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The Crafting Of Design Minds
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
The cache of graduate projects from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne on display at HKDI reveals a wide-eyed curiosity that is characteristic of the renowned Swiss school's energetic approach to design education.
Mothers Of Invention
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
To explore the beauty of an object is to engage with the genius behind its creation and as Rik Glauert reports, the exhibition "Every Product Tells a Story" at HKDI is a window into the elusive mind of the designer.
Thought Process
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
The HKDI's Department of Product & Interior Design operates on the belief that great designs only become fabulous products if they have good working principles behind them. As programme leader Bill Chan reveals to Summer Cao this approach helps create sustainable careers and a healthier design environment.
Obsessed With Obsessions: Design For Obsession, Vara Yang
Obsessed With Obsessions: Design For Obsession, Vara Yang
Masters Theses
Taking the notion of obsessions as the starting point for my thesis, I decided to investigate the daily rituals undertaken by a select group of people. I engaged myself in others’ idiosyncrasies, and found myself empathizing with their needs and desires. I found it fascinating how our obsessions vary so considerably. Yet, at the same time, I realized that each of the obsessions I explored was comparable in that the qualities that defined each obsession were essentially the same.
My thesis uses the obsession of Squeegee Girl as an example with which to demonstrate my personal concept of design. For …
Holistic Products: Designing With Time, Gifts, And Ritual, Jeremy P. Zietz
Holistic Products: Designing With Time, Gifts, And Ritual, Jeremy P. Zietz
Theses and Dissertations
The notion of “you are what you buy” is an updated adage from “you are what you eat”. It makes a connection between our everyday objects and their effect on our lived experience. Looking at our relationships with our things as a type of contract, we must be intentional to shape these object contracts for our own good and health. Instead of our society’s design talents being put toward a consumerist agenda, designers must direct research and development which addresses the effects of our products holistically.
Various concepts have emerged in my creative practice which demand a deeper research and …