Six years ago, we wanted to do one thing:
To make great design visible.
Six years later, that mission has evolved into:
Making great design wanted.
Gtn9 (Gootianlu9hao) · The 6th Graduation Design Exhibition
From showcasing, to commercialization, to employment.
From students, to designers, to the industry’s next generation.
We do not sell dreams.
We directly build the pathway from作品 to profession.
A one-stop platform for graduates to monetize their creativity and secure career opportunities.
A one-stop gateway for creative agencies to discover the next design genius.
This is not just an exhibition.
This is your entry point.
2026 Graduation Design Exhibition Key Visual Design:
UNTITLED / MACAO
When the brush of AI meets human inspiration, the boundaries of design expand infinitely.
“Smart Future” represents AI as a powerful co-creative tool, working together with designers to shape future visions.
“Design Renewed” emphasizes that amid the wave of technological transformation, uniquely human thinking, emotion, and creativity will continue to breathe new life and resonance into design.
Using AI as the brush and creativity as the soul, let us embark together on a future-oriented celebration of human-machine co-creation.
We sincerely invite your institution to participate in this online gathering for the next generation of design leaders — to inspire creativity together and showcase the limitless possibilities of graduation design projects.
We look forward to collaborating with you and amplifying new voices in design.
The Gtn9 (Gootianlu9hao) Graduation Design Exhibition, as the largest free online showcase platform for graduating art and design students in China, has successfully operated for six consecutive years.
To date, the platform has brought together more than 500 institutions and over 500,000 graduation projects, generating over 500 million views and becoming a widely recognized industry benchmark.
In 2026, standing at the turning point where AI technology is reshaping the creative industries, the exhibition is comprehensively upgraded under the theme:
“Smart Future, Design Renewed.”
The platform aims to integrate exhibition, evaluation, communication, networking, education, employment, industry-academia transformation, and “AI + Design” exploration into one comprehensive professional ecosystem.
We focus not only on the final outcomes of design works, but also on the transformation of the creative process in the AI era.
Through this platform, we seek to explore:
We hope to witness and document how this new generation of graduates utilizes AI tools to transform unique insights and emotions into forward-looking and impactful design solutions.
The platform will provide a one-stop connection between art and design institutions, AI technology pioneers, industry leaders, and industrial resources, enabling students to engage directly with future trends while showcasing themselves.
It also promotes the deep integration and collaborative evolution of art and design education, AI technology, and industrial applications.
This edition of the exhibition welcomes leading art and design institutions from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and beyond, creating an international platform for cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary, and cross-technology academic exchange and creative dialogue.
Bringing together the world’s top art academies and design institutions, the exhibition will feature a dedicated “AI + Design” section showcasing AI-assisted graduation projects, creative processes, and reflections.
The platform promotes forward-looking educational achievements in the AI era and builds one of the industry’s most authoritative and future-oriented graduation design service platforms.
Leveraging the resources of Gtn9 (Gootianlu9hao), the exhibition collaborates with technology companies and creative agencies to establish the “AI Creative Incubation Award,” encouraging graduates to explore innovative applications of AI in design.
Through the integration of academic, industrial, and technological resources, the platform supports the commercialization and social transformation of projects with strong human-AI collaborative potential.
The platform gathers over 10 million users from creative design and related industries, with daily visits exceeding 3 million.
It also maintains partnerships with over 8,000 leading enterprises, technology companies, creative agencies, and design associations worldwide.
Focusing on emerging AI-era positions such as AIGC Visual Designer and AI Creative Strategist, the platform provides precise recruitment, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities through a two-way selection mechanism.
The exhibition collaborates with internationally recognized institutions including the Red Dot Design Award, Pentawards, GDC, FounderType, and more.
It also establishes new partnerships with leading Chinese AI creative platforms and communities such as Tongyi and DarkShell AI.
These collaborations promote resource sharing and cross-promotion between graduation projects, professional design competitions, and AI creative competitions, further expanding the boundaries of design.
In the age of AI, the definition and protection of originality have become increasingly important.
The platform works closely with professional copyright organizations to provide graduates with convenient copyright registration and rights protection services.
For AI-assisted works specifically, the exhibition also offers originality declaration guidance and copyright consultation services, ensuring that every spark of creativity receives proper recognition and protection.
Through the full media ecosystem of Gtn9 (Gootianlu9hao) — including its website, APP, mini-program, Weibo, WeChat Official Account, Xiaohongshu, Douyin, and Bilibili — together with partner AI communities, the exhibition provides 360-degree exposure opportunities.
Outstanding projects may also receive interviews, feature reports, and recommendations from industry KOLs.
In addition to the online exhibition hall, the platform will collaborate with leading technology parks, design weeks, and art museums across China to organize curated offline exhibitions themed around “Graduation Design in the AI Era.”
Interactive experience zones and VR exhibition spaces will allow audiences to immerse themselves in the process and outcomes of human-AI collaborative design.
Offline workshops and sharing sessions will also be organized.
From now until July 30, 2026
Open to 2026 graduating students from global Chinese art and design institutions, including postgraduate, undergraduate, and diploma programs.
Projects utilizing AI-assisted creative methods or exploring the relationship between AI and design are especially encouraged.
This is a public-interest initiative and participation is completely free of charge.
Official Website:
www.gtn9.com
https://www.gtn9.com/add_exhibition.aspx
Gtn9 (Gootianlu9hao)
FounderType, Puxiang Industrial Design, UI China, DarkShell AI, IPBOX, Zuijia Design (Most Design)
NineCloud Proofing, Guangzhou Chengfeng, Huazhi Paper, ElloMeta, Jiou Trend Toys
(Listed in no particular order and continuously updated)
Shenzhen Graphic Design Association, Fujian Graphic Design Association, Xi’an Graphic Design Association, Macau Designers Association, Visual Design Committee of Beijing Design Society, Fengtian Designers Salon, Foshan Designers Club, Guangxi Zhuangzhi Design Alliance, Guangzhou Graphic Designers Alliance, Heilongjiang Guanwai Design Alliance, Hubei Packaging Design Committee, Jilin Graphic Design Association, Nanjing Graphic Designers Alliance, Inner Mongolia Designers Salon, Pentawards, Shanghai Industrial Design Society, Suzhou Graphic Design Association, Shenzhen Multimedia Industry Association, Shenzhen Jewelry Designers Association, Shenzhen Illustration Association, Tianjin Designers Salon, Xi’an Graphic Design Association, New Youth Designers Alliance, Hong Kong Designers Association, Asian Sino-Korean Design Association, Italy-China Design Association, China Designers Salon, China-Europe International Design Culture Association, Zhengzhou Graphic Art Design Association, Hubei Cultural and Creative Industry Association, Computational Art and Design Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Design, AI and Data Design Laboratory of Tongji University College of Design and Innovation, XXY Innovation, Macau Poster Design Association, Asia Design Week
(Listed in no particular order and continuously updated)
AD518, Design360°, Sina Weibo, Packaging & Design, BranD, Zuijia Design (Most Design), Hiiibrand, China Brand Design Center, Brand Design Research Center, Jianshe, Chief Vision Officer, Logo Intelligence Bureau, Design Youth, APPSO, Machine Heart, QbitAI, Uisdc, UI China
Institutions wishing to participate may contact the official coordinator via WeChat and sign an electronic cooperation agreement.
Mobile/WeChat:
13696839897
Institutions may customize the visual identity of their exhibition hall and upload their logo, introduction, and related information.
Once published successfully, the coordinator will provide the institution’s exhibition hall link, after which project submissions may begin.
Students or institutional coordinators should register accounts on Gtn9 (Gootianlu9hao) and upload graduation projects.
Participants may select the “AI-Assisted Creation” tag and upload videos documenting the creative process.
Institutions review and verify submitted projects through the backend management system.
Approved works will immediately appear in the online exhibition hall.
Once published, projects will be promoted across the entire Gtn9 (Gootianlu9hao) media ecosystem, including Xiaohongshu, Weibo, WeChat Mini Program, Douyin, Bilibili, and partner AI communities and media platforms.
Outstanding projects may receive feature placement under the “AI Creative Pioneer” special recommendation section.
For six years, we have ignited a “creative explosion point” for emerging designers.
The Gtn9 (Gootianlu9hao) Graduation Design Exhibition is not a gallery, nor a competition.
It is the first battlefield where young Chinese creatives are seen by the entire industry.
For six years, we have placed the works of hundreds of institutions under the spotlight — free of charge.
From visual communication to digital media, from product design to animation and illustration, from environmental design to fashion design:
No thresholds.
No hidden brilliance.
This year, we are pushing the platform even further:
🔥 For graduates:
From project exposure → commercialization → one-stop employment opportunities
🔥 For creative agencies:
Directly identify and recruit the next generation of innovators
This is no longer simply a “graduation exhibition.”
It is the frontline where ideas become reality, talents gain visibility, and institutions compete for the future.
Graduation no longer needs to feel uncertain.
Your project is your résumé.
This summer, let every outstanding design unleash the resonance it deserves.
Gtn9 (Gootianlu9hao) · The 6th Online Graduation Design Exhibition
Now exploding onto the scene.
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