This event is hosted by Juanzong Books and IARA Design and Research Office

Event Time

Saturday, October 11, 2025
Registration
2:00 pm-2:30 pm
Forum and Q&A
2:30 pm-5:30 pm

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

Ticket: Free.

The language of the event will be Chinese and English. 

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Event

In July 2025, Juanzong Books, in collaboration with Jingqiu Zhang MED ’19, Lubin Liu, and Isaac Landeros, presented the special exhibition Design for the People. Through ten letters addressed to communities across the world, the exhibition linked design to lived realities—from  sanitation needs for refugee children, to housing for the homeless people in Hawaii, to revitalization efforts for disappearing villages. Together, these global practices explored a fundamental question: Who is Design For?

As an extension of the exhibition, the forum Everyone Matters will take place at Yale Center Beijing on October 11. Moving beyond grand narratives, it focuses on individual lives—overlooked needs, unspoken struggles, and resilient daily routines. Here, design is presented as a vital force that completes life and comforts the human spirit. Practitioners from architecture, sociology, film, and media will engage in cross-disciplinary dialogue, exploring design as a systemic practice that connects people and responds to life’s realities. Join this conversation—to see the overlooked individual and to rebuild faith in design through shared action.

Speakers

Andrew Junker PhD ’12
Regional Director, Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong, Yale-China Association

Chuan Tian
Host, Phoenix TV
Curator

Anqi Ju
Film Director
Initiator & Advocate, Chinese Architectural Heritage Imaging

Zhe He
Founding Partner & Principal, People’s Architecture Office (PAO)/People's Industrial 
Design Office (PIDO)

Isaac Landeros (Online)
Mexican Architect
Urban and Landscape Designer
Curator, "Design for the People"

Jingqiu Zhang MED ’19
Co-Founder & Principal Architect, IARA Design and Research Office
Curator, "Design for the People"

Lubin Liu
Co-Founder & Principal Architect, IARA Design and Research Office
Curator, "Design for the People"