Beijing Design Week (BJDW) is an annual citywide event co-hosted by National Ministries and the Municipal Government of Beijing during the National Day holiday every year in Beijing. Attracting over 2,000 designers, institution representatives and industry experts, over 5 million visitors, and more than 100 accredited news media in attendance every year, BJDW has become a A-class international design event, the largest and most influential platform in Asia for display, promotion, exchange and trading of creative designs.

The 2015 BJDW is scheduled to take place from September 23rd to October 7th in Beijing, centered on construction of three modeling platform service systems – Design Service, Design Exhibition and Design Trade. Guided by design market, and featuring seven key sections – Design Service, Classic Design Award, Smart City, Design Night, Design Trade, Guest City and Design Hop, BJDW is here to display and introduce the innovated and integrated products of the cultural creativity, design service and concerned industry. It will foster exchange and trading of main elements in the design market. The first Beijing Design Trade Fair is added to the lineup at Beijing Tianzhu Free Trade Zone – Culture Free Trade Park, a new portal to bridge China with international design resources, products, services and copyrights, providing international design organizations and brands with more convenient trading channels and professional trade port services.

This year we put together a couple of the exhibitions over in the Baitasi Remade Design area which are probably the ones you should be checking out first!

1. Handmade Bespoke Bicycles
The bicycle is an object that has been around for over 130 years. It is considered as the most efficient machine ever invented. It can be used in many different ways, e.g. as a mode of transportation, as a sports machine, as a leisure vehicle, or an object of joy. It has gone through many phases but the general geometry has remained the same. Natooke will exhibit some beautiful handmade bicycles.

Organizer: Ines Brunn
Curator: Ines Brunn
Designers: Ines Brunn
Sponsors: Natooke
Date: 9.23-10.7
Address: No.56 East Baitasi Hutong, Xicheng District

2. Beijing Bike Lanes – Talk and Tour
Beijing is a flat city with wide streets that used to have very wide bicycle lanes. The bicycle lanes have been reduced in many places, reducing safety. There are some great ideas how to make traffic safer, some of which have started to be implemented in Beijing, some of which we hope to get the municipal government to consider for the future. Ines Brunn has been involved in promoting urban cycling in Beijing for 9 years. She will share her views and her suggestions in a talk and then take the participants on a short bike ride to experience the current bike lanes.

Organizer: Ines Brunn
Sponsors: Natooke
Guest: Ines Brunn
Date: 9.27 10:00-19:00
Address: No.313 Fuchengmen Inner Street, Xicheng District