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Turning Thirty Oct 2016

Turning Thirty

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The Hong Kong Design Institute played host to the kick-off ceremony for the Vocational Training Council's 30th Anniversary on February 29th 2012…


Designing A Solution Oct 2016

Designing A Solution

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

These examples of work from this year's graduates show not only creativity but also problem solving. Here, the students themselves take us through their projects…


Poetry In Motion Oct 2016

Poetry In Motion

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The Emerging Design Talents 2016 programme has seen a truly spectacular selection of creativity from this year's graduates.


Keeping In Fashion Oct 2016

Keeping In Fashion

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The Fashion Archive at Hong Kong Design Institute is a treasure trove of historical and significant pieces. We explore the huge collection and discover how it's helping to launch new careers.


Extreme Constructs Oct 2016

Extreme Constructs

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

A group of Master's in Architecture students experienced life in the Arctic to understand how best to design modern environmental structures that can survive extreme conditions.

https://kadk.dk/blog-architecture-and-extreme-environments


New To Pmq Oct 2016

New To Pmq

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Image Lab 360° is an innovative and entrepreneurial concept that combines creative savvy with business sensibility


The Crafting Of Design Minds Oct 2016

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.


Distance Learning Oct 2016

Distance Learning

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The Travelling Fashionistas arrived in Hong Kong this summer to present their novel approach to design education, based on a mixture of international awareness and a hands-on approach to tools and materials


Seize The Day Oct 2016

Seize The Day

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

We have entered a new era, when taste and appetites are in flux and opportunities can evaporate in seconds. To triumph, designers need to think with creativity, deplay craft and technique, step forward with passion, and diligently observe the market. The work unveiled at the HKDI's annual design show had all these elements.


Water Born Oct 2016

Water Born

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Sheila Levrant de Bretteville caused ecstasy and outrage in 1990 when she became director of the Yale University Graduate Program in Graphic Design and the first woman to receive tenure at the Yale University School of Art. It was not the first time she made waves and certainly not the last. For the last six months she has brought her exceptional talent to HKDI where she led a student-based project designed to help Hong Kong appreciate its unique environment.


Striking A Balance Oct 2016

Striking A Balance

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The best design education creates harmony between carftsmanship and creativity, with students being equally equipped to manufacture and inspire. This year's annual design show "Search…Becoming - Emerging Design Talents" at HKDI and IVE-Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee) revealed that there are many different ways to achieve the right mix between technique and innovation.


Thought Process Oct 2016

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.


Winds Of Change Oct 2016

Winds Of Change

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

When the HKDI's annual Fashion Show and Image Show took place on two sultry nights in June, graduates from the Department of Fashion and Image Design (FID) blew a typhoon of fresh ideas across a packed audience, as they presented a series of spectacular collections on Design Boulevard. But as Daisy Zhong and Lisa Li report the extravagant shapes on display have a practical role to play in securing a future for some of Hong Kong's most talented designers.


Roll Up, Roll Up! Oct 2016

Roll Up, Roll Up!

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The graduation show presented by the HKDI's Visual Communication students was inspired by the circus world and proved that when it comes to innovation the school's creative resources run deep.


Practices And Attitudes Towards Early User Involvement In Information Symbol Design Process: An Implication For Teaching, Wai Yi, Annie Ng, Kin Wai, Michael Siu, Che Hin, Chetwyn Chan Jun 2013

Practices And Attitudes Towards Early User Involvement In Information Symbol Design Process: An Implication For Teaching, Wai Yi, Annie Ng, Kin Wai, Michael Siu, Che Hin, Chetwyn Chan

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.


Designing A Sustainable Curriculum: Foundation Programme In Design Education For Hong Kong, Yan Yan Lam, Shung Yu, Alex Fung May 2012

Designing A Sustainable Curriculum: Foundation Programme In Design Education For Hong Kong, Yan Yan Lam, Shung Yu, Alex Fung

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.


Address Speech For The Exhibition By Part-Time Evening Students Of Window Display Of The Lee Wai Lee Technical Institute 李惠利工業學院夜學課程「櫥窗設計」展覽, 前署理教育處處長(工業) 華德斯先生致辭, Dan Waters Jan 1982

Address Speech For The Exhibition By Part-Time Evening Students Of Window Display Of The Lee Wai Lee Technical Institute 李惠利工業學院夜學課程「櫥窗設計」展覽, 前署理教育處處長(工業) 華德斯先生致辭, Dan Waters

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Address by Mr. D. D. Waters, I.S.O., 11th June 1982 for the exhibition by part-time evening students of window display of the Lee Wai Lee Technical Institute.