The Manhattan Collection: A Study On Furniture Design,
2016
Utah State University
The Manhattan Collection: A Study On Furniture Design, Gabriel Anderson
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
I have designed a series of pieces of furniture that all share some key similarities, not in form or even style (though my personal aesthetic will be seen in all of them), but rather in materials. All of my pieces use a combination of metal, wood, and stone. Obviously, this is not remarkable as these materials have been used to build furniture for as long as furniture has been built. However, I have endeavored to explore how these materials can interact with one another within a piece of furniture. My goal was to create furniture where the materials do not …
Museum 4.0 As The Future Of Steam In Museums,
2016
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Museum 4.0 As The Future Of Steam In Museums, Mark Walhimer
The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal
Informal STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) activities (programs) and exhibits are common in science centers, children’s museums and natural history museums. As museums change to Museum 4.0 models (1), the STEAM exhibits and programs in museums also change. Museums 4.0 is the transformation of museums from a monolithic fixed location institution to a nimble community driven event driven organization. The Museum 4.0 becomes personalized to the visitor without fixed outcomes and without the physical restrictions of a single fixed location. As museums evolve to a Museum 4.0 model with visitor lead activities, STEAM activities within museums also change …
Change Agents,
2016
Vocational Training Council
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.
Play By Play,
2016
Vocational Training Council
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.
Play Time,
2016
Vocational Training Council
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,
2016
Vocational Training Council
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,
2016
Vocational Training Council
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.
A World That Works For Every One,
2016
Vocational Training Council
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.
Meals On Wheels,
2016
Vocational Training Council
Meals On Wheels
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
All around the world, food trucks are revolutionising the dining industry as well as becoming design attractions in their own right. We explore the phenomenon, as well as the entrepreneurs and designers who are redefining the term "moveable feast'.
In The Living Room,
2016
Vocational Training Council
In The Living Room
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Salone del Mobile is the biggest event in Italy's furniture design calendar -- and now the world. We explore the great innovations from this April's packed-out fair in Milan and look forward to its exciting Shanghai debut.
Interior Intelligence,
2016
Vocational Training Council
Interior Intelligence
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
In celebration of World Interiors Day, HKDI held a series of seminars with prominent interior designers and a workshop to promote this year's theme of intelligence.
In The Frame,
2016
Vocational Training Council
In The Frame
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
A sneak peak at what's to come at the HKDI this autumn.
Breaking The Sound Barrier,
2016
Vocational Training Council
Breaking The Sound Barrier
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Known for his curves and natural shapes, emminent product designer Ross Lovegrove has returned to the audio world to create the best sounding wireless speaker.
Driving Change,
2016
Vocational Training Council
Driving Change
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Chelsia Lau is the chief designer for Ford in Shanghai and is behind some of its biggest projects. We speak to the Hongkonger about the changes in automotive design.
The Crafting Of Design Minds,
2016
Vocational Training Council
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,
2016
Vocational Training Council
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.
The Year-Long Adventures Of The Blue Shoes & Their Friends,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The Year-Long Adventures Of The Blue Shoes & Their Friends, Michael R. Hill
Zea E-Books Collection
While participating in a Teacher Workshop organized by Georgina Valverde at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013, Michael Hill began a one-year artistic and pedagogical odyssey making original images (always featuring some aspect of one or more athletic shoes) and posting them daily to a visual blog he created to help kick-start writing projects among the many student athletes he tutored at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He started the year self-identifying as “scholar/teacher,” but at year’s end Michael looked in the mirror and said, OK, still “scholar/ teacher,” but also “artist.” Here are the workshop organizer’s foreword, the scholar’s …
Capability Town,
2016
Vocational Training Council
Capability Town
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Patricia Moore is one of the world's most accomplished industrial designers. As Summer Cao reports, the American polymath uses socially conscious creativity to improve the lives of those who might otherwise be neglected.
Perpetual Emotion,
2016
Vocational Training Council
Perpetual Emotion
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Charles Kaisin is a designer who wears his heart and intellect on both sleeves, embracing the world with passionate enthusiasm and challenging ideas. His role as the co-curator of the Dress Code and Design in Motion exhibitions that will be at HKDI through the spring proves that one man can be in several places at once, so long as he has enough imagination.
Drive Time,
2016
Vocational Training Council
Drive Time
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
The Vocational Training Council, HKDI's parent body, has recently formed an alumni association that includes Chelsia Lau, a graduate of Lee Wai Lee Technical Institute who has become one of the world's most accomplished automotive designers. She talked to Summer Cao about her twenty years with the Ford Motor Company.
