of VDAS Design Association and Founder of VMARK Vietnam Design Award. She graduated from the university with a major in Brand & Communication Design and has trained in many countries around the world in skills to develop the national creative industry (Denmark, Italy, UK, Japan, Korea...) With over 20 years of management experience in the design industry and the diverse activities related to the design field, she knows all of the aspects of her job. The process from concept to production, strategic planning, to customer contact. Her understanding of the local, international market and potential of the creative industries in Vietnam has connected her with international business partners, design organizations and multinational companies. Ms. Danh Tran has strong Creative Entrepreneur skills. She has in-depth knowledge of the different creative segments and is able to communicate effectively. Ms. Danh’s goal is to grow and nurture the next generation of Vietnamese designers through education, awareness, and work experience. She and her colleagues founded the Design Association in Vietnam with the goal of building a Vietnamese Creative and Design Community with a solid identity, connectivity & global recognition.

Danh Tran

Founder & CEO | VMARK Vietnam Design Week & Award.
Vice President | VDAS Design Association HCMC Vietnam.

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Architecturally trained in Australia, Joe founded award winning design firm, Designtone after spending more than a decade working at senior level management for international interior design firms. After propelling his previous company to be recognized as one of the Top20 Interior Design firms in the world, Joe established Designtone to seek further creative freedom. His passion has also mooted him to spend time to actively contribute to the interior design academic sphere, where he lectures extensively in design at various colleges and universities in the country. He served as Honorary Treasurer for Malaysian Institute of Interior Designers and has served as a Council Member since 2018.

Joe Chan

Executive Board Member | IFI International Federation of Interior Architects / Designers (Malaysia)

Principal and Founder, Designtone Interior Practice

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Antje Steinmuller is Associate Professor at California College of the Arts where she chairs the Bachelor of Architecture program and co-directs the Urban Works Agency, CCA’s urbanism research lab. Her research explores the role of design at the intersection of citizen-led and city-regulated processes in the production of urban space – from new typologies of urban commons and new forms of collective living, to the agency of architecture vis-a-vis the current housing crisis. She is also a co-founder of ideal X, a design consultancy focused on the collective potentials of urban spaces in transition. Most recently, her work has been exhibited at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, SPUR Urban Center, and the Venice Biennale of Architecture.

Prof. Antje Steinmuller

Associate Professor | California College of the Arts (CCA)
Chair of the Bachelor | Architecture Program
Co-Director | CCA Urban Works Agency
Founding Partner | Ideal X Design

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After graduating in Industrial Design in 2000 at the Polytechnic of Milan, Innocenzo began his career in the product design department of Panasonic in Osaka. He completed several years of experience in interaction design, and in 2004 founded the HABITS studio in Milan. Since 2005 he has held courses at the Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, the Domus Academy. In 2012 he completed the Ph.D. course studying Physical Computing applied in living spaces. Currently, he is Co-Founder of Habits Design Studio

Innocenzo Rifino

Co-Founder

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Dr. Steffen Lehmann, Assoc. AIA, AA. Dipl. (born in Stuttgart, Germany) is an internationally recognized educator, scholar, author, designer, scientific researcher, and strategic leader. He is a senior tenured Professor of Architecture & Urbanism, and former Executive Director of three schools of architecture, including the UNLV School of Architecture in Las Vegas. He is also Director of the interdisciplinary Urban Futures Lab, and CEO of the Future Cities Leadership Lab Institute (see links below), where he is translating a strategic outlook into programmatic initiatives and positive impact, dealing with a rapidly changing profession and transforming society. Before joining UNLV, Steffen Lehmann was a chair professor in the UK and the chair-holder of the UNESCO Chair for Sustainable Urban Development for the Asia-Pacific Region. Steffen is an award-winning researcher and innovation consultant working with leading companies, cities, and various governments from around the world. Since 2002, he has been a tenured full professor in a range of leadership roles at four research-intensive universities, on three continents: in the U.S., the UK, and Australia. He looks forward to highlighting how design thinking and the applied humanities have a vital role in tackling the enormous challenges cities and communities are now facing—from managing the impact of climate change, to supporting economic recovery and wellbeing.

Prof. Steffen Lehmann

Former Executive Director of the School of Architecture | University of Nevada

Founding Partner | si_architecture + urban design

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CEO of the OPAL Award (The Outstanding Property Award London) and jury member of numerous international design awards. Graduated with a Masters degree with distinction at Londons at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (UAL). Formerly a creative director in the digital media industry, and has completed exclusive interior design & Property Development projects in London as well as an avid fine art photographer. The OPAL Award identifies and rewards outstanding global projects within the disciplines of Property Development, Architectural Design, and Interior Design. The Award resides in London and is open to project submissions from all over the world.

Jesper Thomsen

CEO

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More info on Claudya's linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudyapiazera/ Claudya tells about her background (abstract) “Working with design management at the Associate Consulting International and a founding member of Design Center Brazil 20 years ago strongly helped to start exploring innovation development and sustainability strategies for product design. That exploration opened up the door to a Master of Design at UNSW, Australia in 2001 with an emphasis in Design strategy, innovation. and Sustainability design. Claudya's is also a certified leader from Harvard Excellence. Her professional work has focused on consulting for multinational consumer product companies, helping realize their growth through innovation and ecodesign development goals. Given the need for sustainability action, Claudya one decided to create her own consulting firm to work with manufacturers and builders design better products and spaces to strengthen the transition to our current linear to a circular economy to contribute for a more sustainable world and better way of living ". Mentorship strength Strategy Design | Ecodesign | Innovation | business development and other environmental, social related schemes. Best tip for a circular design A circular design idea is not an isolated action. This can include several interactions before it is ready to be produced and scaled. Go ahead and continue trying again and again and even if it is not perfect, Its definitely better to have a good first circular and resilient solution then to continue with the existing old linear approach. - Claudya Piazera

Claudya Piazera

CEO

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Hannah Lillethun comes from a diverse and multi-cultural background. Born in Norway in 1976, she moved to India with her family at the age of 5 and spent the next 35 years living in Asia. She has worked with several international non-profit organizations throughout her professional career, developing programs for social improvement. For the past 10 years Hannah has been helping to lead the Farmani Group as Program Director of the company’s prestigious international design and photography awards – executing the annual awards programs, coordinating jury panels on international platforms, planning events and exhibitions around the world, and more. Now once again based in Norway, she is passionate about promoting and celebrating creativity from all around the globe, across all disciplines and in all aspects of society.

Ms. Hannah Lillethun

General Manager – Farmani Group

Program Director – FG Design and Photography Awards

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Vice President of Sales – AMERICAS – at ScanCom International A/S – graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Breda University of applied sciences, The Netherlands and an executive MBA from the Maastricht School of Management. After graduation Jasper moved to Asia and started his career journey in the furniture & manufacturing industry. Over the years, Jasper co-created many designs for sales in global retail. Jasper also built several product development & design TEAMS in Vietnam throughout his career, most recently as a consultant for a Canadian start up. Being exposed to Danish design & having the opportunity to connect design to manufacturability & successfully commercialize this, is a true passion. Jasper recently rejoined ScanCom International A/s – and after fulfilling interim roles in product development during his first year back – he is currently leading the growth for the North and South American markets for ScanCom and evolving the American furniture range for ScanCom. www.Linkedin.com/in/jasper-boer-7614635

Jasper Christoffer Boer

VP of Sales - AMERICAS

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Mr. Joe Lin

Chairman

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Dr. Jeanne Lee

Associate Dean of the School of Design
Director
Co-chair
President

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Mr. Alexander Shumsky

President

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Mr. David Grossman

Co-Directer

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Mr. Akira UEDA

Professor / Director

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Mrs. Celia Mead

Director

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