Living by design

12 Timespaces - A Concept Exhibition on Chinese Living Style opens the week-long Icograda World Design Congress 2009, which begins today and is being held in Beijing for the first time.

It will bring together 97 international speakers and 25 exhibitions to examine the relationship between life and design.

Set in virtual living spaces, the exhibition will display 12 designers' works that feature everyday products and show how ordinary items can be transformed into artworks. It will run until Oct 30 at the Digital Art Gallery of Beijing World Art Museum.