Designers：

De Liu & Mi Ecosystem Team

Introduction:

Mi Ecosystem is an eco-system of connecting different stakeholders of industrial chain into an open platform of smart living. The platform supports the designer a common ground of smart technological and manufactural supply chain to make the design entrepreneurs' life much easier.

Xiaomi itself is among the most active investors in local start-ups that the company not only supports financially but also helps them to the position in the market. Mi Ecosystem has provided assistance to more than 330 design driven start-ups and the annual output value is now more than 60 billion RMB. It should be also mentioned that the platform has its own crowd-funding platform - a starting point for up-and-coming companies that want to make a difference in the world with their innovative inventions. Since the platform has accumulated more than 63 million Chinese families alone the ideas, the young brands promote are turned into reality faster.

Jury Citation:

A truly systematic approach to design and manufacturing that empowers creation and its transformation to smart living. Mi Ecosystem not only makes design entrepreneurship much easier, but also bring design quality into every day lives of 63 million Chinese middle class families.