Sixteen top designers from Mainland China, Macao (China) , Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, and Indonesia will gather in Malaysia to deliver across cutting-edge fields such as product design, graphic design, architecture, fashion, crafts, and motion graphics, presenting a design feast of creative collision and cultural ! Supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC), Malaysia, and co-organized by the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia, the Malaysia Design Council (MRM) , the Malaysian Graphic Design Association (mREGA) , and Sunway College, this summit brings together design forces from China and ASEAN countries for a transnational dialogue on creativity and culture.

Against the backdrop of global cultural reconstruction and the transformation of design disciplines, clothing, as a significant carrier of identity construction, cultural expression, and technological integration, is increasingly becoming a focal point of interdisciplinary research. The "2025 First International Conference on Clothing Heritage and Digital Fashion" aims to build a high-level international academic exchange platform, focusing on clothing history and theory, ethnic clothing and cultural interfusion, fashion design and innovation, as well as digital intelligence fashion and technology. It strives to bridge the gap between academic research and design practice, promoting the systematic and international development of clothing studies. This conference is jointly organized by Asia Design Week, the School of Digital Technology and Creative Design, Jiangnan University, the School of Art, Soochow University, the Sponge Creative Research Institute, and over ten other universities and institutions. Experts and scholars from fields such as design studies, art studies, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and textile science are cordially invited to explore new paradigms in clothing theory, new paths in fashion innovation, and new expressions of cultural tradition.