Kuala Lumpur Design Week
27th March- 04th of April / 2009
Conference / Exhibition / Forum / Masterclass/ Installation / Awards / Art Market / Party and many more....
For the first time, Malaysia will be playing host to KL Design Week. International design festivals and week long showcases of design excellence are held annually in Tokyo, Bangkok, London, Singapore and Amesterdam etc. These showcases are important platforms for artists and designers to exhibit the latest innovations in design, and serve as a cultural and artistic discourse of emerging design trends internationally.
KL Design Week 2009 promises to present an exciting and diverse range of work of Malaysian and international exhibitions, forums, talks and installations to a broad audience. The exhibitions have been specially selected by renowned curators to extend a greater understanding of design across all disciplines. The aim of KLDW is to nurture potential and diversity, that is inherent in Multi-cultural Malaysia, raising the bar of design in the region to international standards.
This festival will include an excellent mix of well-known designers, students as well as emerging practitioners in the areas of Product Design, Interior, Architecture, Graphic Design, Advertising, Illustration, Character Design, Animation, Digital Art as well as Mixed Media.
Several foreign design associations, curators and speakers will be participating in this event which will span in various venues around the city in the period of ten days.
Participating Venues:
KL convention Center,
CapSquare KL,
National Art Gallery,
LeMeridien Hotel,
Malaysia Tourism Center (MATIC),
The Annexe Central Market
...and many more..
Invited Guests...
David Carson / Hue Visualab / JL Design / Stefan Sagmeister / Koji Morimoto-Studio4°c / Tokyo Plastic / Supernature / Troika / Chris Bosse of Lava / Kuntzel+Deygas / Shun Kawakami of Artless / IDN Magazine / Hexa Project / Umeric / Jackson Tan/ Aya Kato / Graham Perkins / Felix of Silnt / Heath Nash / Director Kobayashi / Uselesshop and many more...
For more info and festival updates, please visit
http://kualalumpurdesignweek.com
To purchase tickets online, please visit
http://kldesignweek.com/
