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Painting With Scissors Oct 2016

Painting With Scissors

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

During the summer months a seven foot tall calligraphy brush drew the eyes of visitors to the HKDI campus and led them to work by Wu GuanZhong (吳冠中, 1919-2010), a Chinese painter who is suddenly back in vogue as a new generation of artists appraise his contribution to contemporary art.

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Bear Market Oct 2016

Bear Market

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

A toy competition to celebrate the Vocational Training Council's 30th Anniversary broke records and showed how fine art and popular culture can be combined to spectacular effect. As Summer Cao reports, the contest also revealed how the region's most established design school works to promote the reputation of Hong Kong's design industry.

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Pencilled In Oct 2016

Pencilled In

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The D&AD Awards for 2012 arrived in Hong Kong on September 4th as an exhibition of 100 prizewinners from the year was unveiled at HKDI. Among the work on display was Peace One Day -- Spread Your Wings by a team of students from the institute that won this year's Students Award as Best of Year.

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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.

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End Game Oct 2016

End Game

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

2012 has long been the subject of myths and speculation because it appeared to be the year in which the world was supposed to be destroyed, according to some scholars of the Mayan calendar. So far this year has not seen a global cataclysm but, as Summer Cao reports, it has inspired a hit movie and a popular HKDI show.

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Rainbow Effect Oct 2016

Rainbow Effect

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Bold and bright hues are an integral part of the Asian landscape. In November the HKDI will host an exhibition called Colours of Asia which, as Lisa Li reports, will offer new insights into the way that colour shapes every aspect of our lives.

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Fresh Strokes Oct 2016

Fresh Strokes

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

A HKDI project to breathe new life into the work of two famous Chinese artists has sparked fresh interest in traditional cartoons and painting techniques, while providing an international showcase for the ground breaking work of local design students.

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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.

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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.

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