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Space to grow
Get PDFDutch-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
Making an impression
Get PDFThe craftsmanship and ingenuity associated with printmaking, a technique used as a tool for cultural exchange since the Tang dynasty, has come to HKDI in an exhibition showcasing 149 artworks from print shops around the world
Brilliant transformation
Get PDFRenowned French jeweller Christophe Lemaître visited HKDI to discuss what it takes to design pieces that can command a place at one of Place Vendôme\u27s globally renowned boutiques. He spoke to Daisy Zong about achieving a marriage of craftsmanship and creativity
Urban lift
Get PDFThis summer, after eight months of development, three installations by young landscape architects from HKDI will be unveiled at the prestigious Tamar site on Hong Kong\u27s harbour front. Daisy Zhong reports on a project that seeks to create an engaging destination for city residents
Coming of age
Get PDFThis year Hong Kong\u27s Business of Design Week celebrated its tenth anniversary with its eleventh and biggest show yet creating an exciting roster of international design masters, including many from Denmark, the partner country for 2012. As Daniel Jeffreys reports, the event has grown in authority and scope over the last decade and now represents one of the most important dates on the creative industry\u27s global calendar
We speak design
Get PDFGermany has been at the heart of architectural, aesthetic and artistic innovation for most of the last two centuries and as a new exhibition that celebrates its design industry\u27s achievements over the last 125 years opens at HKDI, Daniel Jeffreys examines the way one country\u27s creative masters shaped the environment in which we live today
Private matter
Get PDFThe artist Christopher Le Brun came to HKDI in September to share his idea that art is quintessentially private, rooted in emotion and that artists must have the courage to keep their work alive even if the world does not yet appreciate their vision