Design Cross-disciplinary Frontier Forum Successfully Held

On November 25, the Design Cross-disciplinary Frontier Forum was held by of Beijing Normal University School of Future Design, gathering the teachers from the school as well as the project managers of the first Future Design Seed Fund to discuss the integrated development of design and cross-disciplinary disciplines online and offline. At the forum, they exchanged ideas on the three research directions: design and future production and lifestyle, art and technology, and design and education.

Forum guest Liu An making a report

Forum guest Christoph Stahl making a report

Forum guest Ding Junfeng making an online report

The Design Cross-disciplinary Frontier Forum is a sub-forum of the Cross-disciplinary Frontier Forum of Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, to support the cross-discipline integration, promote the deep integration between design and other liberal arts and science disciplines, including engineering, agriculture and medicine, empower design education with modern information technology, and realize the complementary advantages of the academia and industry.

Beijing Normal University School of Future Design (SFD) was established in June 2021. Based on the leading disciplines of Beijing Normal University and grounded at the cross-disciplinary research in arts, technology and education, SFD fosters an integrated practice of research, education and practice through collaboration across humanities, arts, design, technology, and social sciences, and provides problem-driven and project-oriented education within complementary disciplines. It covers three research directions: Design and Future Production and Lifestyle, Art and Technology, Design and Education. To provide pioneering and exploration practices for the design industry, SFD aims to equip innovative talents with professional literacy, cutting-edge vision, comprehensive analytical skills, and scientific and humanistic concepts.