FUTURE DESIGN EDUCATION LAB Was Jointly Established by Beijing Normal University School of Future Design, Future Design Center and Lenovo

In February 2021, Wang Shoujun, Vice President of Beijing Normal University (BNU), Gao Peng, Director of Beijing Normal University School of Future Design(SFD) and Future Design Center (FDC), were invited to visit Lenovo Future Center, accompanied by Wang Chuandong, Vice President and Marketing Chief for China of Lenovo Group, as well as Xie Limei, Head of Brand Integration Marketing of China.

They exchanged views on the establishment of the “Future Design Education Laboratory” to be set up at Zhuhai Campus as well as the trend of future design development and the cultivation of future design talents.

▲ Wang Shoujun, BNU Vice President (second from right), and Gao Peng, Director of BNU School of Future Design and Future Design Center (first from left), visited the Lenovo Future Design Center accompanied by Wang Chuandong, Vice President and Marketing Chief for China of Lenovo Group (second from left) and Xie Limei, Head of Brand Integration Marketing of China (first from right).

▲Lenovo Future Center

▲Inside the Lenovo Future Center

▲Wang Chuandong introducing Lenovo Future Center to Wang Shoujun

▲Wang Shoujun and Gao Peng testing Lenovo virtual reality equipment
 

Future Design Education Laboratory, jointly established by FDC and Lenovo Group, is under construction at Zhuhai Campus and is scheduled to be completed in September 2021. By combining media interactive teaching and tele-conference functions, the laboratory will provide technical support and educational space for Future Design School.

▲ “Future Design Education Laboratory” functional area layout

▲ “Future Design Education Laboratory” renderings
 

“Lenovo - Future Design Education Laboratory” is an important practice for FDC to deepen school-enterprise cooperation. FDC hopes to provide students with high-quality educational resources through cooperation and interaction with enterprises, such as recruiting enterprise tutors and establishing joint laboratories.

In the future, Future Design School will adopt “academic professors + enterprise tutors” to carry out project-based teaching. By equipping students with systematic and strategic cross-border thinking, comprehensive problem-solving and lifelong-learning abilities, FDS aims to train students to analyze and predict future social trends meeting the demand of the new Internet culture and future life as well as information technology upgrades.
 

Collaboration Background

On October 15, 2020, Lenovo Group was granted as “School-Enterprise Partner of Innovation” and the Enterprise Tutorial Base of Beijing Normal University at the FDC press conference. Lenovo Group donated a set of intelligent education programs and equipment, and jointly established “Future Design Education Laboratory” with FDC.

▲Gao Peng signing a strategic agreement with Xie Limei

▲ Sun Hongpei, Vice Chairman of BNU University Council, awarded a certificate of appointment to Lenovo Group