April 19, 2025
"Weaving the Future - 2025 Sustainable Design Exhibition"
was officially launched in Tianfu Design Industrial Park!
The “Weaving the Future : 2025 Sustainable Design Exhibition” is organized by Xiamen Culture Design Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chengdu Vartaim Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd., with the support of the Chengdu Chenghua District Dongjiao Memory Art District Management Committee. It is undertaken by Chengdu Chuangcheng Brand Management Co. Ltd. and Tianfu Industrial Design Park, and co-organized by Chengdu Tianfu Huazhang Cultural Creative Development Co. Ltd.
「Weaving the Future - 2025 Sustainable Design Exhibition」
Initiated by the Organizing Committee of DE-Social Design Initiative, this “Problem Weaving” exhibition on sustainable issues brings together a number of innovative projects and cases from 17 countries and regions, presenting the transformation of designers from “problem-solvers” to “system weavers”. The exhibition, initiated by the Organizing Committee of DE-Social Design Initiative, brings together a number of innovative projects and cases from 17 countries and regions, presenting the transformation of designers from “problem solvers” to “system weavers”, transforming them into seeds for thinking about the future of society and weaving new clues to the future of sustainable lifestyles.
Let's take a look on-site at the exhibition
Take a look at the colorful sustainable design works at the exhibition.
「Weaving the Future - 2025 Sustainable Design Exhibition」
“Weaving” is not only a metaphor for interdisciplinary collaboration, but also a common expectation of the collective consciousness. ‘Future’ does not give answers, but rather 69 threads of inquiry, and the exhibition invites every viewer to pick up the threads of inquiry and reconstruct the symbiotic relationship between man and nature, and man and society, in the gaps and crevices of the questions. The exhibition invites every audience to pick up the threads of inquiry and reconstruct the symbiotic relationship between man and nature, man and society in the gap of questions.
Highlights of the Exhibition Area
Prologue
Is sustainable living a middle-class game or a must for all?
「Weaving the Future - 2025 Sustainable Design Exhibition」
Here, we can see daily artifacts recycled from the genes of Sichuan, paintings recreated from the commercial waistcovers of books, exquisite dolls transformed from old skateboards, and tea-covered bowls made from discarded orange peels, etc., presenting thoughts on daily sustainable lifestyles through the pragmatic survival wisdom of ordinary people in the daily life. At the same time, the booth in the exhibition area is transformed from a decommissioned wooden hot pot table, which has become a container to carry the sample of life in Sichuan.
Chapter 1
Waste or Untapped Potential?
「Weaving the Future - 2025 Sustainable Design Exhibition」
In this section, we can see beautiful furniture made from coffee grounds and recycled plastic, 3D printed chairs made from recycled fishing nets and wood fibers, sneakers made from recycled oyster shells, plastic bottles, bamboo, and tea stems, and fishermen's helmets made from recycled seashells, etc. Through the display of many recycled household items, we are able to gain insights into the future trends of sustainable materials. By showcasing a wide range of recycled objects, and through insights into future trends in sustainable materials, the exhibition continues to ask: When we discard, what do we truly squander? Is it the raw materials or the boundary of imaginative capacity?
Chapter 2
Can Technology Undergo "Photosynthesis"?
「Weaving the Future - 2025 Sustainable Design Exhibition」
This section presents examples of new material technologies that convert light into heat, groundbreaking tongue-based computer controllers for people with disabilities, small robots that promote high agricultural yields through automation, and a low-cost wildfire detection system designed for remote communities, as well as sustainable food solutions through desalination of seawater and cultivation of algae. It makes us wonder if technology, in claiming to be an alternative to nature, should not first learn to be humble and live in harmony with nature.
Chapter 3
Will We Build Parks on Orbital Refuse Constellations In the Next Decade?
「Weaving the Future - 2025 Sustainable Design Exhibition」
This section focuses on the deeper propositions of cultural regeneration, social goodness and urban/rural renewal, where we can see cases such as a bamboo lamp that combines digital design with endangered weaving crafts, a pocket garden transformed from a discarded bicycle shed, a community playground that is co-created by children and perpetuates the memory and culture of the community, and a giant temporary installation composed of more than 500 recycled plastic mats, not only about cultural revitalization or land regeneration, but also a practice of public aesthetics about responsibility. This is not only about cultural revitalization or land regeneration, but also a public aesthetic practice of responsibility.
Chapter 4
What Can a Collective "Network Weaving" of Sustained Action Transform?
「Weaving the Future - 2025 Sustainable Design Exhibition」
The actions of Tsinghua University's Rural Revitalization Workstation, School of Design Arts, Hunan University, the “Changjiang Conservation Foundation”and “Xiamen Blue” are like a “capillary effect” that weaves a resilient and sustainable ecological network. From transforming unused houses in the countryside to empowering remote areas, these cross-border action alliances are redefining the identity of sustainable designers. At the same time, this exhibition area has a special “Sustainable Design Book Corner” under the dome of the Arcing Bamboo Pavilion installation, displaying classic sustainable books and “Island Hopping” specials on sustainable lifestyles, so that you may find a more realistic code of sustainable change in the academic propositions under the theoretical classics and the nature feast in the magazines.
Exhibiting Organization/Company/Designer
(in alphabetical order)
During the exhibition, the organizers will also hold a series of colorful activities, including forums, lectures and workshops, inviting people from all walks of life to discuss the path of sustainable practice of design.
Bring the topic #WeaveTheFuture to share your concerns about sustainable design issues, and selected messages will be displayed online for more people to hear your voice. In addition, those who actively participate in the event will also have the opportunity to receive priority registration for the offline event.
Come to “Weaving the Future : 2025 Sustainable Design Exhibition” to experience the unique charm of sustainable design and weave a better picture of life for the future!
Exhibition Dates
April 19 - June 28, 2025
Exhibition Venue
Chengdu Tianfu Design Industrial Park, Exhibition Hall A
How to visit
Follow the official public number for free admission
Welcome to the World of Design
Launched By
DE-Social Design Action
Guidanced By
Chengdu Chenghua District Dongjiao Memory Art District Management Committee
Hosted By
Xiamen Culture Design Holdings Co., Ltd.
Chengdu Vartaim Caltural Tourism Development Co., Ltd.
Organized By
Chengdu Chuangcheng Brand Management Co., Ltd.
Tianfu Industrial Design Park
Co-organized By
Chengdu Tianfu Huazhang Cultural and Creative Development Co., Ltd.
Supported By
School of Design Arts, Hunan University
Sustainable Design & Art Promotion Association
Chengdu Luhu Community Development Foundation
Changjiang Conservation Foundation
AaaM Architects
A-LIST UPCYCLING LAB
JJP Architects & Planners
MVRDV
Material X Lab
Morpho X
Protoscapes
ziinlife
Beijing Guandoo Culture & Tourism Industry Co., Ltd.
SinoBamboo Culture & Technology Co., Ltd.
XTEP（CHINA）CO.,LTD.
JianYe Design Studio
YIIIE Architects
China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Corp. Ltd
Producer
Bingjie Wu
Exhibition Team
Sitian Zhang、Jianhou Wang、Ruiqing Wu、Nan Cong、Xinru Zhuang（intern）、Shuwen Shi（intern）
Visual Design
Han Zhang/20000 days design
Space Design
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