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Articles 1 - 30 of 163
Full-Text Articles in Art and Design
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…
Change Agents
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Two recent visitors to HKDI helped students understand how design and a sustainable lifestyle can be good partners but as Summer Cao reports designers have to inspire consumers to adopt better habits before long term improvements in the environment will be possible.
Matrix Of Delights
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Using skills from the 21st century scholars are putting digital techniques to work in an effort to preserve the endangered artefacts of China's Dunhuang region, where the Mogao caverns represent one of the world's most important repositories of ancient art. As Daisy Zhong reports, part of their solution has been to digitally recreate the caves in Hong Kong.
Fit To Be Tied
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
In conjunction with the 8th International Shibori Symposium, HKDI presented The Animal Fiber: Art Informs Shibori from 13 December 2011 to 14 January 2012, revealing how an ancient technique has grown into an art form revered by couturiers and a medium of experimentation loved by children of all ages.
Colour Code
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
In November and December this year, HKDI will collaborate with The Design Alliance Asia (tDA Asia) -- one of Asia's most extensive creative networks -- to host an exhibition entitled "Colours of Asia".
Master Strokes
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
A new exhibition at HKDI will reveal how one of China's most famous contemporary artists created a unique synthesis between East and West
Daily Sketch
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Dereck Marks is an artist who draws his inspiration from the people around him. After spending three months at the HKDI as a visiting fellow he tells Daniel Jeffreys that Hong Kong is the perfect place to find subjects for his work.
Tailor Made
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Aesthetics and practicality make fine dancing partners at the HKDI's Department of Fashion and Image Design, where Liz McLafferty encourages students to explore the boundaries between the inperatives of art and the needs of society.
Shining Stars
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Hong Kong has become one of the most important jewellery markets in the world and the region's success has attracted top-designers. Summer Cao met three of the industry's most charismatic talents to learn what direction it will take next and what role the HKDI can play in maintaining the city's reputation for creativity.
Just…Do It
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Fourteen years after Hong Kong was promised a purpose-built cultural district the site of the project in West Kowloon remains a blank canvass but the new Chief Executive, Michael Lynch, has promised to break through the inertia and make the dream a reality.
Play By Play
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Hong Kong's toy industry has had a dominant role on the global stage in the past but after a recent exhibition that showcased some of its halcyon days one of the city's biggest manufacturers of playthings says it's time for the region to win back its place in the world's toy box.
Signed Issue 2 (2012) Full Issue
Signed Issue 2 (2012) Full Issue
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
No abstract provided.
Play Time
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Although Hong Kong was once the centre of the world's toy manufacturing industry, the city does not have a museum honouring these icons of childhood. But that will soon change, writes Daisy Zhong.
Designed To Last
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Issues of creativity and sustainability have usually been separated since the industrial revolution in the West over two hundred years ago. While most designers have thought about how to sell their products, rather than how to save the earth, an increasing number have begun to argue that this separation is untenable. The HKDI's Yan Yan Lam is one of them. As she explains to Daniel Jeffreys, a sustainable future for the planet is something that will only happen by disign.
Our Future Selves
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
In 2009, Dr. Yanki Lee initiated a series of projects to challenge the concept of ageing as a problem to be solved, choosing instead to cast the ageing process as unique experience for each individual and a culture from which design lessons can be drawn. Her research is leading to a series of innovative design projects that will benefit all segments of the community.
Jean Genie
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Koyo William is now an internationally recognised fashion designer with his own label, but his story began at the HKDI, where he first understood the power of creativity and jeans that fit in all the right places.
A World That Works For Every One
A World That Works For Every One
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
In 1979, twenty-six year old Patricia Moore disguised herself as a woman in her 80s and travelled to 116 cities throughout North America, to discover if urban design met the needs of the elderly. Dressed in her grandmother's clothes, she developed a unique form of immersion research that revitalised the role of architecture and design in our daily lives. Now she is working with the HKDI to develop solutions that work for all age groups. Here she lays out here passionate vision for the future of design.
Brit Parade
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
This summer saw the first-ever large-scale exhibition of contemporary British art in Hong Kong. The exhibition called at four cities, providing an inspiration for HKDI staff and a challenge for its travelling curators.
Phoenix Rising
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
The Miao people of Central China have a rich tradition of handmade costumes that have inspired baute couture designers at Dior and Chanel, but despite the work's beauty their culture is under threat. To help support the survival of their heritage the fashion department at the HKDI has developed a range of internationally acclaimed projects that are taking the Miao's creativity to the world stage.
When Life Gives You Lemons
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Alex Fung, Principal of the Hong Kong Design Institute, has devoted his life to finding new ways to be creative. As he presided over the launch of Signed, he decided he wanted a publication that would break through boundaries.
Signed Issue 1 (2012) Full Issue
Signed Issue 1 (2012) Full Issue
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
No abstract provided.
World Environment Day
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
…Architectural installation at the World Environment Day in Tamar Park…
A New Institution
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
London's Design Museum reopens in a brand new location this November. The HK$900 million project provides three times the exhibition space in celebration of contemporary design and architecture.
Building A Platform
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Transmedia is a term used to describe the proliferation of a brand on to different platforms. We look at how it has changed modern marketing.