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Striking a balance
The best design education creates harmony between carftsmanship and creativity, with students being equally equipped to manufacture and inspire. This year\u27s 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
Haute architecture
Hong Kong\u27s favourite couturier Barney Cheng spent part of his summer working with HKDI\u27s students to create high fashion for the city\u27s most prestigious racing event. He talked to Daisy Zhong about the insights he acquired from his young colleagues
Small mirales
A new book that explores the homes of ordinary Hong Kong families reveals that the city\u27s residents have designed intriguing solutions to the challenges of living in tiny apartments. Summar Cao talked to the book\u27s authors and discovered that necessity can be more than the mother of invention
Casting spells
Oscar-winning make-up artist Mark Coulier shares his treasure trave of experience and professional techniques with HKDI students, and talks to Summer Cao about a career creating wonders for the big screen
Designed for living
In the wake of his two exhibitions at HKDI, Belgian design master Charles Kaisin returned to Hong Kong and talked about the launch of his new book
Distance learning
The Travelling Fashionistas arrived in Hong Kong this summer to present their novel approach to design education, based on a mixture of international awareness and a hands-on approach to tools and material
Angel\u27s share
The Muses Foundation for Culture and Education is a low-profile organisation founded by May Koon. It has a simple ambition, to provide funding for creative people that will help them realise their potential
Eternal evolution
An exhibition at HKDI this autumn titled Tradition/Anti-Tradition sought to examine the transformation of photography in Hong Kong and Mainland China by reviewing the early and recent work of leading photographers from both regions. Amanda Shuai discovered that the images also gave powerful insights regarding the future of the photographic arts
Cooked to perfection 品味殿堂美饌
Corey Lee and a dream team of imaginative chefs from 22 countries join forces to create an intriguing new dining concept at San Francisco\u27s Museum of Modern Art.
知名大廚Corey Lee與來自22個國家、擁有豐富想像力的名廚攜手合作,為三藩市現代藝術博物館帶來迷人的美食新概念