The first edition of Art and Design Education: FutureLab 2019 will be held from November 25th to December 1st at the West Bund Art Center in Shanghai. It is the very first international exchange platform for art and design education in this particular structure involving exhibitions, forums and workshops. More than 30 established art and design schools and institutions around the world would bring top educators, scholars, artists, as well as industry professionals to participate in this major event.

Sponsored by United Overseas Bank Singapore (UOB), FutureLab features main sections including exhibitions, forums and workshops. In the exhibition section, each participating school will organize a specially curated exhibition, with latest works ranging from fine art, new media art, AI, fashion design, material studies and urban planning etc. The forums are themed in the topics of Global Dean’s Talk: One Thing You Should Learn in Art School, Poesis & Precision: Non-trivial Relations Between Arts, Design and Sciences, Forum on Creative Art Education at Primary and Secondary Schools, and Open Forum on Education. As to the workshop section, more than seventy workshops presented by seven art schools demonstrate the experimental pedagogical cases, and also bring the very special experience of learning.

By the richness of programs, creativity of content, and the dynamic ways of engagement, the discussions of education at FutureLab emphasize on the advanced subjects, interdisciplinary curriculum design, conceptualization and the social involvement of art. It aims to build a global platform for students and parents as well as policymakers and industry investors to obtain the latest information and create opportunities for communication. We would like to take the chance to thank Helu Culture for their generous support on the new media solution of artworks in FutureLab.