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Cover May 2023

Cover

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


Issue Twenty Nine Full Text May 2023

Issue Twenty Nine Full Text

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


Ones To Watch Mar 2023

Ones To Watch

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Beyond 100
Transforming design & imagining futures with Lab4Living


Back Cover Mar 2023

Back Cover

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No abstract provided.


Interview - A Prelude To The "Future Skills Community Event" Mar 2023

Interview - A Prelude To The "Future Skills Community Event"

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

An interview with industry expert Leon Yoong
Leon Yoong will be speaking at the Panel Discussion session entitled "Design Impact - Now and Beyond" at the VPET Conference for Design on 9 December 2022. This is part of the Future Skills Community Event, which is held to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Vocational Training Council (VTC). Let's find out what Yoong has to share before the big event.


Theme - A Virtual Reality Time Machine To Build Cultural Understanding Mar 2023

Theme - A Virtual Reality Time Machine To Build Cultural Understanding

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Declaring you want to create a time machine will probably earn you some sideways glances. However, Brett Leavy's vision of a virtual representation of the Australian continent as it was before European colonisation is more than just a flight of imagination. On the contrary, the technology exists, and Leavy has been working for decades to refine it to his needs.


Design - Heritage And Innovation Mar 2023

Design - Heritage And Innovation

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"Emerging Design Talents 2022: Culture Future", an exhibition presented by HKDI and Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) (Lee Wai Lee) in August, is a runway where young designers showcased their history-inspired designs and contributed to preserving heritage and paving way for a new "culture future".


Theme - A Matchmaker For Old Crafts And Modern Living Mar 2023

Theme - A Matchmaker For Old Crafts And Modern Living

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Interview with Crafts on Peel Creative Director Penelope Luk Crafts on Peel is a local charitable organisation dedicated to reviving, reinterpreting and perpetuating traditional craftsmanship. Helmed by its creative director Penelope Luk and founder Yama Chan, the organisation fosters collaboration between craftsmen from different eras through apprenticeship and technical exchanges. By nurturing a new generation of contemporary artisans, it aspires to breathe new life into time-honoured crafts with creative ideas and designs, such that craftmanship could truly stand the test of time.


Theme - Cultural Heritage Of Everyday Life Mar 2023

Theme - Cultural Heritage Of Everyday Life

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Theme - Timeless Style Requires Sustainable Businesses Mar 2023

Theme - Timeless Style Requires Sustainable Businesses

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In retrospect, it is easy to connect the dots to explain how something of significance came into being. But when starting out on this journey, the motivations and decisions will often be just arbitrary or by chance. The "heritage business preservation eco-system" that is Whole Love Kyoto and Kyoto Traditional Culture Innovation Laboratory, is one such case.


Theme - Food And Its Depth Beyond Flavour Mar 2023

Theme - Food And Its Depth Beyond Flavour

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Interview with Deep Food founders Cindy Chan and Heinrik Ng
Although food design was traditionally led by chefs, Cindy Chan and Heinrik Ng have turned food into a major platform to showcase creativity. Riding on their design backgrounds, the duo is keeping traditional flavours and food culture alive, exploring new expression avenues to present the beauty of food.


Project - Contemporary Interpretation Of Artisanship Mar 2023

Project - Contemporary Interpretation Of Artisanship

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Unseen: The Making of Traditional Chinese Furniture
Traditional rosewood furniture pieces are treasured as heirloom items for their exquisite craftsmanship. How does it work with contemporary design? This is the inspiring story told in the May exhibition Unseen: The Making of Traditional Chinese Furniture jointly organised by the HKDI Gallery and Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM).


Forum - The Creative Diversity Of Hong Kong Typography Mar 2023

Forum - The Creative Diversity Of Hong Kong Typography

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Interview with Benny Au, Spencer Wong and Katol Lo - key persons of the "See Words__"exhibition
To revisit the "See Words__" exhibition that was successfully held in July at the Centre for Communication Design of HKDI, we invited three key persons of the show and discussed how they perceive the potentials and the future of typography in Hong Kong.


Editorial Mar 2023

Editorial

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

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Contents Mar 2023

Contents

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Cover Mar 2023

Cover

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


Issue Twenty Eight Full Text Mar 2023

Issue Twenty Eight Full Text

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


Ones To Watch Nov 2022

Ones To Watch

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Emerging Design Talents 2022: Culture Future
2022年度設計展: 文化未來


Back Cover Nov 2022

Back Cover

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


Architecture - Mario Cucinella On Green Architecture Nov 2022

Architecture - Mario Cucinella On Green Architecture

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Architect Mario Cucinella shares his insights on building Green Architecture through collective intelligence, empathy and social responsibility alongside skillful designs.


Report - Vr For Pain Management Nov 2022

Report - Vr For Pain Management

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

HKDI has worked with different stakeholders on "VR for Pain Management", a well-being design project which adopts design thinking and innovative approach of digital media to develop a pain management experience for patients. The objective of the project is to provide a pleasant, low risk and easily tolerated option for the patients through VR game solution in order to achieve a medication-free surgery and operation.


Architecture - The Future Of Urbanism Nov 2022

Architecture - The Future Of Urbanism

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Patrik Schumacher, Principal of Zaha Hadid Architects, discusses high-rise, topology optimisation and vertical urbanism in his inspiring Master Lecture at HKDI.


Beyond Design Nov 2022

Beyond Design

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Martine Bedin recollects her Memphis days, where furniture existed beyond functions, and designs transcended borders.


Theme - A Feel For The Future Of Bioengineering Nov 2022

Theme - A Feel For The Future Of Bioengineering

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Smashing martial arts boards with your prosthetic hand is not in the user manual, but, if it is called the Ability Hand, and if it is capable of doing that, then why not? Impressively, the same hand is also able to pick up individual raspberries with ease. Once a staple of science fiction, the future of bionic prosthetics is already here.


Theme - Sampling The Future Of Fashion Nov 2022

Theme - Sampling The Future Of Fashion

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Jørgen Sevild's session at HKDI Inspire (see Page 13) gave a peek into the frontier of digital materials technology, and the possibilities for it to reshape the fashion industry. Such a profound change is worthy of a deeper dive, and here we join Sevild to discuss the future of fashion.


Theme - A Step Beyond Wrapping Products Nov 2022

Theme - A Step Beyond Wrapping Products

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

For all its ubiquity and diversity, product packaging doesn't get the attention it deserves. What attention it does get is usually negative, and for good reason, as plastic packaging is choking the world's waterways and wreaking havoc on delicate ecosystems. However, there are important developments underway in the world of packaging, and we talk to industry thought leader Dr. Claire Sand to discover what is on the horizon for the humble product package.


Theme - Spider-Inspired Eco-Fabric Nov 2022

Theme - Spider-Inspired Eco-Fabric

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Spinnova is made with minimal water, no harmful chemicals, produces zero micro-plastics, and is fully up-cyclable—the future of textiles may have just arrived.


Theme - Fungi Stakes A Claim In The Luxury Market Nov 2022

Theme - Fungi Stakes A Claim In The Luxury Market

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

When your company's first "alternative leather" product is released in partnership with iconic leatherware brand Hermès, it is an indication that fungi has serious credentials in the luxury fashion industry. Success has been decades in the making, but the people at MycoWorks are convinced they have developed a technology that will push the envelope of sustainable fashion.


Theme - Rethinking The Everyday : Material Non Material Nov 2022

Theme - Rethinking The Everyday : Material Non Material

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


Report - Prototyping The Future Nov 2022

Report - Prototyping The Future

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Hosted by HKDI, the HKDI Inspire* Prototyping the Future 2022 in March is a three-day online conference event focusing on the current popular theme of artificial intelligence, digitisation and the metaverse. The lineup of this year's conferences includes Gerfried Stocker, Artistic and Managing Director at Ars Electronica, Jorgen Sevild, Director of Business Development and Client Strategy at INQOVA, and Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Chairman at Animoca Brands.