Interior Design China Trip 2019
(June 3 - June 23, 2019)(June 3 – June 23, 2019)
Four聽(4) students聽will travel to China to聽participate in聽joint student design projects, and cultural activities, along with students at Shanghai Normal University, Suzhou Art & Design, Technology Institute, and Hubei Fine Arts in Wuhan. The Dawson students would participate in design charrettes that would place each Dawson student聽with a team of Chinese students, and the design charrettes would incorporate visits to cultural sites.
Project Update
The four Interior Design students participated in a joint student design project (a charrette) and cultural activities at Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute; and visited Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts (SIVA),聽where they聽interacted with students and teachers and also with high level design professionals at the TAO GROUP聽offices.聽 The designers at the TAO GROUP聽also teach at SIVA. The Students聽visited and interacted with teachers and students at聽a University in Hangzhou where聽three聽Dawson Interior Design聽students presented their design projects. Other activities that the students took part in were meting with teachers and students at Beijing Normal University where聽they were given a guided tour of a Calligraphy exhibition, visiting聽many cultural sites, including Urban Planning Exhibition Halls in Shanghai & Beijing, the Great Wall, and the historic neighbourhoods and contemporary buildings聽including many聽areas of the聽four cities named above.
