Education Corner Creative Workshop 2024

Education Corner is a concurrent event of the Business of Design Week. This series of creative workshops aimed at increasing secondary school students' interest and participation in design and creativity. The teams from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design and Hong Kong Design Institute have teamed up to present the workshops. Follow the links below for the workshop details. 

Registration opens on 28 October 12:30PM HKT HERE

 

 

POLYU DESIGN  理大設計

 

 

Workshop A: Plastic Fantastic - Collective Art Installation

工作坊A：塑膠重塑—集體藝術裝置

 

NO. OF STUDENTS PER WORKSHOP: 15 max. (face to face only)
每節參加人數：最多15人 (只有實體課堂)

In response to the Kuk Po Art Festival 2025, participants will upcycle discarded plastic bags to create a collective art installation – “A blaze of lights across the land”. Participants will use the plastic bags to create collage artwork and fold them into house-shaped lanterns. All the artworks will be collected and displayed at the Kuk Po Art Festival.

 

OBJECTIVES:

- Brief Introduction to recycle plastic industry
- Reimagining the use of waste materials in a storytelling art installation
- Promoting revitalization of remote village project - Kuk Po Get Together and its upcoming Art Festival  

 

「萬家燈⽕」裝置藝術是2025年谷埔豐年祭展出的展品之一，參加者將通過集體創作的方式，利回收塑膠袋進行拼貼藝術創作，並將之折合成富有詩意的房屋造型燈飾，所有成品將在谷埔豐年祭展出。

 

活動目的:

- 簡介塑膠回收產業
- 重新想像在講故事的藝術裝置中使用廢棄材料
- 介紹「共聚谷埔」 鄉郊保育計畫及－共聚谷埔藝術節即將開幕

 

WORKSHOP TUTOR 工作坊導師: Kuk Po Get Together 重聚谷埔團隊

VENUE 地點: HKCEC 香港會展展覽中心

DURATION 每節時數: 2hrs 

 

TIMESLOT 可參與時段:

Individual 個人: (Register by student ONLY 只限學生登記)

5 Dec 12月5日: [A1] 10:00am – 12:00nn │ [A2] 1:30pm – 3:30pm │ [A3] 4:00pm – 6:00pm

 

 

【FREE 免費】【Face to face 實體】

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Workshop B: Traditional Paper Crafting Workshop - Kite Making

工作坊B：傳統紙藝 — 風箏紮作工作坊

 

NO. OF STUDENTS PER WORKSHOP: 15 max. (face to face only)
每節參加人數：最多15人 (只有實體課堂)

 Behind the ordinary kite lies the essence of the traditional paper crafting techniques: "Tying, Beating, Writing, and Decorating." Students will start by understanding the raw material of the craft - "bamboo," and will personally learn to split and sculpt bamboo to design and create kites that can soar in the wind.

 

OBJECTIVES:

- Teach basic paper crafting techniques and promote traditional paper crafting
- Increase public awareness of bamboo and inspire the use of natural and sustainable materials
- Cultivate the ingenuity of the next generation and the ability to create using their hands

 

平凡的風箏背後，隱藏着傳統工紮作藝「紮、撲、寫、裝」的精髓。參與者將透過了解紮作工藝的原材料—「竹」開始，親手開篾、削竹，設計並製作出可以在風中翱翔的風箏。

 

活動目的:

- ⁠教授基本紮作技巧，推廣紮作工藝
- ⁠提升公眾對竹的認知，介紹其處理技術，並推動自然與可持續發展材料的應用
- ⁠培養下一代的匠心和使用身體創作的能力

 

WORKSHOP TUTOR 工作坊導師: Zaat Hap Laa 紮合啦

VENUE 地點: HKCEC 香港會展展覽中心

DURATION 每節時數: 2hrs 

 

TIMESLOT 可參與時段:

Individual 個人: (Register by student ONLY 只限學生登記)

6 Dec 12月6日: [B1] 10:00am – 12:00nn │ [B2] 1:30pm – 3:30pm │ [B3] 4:00pm – 6:00pm

 

【FREE 免費】【Face to face 實體】

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Workshop C: 'Local Material to Local Needs' Workshop

工作坊C：「在地供應 — 在地需求」工作坊

 

NO. OF STUDENTS PER WORKSHOP: 15 max. (face to face only)
每節參加人數：最多15人 (只有實體課堂)

 

Observed the wisdom of the neighbours, how they utilize the material at hand to create the object for their needs is very impressive. With the material from local hardware store, students explore the adaptability of the material to design an object with function.

 

OBJECTIVES:

- Introduction on the concept of “Local Resources to Local Needs” concept
- Explore the adaptability / characteristic of the hardware material
- Design an object with function by utilizing the adaptability of the material

 

平日觀察街坊如何活用隨手可得的物料為解決自身的需要， 這種活用的手法， 正正是把設計的基本概念 — 發掘物料的可能性帶出。同學可以探索五金配件(本地資源)的特性，設計成一個附有功能的產品。

 

活動目的:

- 介紹 「 在地供應 — 在地需求 」 的概念
- 探索物料的可塑性
- 啟發生活化的設計，活用身邊的資源

 

WORKSHOP TUTOR 工作坊導師: Recoso Design Studio

VENUE 地點: HKCEC 香港會展展覽中心

DURATION 每節時數: 2hrs 

 

TIMESLOT 可參與時段:

Individual 個人: (Register by student ONLY 只限學生登記)

7 Dec 12月7日: [C1] 10:00am – 12:00nn │ [C2] 1:30pm – 3:30pm │ [C3] 4:00pm – 6:00pm

 

【FREE 免費】【Face to face 實體】

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1. Teachers of all participating secondary schools are recommended to remind their students to use all arts or carving tools and equipment carefully, for example, scissors and cutters, or any other sharp objects before the workshop starts.

參與的學校老師須於工作坊開始前提醒學生小心使用剪刀、美術刀等美工工具及其他銳利材料或物品。

 

2. The organiser will contact the registrants to confirm their seats upon receipt of their registration. Please make sure all information submitted via the form is valid. Further personal information may be requested for the campus access registrations.

主辦單位收到參加報名後將主動聯絡以作確認，請確定報名表內填交的聯絡資料為實。主辦單位或會向參加者要求更多個人資料，以作進入校園登記之用。

HONG KONG DESIGN INSTITUTE 香港知專設計學院

 

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