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2026-01-12 10:10

Design Ripples: The CIID City Design Dialogue Forum in Wuxi When the Gentle Waves of Taihu Meet the Stone of Design: Design Ripples

On January 8, 2026, the CIID City Design Dialogue Forum and Wuxi Regional Press Conference was successfully held at the Sixth Space in Wuxi Liangxi District. This event, themed "Design Ripples," gathered nearly 100 industry elites and was guided by the CIID Central Institute of Interior Architecture. The event was co-organized by the CIID Wuxi Center (筹备中), Sina Home, and sponsored by Nobel Ceramics, with co-sponsorship from the Sixth Space Grand Mansion Center, Natuzzi Italia, Dumeng Space, and Wodun Armor Door. This was not only the first step CIID took in Wuxi but also a profound dialogue that connected the national perspective with local context and merged commercial foresight with aesthetic contemplation, a true resonance of urban aesthetics.

Unveiling: From Taihu Ripples to Value Declaration

In the afternoon, guests began to arrive, marking the beginning of an intellectual storm in the venue on the ground floor of the Sixth Space. The host succinctly and precisely outlined the theme core of "Design Ripples" -- it originates from the establishment of a platform (CIID China's Interior Design Value Platform) and aims to inspire continuous urban aesthetic thinking.

Leadership Speeches

Following the opening remarks, Ye Hong, Honorary Director General of the CIID Beijing Central Institute of Interior Architecture and Honorary Director of the CIID Brand Management Center, addressed the audience. She reflected on the CIID's thirty-year journey in building China's interior design value platform and looked forward to the new chapter in Wuxi. She emphasized that Wuxi's profound Jiangnan heritage provides fertile soil for design, and "Design Ripples" is the prelude CIID and the city have composed together. She emphasized that CIID will continue to promote significant events such as the "China's Interior Design Award Regional 'Top Ten'," providing a shining stage for local designers to showcase their work in an "academic, fair, and just" manner. Ye Hong's speech laid the authoritative and open tone for the event.

Next, Lü Shao Cang, Founder and Product Director of the Yunyin Dongfang Yuan Design Studio, shared his deep connection with CIID over the past twenty years. He regarded CIID as the starting point and spiritual home of his design career, recalling his transformation from a winner to a judge. He emphasized the "pure academic spirit" and professional friendship represented by CIID, which is invaluable and irreplaceable by any commercial competition. His sharing was full of warmth, resonating with the designers present.

Subsequently, Yang Yazezhong, Director of the Sixth Space Group, shared his vision for in-depth cooperation with CIID and designers from the perspective of a home platform operator. He expressed that the Sixth Space will act as a resource integrator and ecosystem builder, supporting the implementation of design creativity through ways such as gathering global brands, creating immersive showrooms, and linking competitions and IP promotion. He pointed out that the current market is experiencing an upgrade of high-end consumption, with demand shifting from single products to comprehensive spaces and lifestyles. Relying on the regional advantages of Wuxi, the Sixth Space is willing to work with CIID and designers to serve a broader group of high-end customers, integrating high-quality design into the city's fabric.

Micro Ripple: Brand Empowerment, Design Narrative in Texture

After resonating with ideas, the voice of practice echoed. As the sponsor of the event, Wang Yue, Designer Channel Responsible Person of the Nobel Ceramics Marketing Center, shared the "Seeking Design Assignment Plan." With the "Seeking Trace" IP as the thread, he elaborated on how the brand draws inspiration from natural textures and systematically builds an ecological platform to empower young designers to grow. From product co-creation, global tours, to award applications at home and abroad, and public welfare projects, "Seeking Trace Club" not only shows a brand's ambition but also an animated paradigm of material enterprises and design forces creating value together. This shows us that in the ripples of design, brands are not only supporters but also indispensable companions and content co-creators.

Deep Ripple: Space Healing, the Design Narration of the New Generation

The first deep impact of design thought came from the representative of the new generation -- Ma Shanwu, Partner and Design Director of Meijia Design. As a winner of the 28th China's Interior Design Award, he presented a design narrative on "Space Healing." He abandoned the showy style demonstration and instead shared the creative logic of his winning work "Serene Realm," demonstrating how to construct a natural poetry in urban dwellings through the exquisite capture and recombination of natural elements such as light, shadow, wind, and wood. His sharing is full of details and warmth, revealing the core demand of the current elite class for living spaces: not showy luxury but the warmth and tranquility that can accommodate the soul. Ma Shanwu's practice, like a stone thrown into the water, is the profound understanding of life, and the ripples that spread out are tangible, peaceful spaces.

Interlude: Italian Elegance, Another和弦 of Life Aesthetics

After deep thinking, Yao Cheng, General Manager of the Wuxi Flagship Store of Natuzzi Italia, brought a moment of style conversion. He shared on how the brand integrates pure Italian life aesthetics with forward-looking design, and officially unveiled the "CIID Wuxi Natuzzi Italia Design+Awards" competition. This was not only a brand promotion but also a practice of introducing international design aesthetics and evaluation mechanisms into the local context, opening another window for Wuxi designers to connect with global trends.

Deep Wave after Deep Wave: Platform Resonance, a Clear Anchor of Value Network

Following the release of the event, Huang Mo, Director of the Development Department of the CIID Central Institute of Interior Architecture and Honorary Director of the CIID Zhuhai Center, took the stage to systematically and clearly explain the platform structure, core values, and future plans of the CIID Wuxi Center. He detailed how to introduce CIID's well-known competitions, design festivals, influence figure selections, and university open classes into Wuxi, and planned a clear growth path and rights system for local designers. At this moment, the abstract concept of ripples became a tangible, participatory, and profitable value network, providing a solid platform support for the rise of Wuxi's design power.

Back Ripple into Melody: Design Business, the Era Vision of Cultural Multiplication

The last to take the stage was Song Weijian, Founder of Weijian Design and Honorary Vice Chairman of the China Architecture Society's Interior Design Branch. He elevated the thought dimension of the forum to the strategic height of culture and commerce. With the theme "Design Business," he delivered a speech full of philosophical and insightful views. From the six-hundred-year cultural multiplier of Suzhou's Zhaopian Garden to how Anaya turned "solitude" into a core asset and triggered a 10 billion yuan value, Song Weijian used震撼ing cases to demonstrate that "culture is not a cost but 'the interest of time'" and that "design is the strongest唤醒er of stock assets." He shared projects such as Ningxia Wuyoubao, showing how to transform local culture into unique space narratives and commercial competitiveness. Song Weijian's sharing went beyond simple space aesthetics, pointing to the grand proposition that design is the core engine driving urban renewal, asset appreciation, and cultural inheritance, providing a strategic thinking for all practitioners facing the future.

Epilogue: Combining Ripples into a Tide, Future-oriented with Exchange

The closing of the event was marked by a photo session that captured the inspiration of the exchange, while the emotional connection had just begun. This "Design Ripples" did not fade away with the end of the event. On the contrary, it marked the formal launch of a long-term, in-depth dialogue between CIID and Wuxi. The ripples have become the sound of the tide, and we are all witnesses and promoters of this sound.

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