HKDA Global Design Awards 2011
Established in 1972, Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA) was the first and the most comprehensive of its kind that gathers practicing designers, academics and design managers to work towards fostering the design professionalism among designers, the advancement of the design industry, and raising the design awareness of the public. Its HKDA Awards is a biennial event and is a major cross disciplinary design awards competition cum exhibition in Asia in last 36 years. It aims in promoting creativity and the status of design as profession and is presided by a judging panel of globally respected design icons, and is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary award that celebrates design excellence for professional designs in the fields of graphic, product, fashion, spatial and new media. The last HKDA Awards 09 received more than 2,100 entries, collected from over 40 destinations in the region including Mainland China, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taipei and Hong Kong.
It has established its standing amongst designers in the Asia region and is well recognized by designers locally and around the region.
Established in 1972, Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA) was the first and the most comprehensive of its kind that gathers practicing designers, academics and design managers to work towards fostering the design professionalism among designers, the advancement of the design industry, and raising the design awareness of the public. Its HKDA Awards is a biennial event and is a major cross disciplinary design awards competition cum exhibition in Asia in last 36 years. It aims in promoting creativity and the status of design as profession and is presided by a judging panel of globally respected design icons, and is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary award that celebrates design excellence for professional designs in the fields of graphic, product, fashion, spatial and new media. The last HKDA Awards 09 received more than 2,100 entries, collected from over 40 destinations in the region including Mainland China, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taipei and Hong Kong.It has established its standing amongst designers in the Asia region and is well recognized by designers locally and around the region.
HKDA is hoping to further leverage on the success of the last 36 years and to bring HKDA to an “HONG KONG event with a global perspective”, which can further promote design excellence of Hong Kong designers and their designers; and to open up this (used to be viewed as for designers only event) to a community-wide level that involves the general public of Hong Kong. This ― HONG KONG Event ― will not only be a platform to promote “design”, but also a “festival” during when the general public of Hong Kong can get to know about design and in particular – design and designers in Hong Kong.
HKDA will be renaming the event to HKDA Global Design Awards (GDA) in 2011. The Awards will be inviting entries from around the world with the support of overseas designers association. A new category ― HONG KONG BEST ― will be introduced which aim to award and honor local designs. There will also be a public engagement event so that the general public in Hong Kong can participate in judging designers around them every day.
Programme Aims & Objectives
a)To bring HKDA Asia Design Awards to a new level which not just for design professionals
b)To invite the local community and the world to participate in this exciting event of the year
c)To create a platform for local designers to reach out to and connect with the world
d)To foster exchange of knowledge and create collaboration opportunities
e)To foster the creative spirit in the local community, and invite the public to learn more about design in their community
f)To award good designs from around the world
Differentiation from other Awards
- HKDA GDA 2011 is the most important multi-disciplinary design competition in the Asia Pacific region that collaborates with international designers associations and reaches out to designers from around the world
- HKDA GDA 2011 will become the annual design event (or festival) for local designers and the general public that really brings design and everyday life together
- The new ― Best of Hong Kong ― awards aim to celebrate local design excellence and promote (good) local designers
- HKDA GDA 2011 provides opportunities for local designers to establish conversations with international design bodies, designers and judges
- The series of events under HKDA GDA 2011 is able to help local designers establish links with overseas professional bodies through which they can to promote their work to potential clients and partners overseas
- The public engagement activities under HKDA GDA 2011 is able to promote design to the local community and to foster the design/creative culture
Key Dates
HKDA Global Design Awards 2011
- 1 Aug – 17 Oct 2011, Call for Entries (a)
- Aug 2011, Seminars in China (b)
- 4 Nov, Welcoming dinner for judges
- 7 Nov, Seminar I – Judges seminar (d)
- Nov 2011 – Feb 2012, Launch of public event : I Love HK Design (c)
- Nov – Dec 2011, Seminars in China
- Nov 2011 – Feb 2012, I Love HK Design campaign
- Mar 2012, Awards presentation & result announcement (g)
- Mar 2012, Local Exhibition
- Mar 2012 [tbc], Seminar II – Hong Kong Judges & Winner Series (j)
- Apr 2012 [tbc], Seminar III – HK Best in China (l)
Proposed Judges in 4 categories
Graphic
Mr. Michel de Boer (Dutch), Studio Dumbar
Kjell Ekhorn (Norwegian), Creative Director, Non-Format
Mr. Michael Johnson (UK), Johnson Banks Design Ltd.
Ms. Carin Blidholm Svensson (Sweden), Creative Director
Mr. Chung Man Yee (HK)
Product
Ms. Luisa Bocchietto (Italy), President of ADI
Ms. Matali Crasset (France), Matali Crasset Productions
Harri Koskinen (Finland)
Spatial
Mr. Adam Brinkworth (UK), Brinkworth
黑川雅之 Masayuki Kurokawa (Japan)
Hani Rashid (USA), Asymptote Architecture
New Media
Mr. Kentaro Katsube 勝部健太郎 (Japan), Creative Director/ Web Director, UNIT_ONE.inc
Professor Shaw, Jeffrey (Hong Kong), Dean and Chair Professor of Media Art, School of Creative Media
Mr. Johan Vakidis (Shanghai), Executive Creative Director AKQA (Shanghai)
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