D-exhibition

With the 50th Anniversary of Design Council of Hong Kong (DCHK), the D-exhibition will be organised to exhibit the most representative products of 17 awarded companies of the unprecedented D-Awards with the theme “Co-create a happy city of respect”.

Both D-Awards and D-exhibition aim to promote and recognise the importance and contribution of design in Hong Kong. They show how design helps resolve issues in the society, improve our living quality and advance civilisation.

The exhibition contains various categories of exhibits, covering the different needs of citizens. We believe design exists primarily to create a harmonious society. Even with changes over times, the goal of promoting a "happy city" still remains the same.

DATE 3/12/2018 6:00pm - 8:00pm
LOCATION Ballroom, 18/F, The Mira Hong Kong

Public Service Jam

Design your city. Everyday touchpoints and interactions.

City Jam is a two-day, design-led hackathon. At it, experienced designers work together designing services for Hong Kong. Teams will develop concepts that look forward to the future of the city, while being founded in the reality of public services today.

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Founded in real challenges

Experts will join at key moments to inform the designer’s process. Coming from the city’s biggest public service providers, they’ll add a dose of reality our the work.

Collision of minds

With designers and experts from all different backgrounds in the room, we’ll work across institutional boundaries to find the opportunities that lie in the gaps.

All the themes

Rather than pigeonholing our work into sectors, we are looking at a broad array of challenges all at once: housing, public space, mobility and utilities.

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Why you should jam with us

Learn from each other.

Collaborate with the city’s best service and experience designers. Work together. Learn from each other. Break out of your day to day.

Everyday issues.

Get outside your routine topics, and work on things that affect everyone in the city everyday.

Meet the experts.

Get to know the people who make Hong Kong’s public services happen. Learn from what they know. Share your inspiration and ideas with them.

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What are we working on?

We’ll design people-centric, future-facing services for Hong Kong.

Public space

Malls. Overhead walkways. Sitting-out areas. Sidewalks. Streets. Parks. Beaches. Plazas. Street cleaning. Benches. Playgrounds. Trash cans. Street lights. Public toilets. How do we use them? Why are there so many funny rules? What else is possible?

Public transport

Trams. Cars. Bus stops. Walkways. Push-carts. Bikes. MTR. Buses. Taxis. Taxi drivers. Gondolas. Stations and stops. Stairs. Airports. Feet. How do we get around the city? How do we move stuff? What else is possible?

Public Services

Police. Fire department. Libraries. Post offices. Water. Electricity. Landlines. Mobile phones. Internet. Gas. Pipes. Wires. How do we access public services? How do we interface with them? Is there anything else we all need?

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Schedule

Friday, you’ll be up to your ears in post-its.
Sunday, you’ll have a finished prototype.

Friday 7pm to 10pm

Come up with ideas. Talk to experts. Pick a challenge. Build teams. Get to work

Saturday 9am to 10pm

Research the problem. Talk to users. Map and sketch solutions. Make mistakes. Have fun. Make rough prototypes. Make fancy prototypes.

Sunday 9am to 5pm

Keep talking to users. Keep building your idea. Get in a fight. Present your prototype. Win a prize. Celebrate.

DATE 30/11/2018 - 2/12/2018 (30/11/2018 7:00pm - 2/12/2018 5:00pm)
LOCATION Blueprint, Quarry Bay

Reaching Out to the Mainland Market with "Designed by Hong Kong" and "Made by Hong Kong"

Design companies and manufacturing firms make up a significant portion of Hong Kong economy. This project aims to simultaneously promote the design industry and the manufacturing sector of Hong Kong in two mainland cities—Shenzhen and Chengdu—for the dual-brand of “Designed by Hong Kong” & “Made by Hong Kong” to tap into the mainland market.

By setting up six-month product showrooms in Shenzhen and Chengdu, and the Hong Kong pavilion at the Chengdu Creativity & Design Week, the project offers Hong Kong design and manufacturing companies an avenue to leverage on the environment and resources it provides.

Based on cross-region and cross-sector collaborations, the showrooms are the perfect venues to display brand collaborations. Networking workshops and seminars are also held monthly.

The Hong Kong companies can also take the opportunities to take part in a collaboration programme with the Association for Creative Education and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong, as well as brand-new collaboration projects in Shenzhen and Chengdu. Dissemination seminar will be held in Hong Kong in Summer 2019 to conclude the effort.

DATE Nov 2018 – May 2019
LOCATION International Art Design Center, Shenzhen

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area Gala Dinner 2018

Design strategy is the game changer. Successfully transformed Hong Kong companies share useful tips with our neighbouring counterparts on how to apply it in corporate strategy at a seminar for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area Gala Dinner 2018 held in Zhuhai.

DATE 10/12/2018
LOCATION 粵港澳珠海3D打印產業創新中心

GLASSTRESS HK (Opening reception)

GLASSTRESS HK is the contemporary art exhibition showcasing important artists  on the international scene match their talents with the use of glass. Exhibiting artists: Ettore Sottsass, Koen Vanmechelen, Ai Weiwei,  Pino Castagna, Robert Wilson, Marya Kazoun, Vik Muniz, Erwin Wurm, Massimo Lunardon, Tony Cragg.

DATE 4/12/2018 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
LOCATION Novalis Contemporary Art Design Gallery, G/F, 5 Sau Wa Fong, Wan Chai

Melbourne Fashion Showcase - Curated

This project, entitled CURATED, is presented by the Australian fashion Council and will feature a collaboration between seven emerging Melbourne labels and five Hong Kong designers and will promote cultural exchange, education and a better understanding of export markets. Collection will include women's wear, menswear, streetwear and fashion accessories - a colourful and eclectic exhibition designed to stimulate the fashion senses.

DATE 1/12/2018 – 9/12/2018 10:00am – 10:00pm
LOCATION Room 303 & 305

Great Southern Style - Mindful Australian Design - Kangan Institute

Kangan is proud to be included in its exhibition a range of inspired and beautiful millinery designed by its students and graduates. Also featured in the showcase is a unique repurposes fashion collection that is based on resilience and regeneration - how to reimage fashion and 'upcycle' for a fresh new look. And something truly special, a bespoke range of 'haut couture' dog coats created by a cohort of Melbourne's top fashionistas as part of a major project to support the Guide Dogs Association of Victoria.

DATE 1/12/2018 – 9/12/2018 10:00am – 10:00pm
LOCATION 3/F Exhibition Area

Fashion Territories; So what's fashion? - RMIT University

RMIT, one of Melburne's premier institutions for fashion and design presents works from its Master of Fashion (Design) and Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) programs. Exhibition will include a colourful and vibrant collection of student works that reflect the cutting edge of fashion design, along with a series of student fashion films and image works.

DATE 1/12/2018 – 9/12/2018 10:00am – 10:00pm
LOCATION Room 301

BODW City Programme Welcome Party

DATE 1/12/2018 1:30pm-3:00pm
LOCATION G/F Public Open Space