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Categorization of Hong Kong modern males with regard to predictors of menswear design preferences in terms of physical and socio-psychological dimensions
No full textProportional grading, which offers the closest fit by producing various sizes, is commonly used in sizing systems for mass production today. However, wearers’ socio-psychological concerns are not taken into account during the development of the system, which may churn out ineffective fits. This study provides knowledge of menswear evaluation by taking into account men’s physical and socio-psychological dimensions. This study successfully categorizes modern males according to their preferences of menswear, concerning the predictors of menswear design preferences in physical (i.e. Body Mass Index [BMI]) and psychological dimensions (i.e. menswear functions and menswear involvement). Subjects were divided into three clusters: (1) Fashion & Masculine; (2) Low-Function Value; and (3) Camouflage and Comfort; in which they were identified as having different clothing preferences as they had unique characteristics in clothing functions and levels of fashion involvement. The results suggested that modern men treat fashion in a multidimensional way that might be even more complicated than women. Not just for practical function and performance, they also dress to promote their identity, style and image based on their own concerns
Repeated planning applications by developers under statutory zoning: a Hong Kong case study of delays and design improvements in private residential development
No full textDelays in obtaining development approvals have been advanced as a major reason for shortages if not also increase in cost of housing. This paper is the first systematic attempt to examine whether the apparently long period of time taken to obtaining statutory planning permissions by developers for major development projects under Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) zoning is due to Town Planning Board rejections or developers’ strategy to hoard land or improve building design. Publicly available Town Planning Board data obtained from the Planning Department, property transaction records kept by the Land Registry, property market statistics released by the Rating and Valuation Department and macro-economic data from the Census and Statistics Department are used to find out the number of planning applications and time taken for a real estate project in a CDA zone involving residential components to start construction from the date of the first valid planning application as the means to ascertain if any delay in development was due to business innovation in building design to cater to sustainable development; or strategic behaviour to hoard land
Perpetual emotion
Get PDFCharles 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
Symbolic style
Get PDFThe tide of fashion ebbs and flows but designers from Belgium have a knack of creating work that is both timeless and innovative, as revealed in Dress Code, a compelling new exhibition of Belgian fashion curated by Charles Kaisin and the Hong Kong Deisgn Institute
Farewell notes
Get PDFVTC Auditorium at HKDI came alive on July 8th as graduates from the Digital Music and Media programme performed Music in Motion: Playful Gig, a selection of original compositions by students. As Daisy Zhong reports, eight teams competed for prizes including a Grand Award for best overall performance
Sign of the times
Get PDFJapanese poster art deploys a unique arsenal of aesthetics to question the traditions of visual communications. The Japanese Poster Artists -- Cherry Blossom and Asceticism exhibition at HKDI immerses viewers in the subtle story of the artform