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Asia’s premier annual event on design, innovation and brands is back! Under the theme 'Game Changers', Business of Design Week 2023(BODW2023) Summit partners with the Netherlands and CreativeNL - world-renowned pioneers of circularity - to bring together policymakers, entrepreneurs and creative leaders to drive innovation that contributes to a sustainable future. Join us at Hong […]
Design is an important driver of innovation, creation, production, consumption and transformation towards a sustainable world. Organized by Hong Kong Design Institute, this event will take place from 3 to 5 May 2023 and bring together sustainability experts from Hong Kong and Switzerland to explore the future of sustainable design through a series of hybrid lectures […]
DFA Design for Asia Awards 2023 is open for global submission from 1 April 2023 onwards. The Awards aims to honour design excellence and acknowledge user-centric design projects which embrace the unique Asian perspectives to enhance the quality of life for people. This is the golden chance for designers to showcase their innovative designs to […]
Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) will present a series of online master lectures under the theme of “Swiss inspiration: Swiss design today-tomorrow” from 31 Oct to 9 Nov 2022. Experts including practitioners, lecturers and inventors in the Swiss design industry will shed light on the current and future approaches of Swiss design across architecture, graphic, […]
Organised by Hong Kong Design Centre in collaboration with Strategic Partner the Netherlands, KODW 2022 assembles over 30 industry experts and creatives to spotlight design principles and case studies rooted in the vision for a sustainable future under the theme ‘Regeneration by Design’. For the very first time, the programme is transformed into a virtual […]
DFA Design for Asia Awards 2022 is open for global submission! Online submissions of design projects that embrace Asian perspectives to enhance the quality of life for people are welcome from any of these six design disciplines: Communication Design, Fashion & Accessory Design, Product & Industrial Design, Spatial Design, Digital & Motion Design and Service […]
HKDI has invited Gerfried Stocker of Ars Electronica, Jorgen Sevild of INQOVA and Yat Siu of Animoca Brands to deliver online lectures to shed light on what the future is like for arts technology, digital fashion and the Metaverse . Website WDO Member: Hong Kong Design Institute
To acknowledge trailblazers for their outstanding contributions to the design industry, recognise emerging Hong Kong young designers and celebrate excellent design projects with Asian perspective, the DFA Awards Presentation Ceremony 2021 will be held on 1 December 2021 (3:30pm, HKT), at M+ in Hong Kong. Winner from its 5 major awards - DFA Lifetime Achievement […]
The post-pandemic world is in a state of flux. Our world has never been more in need of a new beginning. Navigating the new normal calls for fresh thinking, decisive leadership, and collaborative creativity across disciplines. As global business leaders envisage a game-changing plan to chart a purposeful path forward, societies must find the talent, […]
On 29 November 2021, top NFT experts will gather at Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) to shed light on the massive transformation by NFTs on different dimensions: legal, market, government, technological support and where it is heading. Website WDO Member: Hong Kong Design Institute
BODW CityProg is a citywide design activation programme initiated in 2018 by Hong Kong Design Centre. Each year, CityProg brings together 100+ partners to spark 200+ happenings around the city through its three distinct platforms: “Anchor Site Festivals”, “Design EduVation” programmes, and “Satellite Events & Offers”. CityProg spans throughout the year, with major happenings in […]
Amidst the pandemic, creativity and innovation proves to be the remedy for improving our quality of life. This year’s awardees and their awarded projects meaningfully address critical issues through technological advancements, and marriage of functionality and aesthetics. The designs unite people from all walks of life through one singularity, and contribute to the betterment of […]
As one of the most prestigious design awards in Asia, DFA Awards 2021 announced this year’s winners to honor three trailblazers in the world of design including Patrick Whitney, Professor in Residence of Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health (DFA Lifetime Achievement Award) , Min-Liang Tan, CEO & Co-founder of Razer Inc. (DFA Design Leadership […]
Despite the challenges brought by the pandemic, the DFA Awards still seizes every chance to showcase outstanding designs to the world, and to explore how design thinking can create a better future for Asia and humanity. Themed “Design Steers・Reshape Future”, the first overseas DFA Awards Exhibition in 2021 will be held at GOOD DESIGN Marunouchi […]
Knowledge of Design Week (KODW) will be held on 21-25 June 2021, under the theme “Reimagining Service Economy". Over 50 local and global innovative leaders and experts will share their perspectives and insights on how Service Design is reshaping our lives across future retail, hospitality, smart living and ageing well. Featuring 10 forum sessions and […]
The traditions from the past laid profound influences on all aspects of our modern life as well as designs. Winners of the DFA Design for Asia Awards from Taiwan are invited to share their views on how modern designers wield modern techniques and contemporary elements to reimagine traditions, from the perspectives of book design and […]
Design District Hong Kong (#ddHK) peers into the future for its finale with the theme ‘transFORM’. Set against the spectacular backdrop of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, #ddHK draws inspiration from Chinese gardens to turn open spaces into an ‘open-air design district gallery’, with 7 sets of design installations by local and overseas designers/artists. The newly […]
Culture is intangible but can be visualised through a design process. At the design dialogue, the DFA Design for Asia Awards past judges and winners from different cultural background shall share their insights on design trend, in particular, the inspiration and design principles from their cultural background and experiences. Website WDO Member: Hong Kong Design […]
Design excellence does contribute to the betterment of the design industry and the society! Learn more from the winner portfolios of three design trendsetters of DFA Lifetime Achievement Award, DFA Design Leadership Award, and DFA World’s Outstanding Chinese Designer, and winning projects of DFA Design for Asia Awards, as well as awardees’ portfolios of DFA […]
As the global pandemic reshapes every aspect of our lives, it greatly accelerated the trends of digitalisation as well as innovation across all industries; more human-centred solutions were generated by using the power of design thinking to help people from all walks of life adapt to the new normal. Submit your humanistic design projects to […]
