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Whitcomb Towers Recital Series, Department Of Music Oct 2016

Whitcomb Towers Recital Series, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2016-2017

Performing Rachelle Gensolin, a Music Performance senior student and Carla Trynchuk, Department of Music faculty; and featuring works by Chopin and Sibelius.


The Influence Of Context On L2 Development: The Case Of Turkish Undergraduates At Home And Abroad, Zeynep Koylu Oct 2016

The Influence Of Context On L2 Development: The Case Of Turkish Undergraduates At Home And Abroad, Zeynep Koylu

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the field of second language acquisition (SLA), the study abroad context (SA) has gained attention as a site that offers the potential of significant second language (L2) development due to high amounts of input and interaction opportunities compared to at home foreign language (AH) and domestic immersion (IM) contexts (Pérez-Vidal, 2014). In previous research, the SA context has been a country where the L2 is the local language (e.g., English in the United Kingdom). However, with the increase of student mobility programs across Europe, such as ERASMUS, and the status of English as an International Language, another study abroad …


Mother Carrrie Bell Wright Oct 2016

Mother Carrrie Bell Wright

African American Funeral Programs

Mother_Carrie_Bell_Wright.pdf - Funeral program for Mother Carrie Bell Wright


Upcoming Events Oct 2016

Upcoming Events

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Three events at HKDI this autumn celebrate artisanship and creativity.


The Tao Of Giving Oct 2016

The Tao Of Giving

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

With help from HKDI, the Hong Kong Museum of Art has created a trail-blazing application that is set to galvanise the public's interest in its Xubaizhai Collection of traditional Chinese art.


Haute Architecture Oct 2016

Haute Architecture

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Hong Kong's favourite couturier Barney Cheng spent part of his summer working with HKDI's students to create high fashion for the city's most prestigious racing event. He talked to Daisy Zhong about the insights he acquired from his young colleagues.


The Voice Oct 2016

The Voice

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Oscar-winning director Ruby Yang recently visited HKDI and described the power of documentaries. She talked to Summer Cao about how she decided to use film as a way to speak out for the disadvantaged.


Space To Grow Oct 2016

Space To Grow

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Dutch-born designer Rosan Bosch is a master of interior design with strong opinions about how to improve the way we work, learn and play, as HKDI students discovered when she led an innovative workshop in Hong Kong.


Drive Time Oct 2016

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.


The Dragon Stirs Oct 2016

The Dragon Stirs

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Mao JiHong is leading the charge of new Chinese designers with his emphasis on handmade craftsmanship and Asian inspired creativity. He spoke to Diasy Zhong about the rebirth of luxury manufactuing in China and the consequences for European fashion brands who have relied on easy profits in the east for too long.


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.


Contents Oct 2016

Contents

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


Editor's Letter Oct 2016

Editor's Letter

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Insight


Cover Oct 2016

Cover

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


Signed Issue 6 (2013) Full Issue Oct 2016

Signed Issue 6 (2013) Full Issue

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


In What Sense Are You A Person?, Pamela Barone, Antoni Gomila Oct 2016

In What Sense Are You A Person?, Pamela Barone, Antoni Gomila

Animal Sentience

According to Rowlands, personhood in nonhuman animals calls for a unified mental life and pre-reflective self-awareness provides this. The concept of “person” is fuzzy. Any attempt to define it with necessary and sufficient conditions faces the problem of borderline cases satisfying only some of the conditions to varying degrees. We ask about the implications of a metaphysical sense of personhood for its moral and legal sense. Finally, we address Rowlands’s reliance on pre-reflective self-awareness and present our own criteria for personhood.


The Ys Man Oct 2016

The Ys Man

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Yohji Yamamoto is one of the most revered designers in fashion with a cult following in his native Japan and acolytes all over the world. When it came to launching Y-NOT, he turned to the HKDI's Fashion and Images Department for help.


Standard Bearer Oct 2016

Standard Bearer

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

When the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers held one of their key meetings at HKDI for the first time in March, they took another step in defining the way designers will entertain us in the future.


Just Breathing Oct 2016

Just Breathing

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Once in a while we might think something strange like "how long does it take to inhale all the air in my bedroom?" or "what would it feel like if I travelled with my eyes shut?" As Daisy Zhong discovered, artists Pak Sheung Chuen takes these eccentric ideas seriously and has drawn upon them to build an impressive reputation in the art world.


A Frank Talk Oct 2016

A Frank Talk

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Founded just ten years ago, Gravity has evolved into one of Hong Kong's most interesting and influential design and architecture partnerships. And yet the company was born in the most difficult circumstances.


Let The Chair Speak Oct 2016

Let The Chair Speak

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Boris Berlin co-founded Komplot Design in 1987 with Poul Christiansen and in 2010 he joined with Aleksej Iskos to launch Iskos-Berlin Design. Together the two companies have focused on creating inspirational works that act as an antidote to the excessive noise of modern culture, expressing a "philosophy of silence" that Berlin explained to Summer Cao.


Material Witness Oct 2016

Material Witness

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Belgian designer Charles Kaisin works like a choreographer with a dancer, seeing endless possibilities of form and flow in a wide variety of materials, as he pushes the boundaries of what each one can achieve.


Global Warning Oct 2016

Global Warning

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Italian fashion legend Romeo Gigli came to Hong Kong this spring to launch his latest collection at JOYCE and he spoke exclusively to SIGNED magazine's Daisy Zhong about how the fashion world is in danger of losing its diversity.


Learning Curve Oct 2016

Learning Curve

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Thomas Coldefy and Isabel Van Haute designed the Hong Kong Design Institute. Two and a half years after it opened they reflect on what the building has taught them about sustainability in architecture.


Straight Talk Oct 2016

Straight Talk

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Over the last five months, some of Hong Kong's most accomplished designers have been engaged in a dialogue with the HKDI community and the public, Daniel Jeffreys and Daisy Zhong asked a selection of the participants what the city needs to increase its standing as a global centre for design.


Contents Oct 2016

Contents

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


Editor's Letter Oct 2016

Editor's Letter

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Ingenuity


Cover Oct 2016

Cover

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


Signed Issue 5 (2013) Full Issue Oct 2016

Signed Issue 5 (2013) Full Issue

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

No abstract provided.


My Girl Can't Stand The Bloody Day Scenes, Dillon Lynn Oct 2016

My Girl Can't Stand The Bloody Day Scenes, Dillon Lynn

The Angle

No abstract provided.