The 2023 DIA Call for Entry is proceeding in an orderly manner. Up to now, the DIA Committee has received thousands of entries from different countries and regions around the world, and DIA is attracting a high level of interest and participation from both inside and outside the industry.
Want your work to stand out from thousands of entries? Now the opportunity to obtain the “Special Pass” is coming! The 2023 DIA Committee invited 100 senior experts, academic leaders and industry elites from different fields to nominate works for 2023 DIA, and the works nominated by them can directly enter the Second Evaluation after being reviewed by the DIA Committee.
We hereby release the first batch of experts for the 2023 DIA nominations. Dear contestants, please come and find your talent scout!
List of Experts for DIA 2023 Nominations (I)
(Sort by first letter of last name)
Cees de Bont (Netherlands)
Dean of the School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, UK
Cees has served as Dean of the School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, UK since July, 2018. He has published his research findings in famous academic journals such as Design Studies, Design Issues, Journal of Engineering Design and Journal of Product Innovation Management. His research interests mainly include how consumers accept new technologies, design research methods and design education. In 2017, Cees was awarded the ICONNN Award (ICoRD Outstanding Contribution to Design Science and Education) by the International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD).
Cheng Zhili (China)
Standing Committee Member of the Party Committee and Vice President of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
Professor, New Century Excellent Talent of Ministry of Education, Member of the Teaching Steering Committee of Mechanical Industrial Design Major in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education, Member of the National Steering Committee for Employment and Entrepreneurship of College Graduates, and Expert of the Steering Committee for National Art Major Degree Postgraduate Education.
Duan Weibin (China)
Dean, School of Design & Innovation, China Academy of Art
Professor, Doctoral Supervisor and Doctor of Art, China Academy of Art. He is currently the Dean of School of Design & Innovation, China Academy of Art, the Outstanding Young Scholar of China Academy of Art, and the Young and Middle-Aged Academic Leader of Zhejiang Province. Mr. Duan is also the Executive Director of China Industrial Design Association and Vice President of Zhejiang Industrial Design Association.
Fang Hai (China)
Research Fellow and Doctoral Supervisor at Aalto University, Finland
Mr. Fang is an architect and expert in architecture and design, and he has worked as a teacher at Peking University, Aalto University and other universities, and won honors such as the “Knight of Order of the Lion of Finland", the "Distinguished Alumni of Aalto University" and the "Design Contribution Award" of World Green Design Organization. He has published academic monographs including Chinaism in Modern Furniture Design, Finnish New Architecture, Yrjo Kukkapuro, Taihu Stone and Regular Polyhedron: Art and Science in Gardens, Architecture and Furniture, Art and Furniture, New Chinaism Design Science and Evolution of Modern Furniture Design.
Fan Shengxi (China)
Professor of Tongji University
Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Director of Academic Degree Evaluation Committee of Industrial Design Engineering and Director of Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center, Tongji University. Academic Director of Key Laboratory of Digital Performing Arts Integration and Innovation under the Ministry of Culture and Member of the Teaching Steering Committee of Industrial Design Major of the Ministry of Education. Mr. Fan is mainly engaged in the research on design behavior and cognition. He has won the title of Top 10 Educators in Industrial Design in China and the Theoretical Contribution Award of the Ten-year Development of Industrial Design in China.
He Renke (China)
Chairman of Academic Committee of School of Design, Hunan University
Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Vice Chairman of the Teaching Steering Committee of Design Majors in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education, Chairman of the Teaching Steering Sub-Committee of Industrial Design, Member of the Design Discipline Review Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, Vice President of China Industrial Design Association, etc. Chairman of the Judges of CIDA Red Star Design Award; Judge of Red Dot (Germany) and IF Design Award (Germany); Judge of G-Mark Design Award (Japan); Judge of Core77 Design Award (USA); Leading Talent of the "Ten Thousand Talents Program" of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC.
Hu Zhipeng (China)
Senior Vice President of Netease
Vice Director of Zhejiang Professional Standardization Technical Committee
Adjunct Research Fellow of Zhejiang University, Senior Engineer. He joined NetEase in 2007 and served as the head of Leihuo Studio. The Leihuo Team has successfully created flagship game brands such as "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Revelation" and “Justice", making important contributions to the entertainment and game industry and local economic development. He set up Netease Fuxi Game AI Lab in 2017, and then set up Montreal Studio overseas to support the global development of games.
James Hope (UK)
Director of Transportation Design Institute, China Academy of Art
He has served as chief designer of Mustang and worked for Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors in the United States, and served as the global executive design director of Chery Automobile for many years. With an international vision and successful experience of localization in China, James Hope has created a large number of famous mass-produced cars and concept cars during his 30 years in the automobile design industry.
Kostas Terzidis (USA)
Professor of College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University
Kostas Terzidis is a professor in D&I at Tongji University and Director of Shangxiang Laboratory. He used to be an associate professor of Harvard Graduate School of Design and an assistant professor at the University of California-Los Angeles. He has published four monographs: Permutation Design (Routeledge: 2014), Algorithms for Visual Design (Wiley: 2009), Algorithmic Architecture (Architectural Press: 2006) and Expressive Form (Spon: 2003). His main research fields involve artificial intelligence and art, children and artificial intelligence courses development, and he has also published multiple papers on artificial intelligence and design.
Li Jialin (China)
Deputy Director of Academic Committee of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Mr. Li is a professor and doctoral supervisor, and he has been selected as the Special Expert of Zhejiang Province, Leading Talent in Philosophy and Social Sciences of the national "Ten Thousand Talents Program", Famous Cultural Artist of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and “Four Batches” Talent, and expert enjoying special government allowances from the State Council. He has served as an expert for public evaluation of the National Science and Technology Awards, an expert for public evaluation of Art Projects under National Social Science Fund, and an evaluation expert of "Changjiang Scholars" of the Ministry of Education. As the first inventor, he has won multiple awards such as the second prize of National Award for Technological Invention.
Li Yong (China)
Dean, Graduate School and School of Industrial Design, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Professor, Doctor of Engineering and Doctoral Supervisor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Mr. Li is mainly engaged in intelligent travel design, industrial and intelligent design, cognitive psychology and behavior patterns and other related research and practice. He is currently the Dean of the Graduate School and the Dean of the School of Industrial Design, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He is also a member of the Presidium of Guangdong Artists Association and the Chairman of the Teaching Steering Committee of Design Majors in Guangdong Undergraduate Universities; Vice Chairman of the Teaching Steering Committee of Industrial Design Major in Guangdong Undergraduate Universities.
Makoto Watanabe (Japan)
Vice President of Chiba University
Mr. Makoto Watanabe is currently the Vice President of Chiba University, Professor of Design, Graduate School-International Academic Research Institute, and he graduated as a Doctor of Engineering from Natural Science Research Department, Chiba University. As the leader of the industrial design discipline in Chiba University, he once served as chief designer in Seiko Group Corporation, and he is also Director of Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP), Judging Member of Good Design Award, and Representative Director of World Design Organization (WDO) in Japan.
Peter Childs (UK)
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Director of Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London, Professor of Engineering Design, Dyson School of Design Engineering and Chairman of Q-Bot. He has served as director of Aviation Thermal System Technology Center, Rolls-Royce University, director of In Qb ate, professor of University of Sussex and founding head of Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London, published more than 200 journal articles and conference papers, and multiple monographs including Mechanical Design Engineering Handbook (Elsevier, 2013, 2019).
Qian Zhu (China)
Qian Zhu, President and Director-in-chief of Art and Design
President and Editor-in-Chief of magazines such as Art and Design (Economic Daily Newspaper Group), Peak Data Science and Product Design, General Manager of China Fashion Weekly, Deputy Director of Liaison Committee of Central Committee of China Association for Promoting Democracy, Director of Review Committee of China Fashion Association, Vice President of Institute for Global Governance and Development, Tongji University.
Sun Shouqian (China)
Director of Future Design Lab, Zhejiang University
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Zhejiang University, Senior Visiting Scholar, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. He is now the Director of the Design Discipline Degree Committee, Zhejiang University, Member of the Design Discipline Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, Member of the Teaching Steering Committee of Design Discipline in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of China Innovation Design Industry Strategic Alliance, Vice Chairman of Industrial Design Branch of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Director of Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Design Intelligence and Digital Creativity Research, Vice Chairman of Dragon Design Foundation. He also serves as the editorial board member of the Journal of Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics and Design Engineering. His main research fields involve innovative design theory and method, intelligent wearable robot, digital art and design, etc.
Song Xiewei (China)
Dean, School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. He is an art practitioner and design promoter who devotes himself to the continuous update of knowledge, an innovative educator who pays attention to new disciplines of design and enlightens new academic ideas, and always promotes the sustainable development of art design from the perspective of global thinking, the national top-level strategy and the systematic research of socialization issues.
Stephen Green (UK)
Chief Teaching Research Fellow, Dyson School of Design Engineering
Leader of the Innovative Design Engineering Project of Imperial College London and Royal College of Art
He has extensive practical experience in systems design, innovation engineering, design project management and higher education of design. He works for five world-renowned design schools, including Dyson School of Design Engineering and Imperial College London. He has participated in the design of the world's first large-scale injection molded suitcase for Samsonite, which was patented globally and sold in millions. He also has rich experience in design-based cooperation between the industry and universities, and has established more than 306 cooperation projects with the industry, benefiting 5,105 students. In addition, as the representative of design education in Britain, he is also a member of the Board of Directors of British Industrial Design Association (BIDA).
Srini R. Srinivasan (USA)
Professor of Industrial Design and COO of Design Innovation Institute Shanghai (DIIS)
Design educator, designer and entrepreneur with more than 30 years’ experience in creative design and technology development. He is currently a senator of the World Design Organization (formerly known as the International Council of Societies of Industrial Designers, Icsid), Founder and Chairman of WDO Foundation, Chairman of LUMIUM DESIGN, visiting professor of industrial design at Italy Politecnico di Milano, and an adjunct professor of industrial design at International College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the College. He has delivered keynote speeches at several global design conferences, and served as the chairman and member of the jury of several world-renowned design awards.
Wang Shouyu (China)
Head of Huawei UCD Center
Mr. Wang is currently the head of Huawei UCD Center, and he has 16 years of experience in user experience research and design, including user experience design in operators, enterprises and consumers, digital transformation driven by user experience research, user experience design innovation, user experience design engineering, etc.
Wei Jie (China)
Dean of School of Design, Jiangnan University
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. Member of the Steering Committee for National Art Major Degree Postgraduate Education, Vice President of China Industrial Design Association, Deputy Director of Education Working Committee of China Arts and Crafts Association, Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Association for Science Artists and Member of Jiangsu Aesthetic Education Steering Committee. Head of National First-class Major Construction Point and head of a provincial experimental teaching and practical education center. Top 10 Educators in Industrial Design in China, High-level Talents of the “333 Project” in Jiangsu Province, Young and Middle-aged Academic Leader and Core Teacher of "Blue Project" in Jiangsu Province.
Zhang Linghao (China)
President of Nanjing University of the Arts
Deputy Party Secretary, President, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Nanjing University of the Arts. Visiting Scholar, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy. He was selected into the National Talent Program (Youth) of the Ministry of Education, the Outstanding Talents in the New Century of the Ministry of Education, the High-level Talents of the "Six Talent Peaks" in Jiangsu Province, and the Training Targets of Young and Middle-aged Science and Technology Leaders in the "333 Project" in Jiangsu Province. He won the title of the first “Top 10 Educators in Industrial Design in China". Mr. Zhang also takes charge of the Key Laboratory of Industrial Design of China Light Industry and the "Experience Design and System Innovation” by the Excellent Innovation Team of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Jiangsu Universities.
