The 14th School of Design Students' Association - Dadeni

We have much pleasure in announcing the newly inaugurated Executive Committee of the 14th School of Design Students' Association - Dadeni. The members include: President - Foster (Product Design Year 1) External Vice President - Ryan (Product Design Year 1) General Secretary - Jocelyn (Environemt & Interior Design Year 1) Financial Secretary - Jamie (Advertising Design Year 1) Internal Secretary - Lyrics  Amenities Secretary - Polar (Environemt & Interior Design Year 1) Recreational Secretary - WS (Product Design Year 1) Welfare Secretary - Kit (Environemt & Interior Design Year 1) Publication Secretary - Celia (Advertising Design Year 1) Promotion Secretary - Cathy (Communication Design Year 1) Promotion Secretary - Caleb   Facebook: 理大設計 14th School of Design Students' Association - Dadeni Instagram: hkpusu_sdsa

PolyU Design rises to 15th on 2020 QS World University Rankings® by Subject - Art and Design

We are thrilled to announce that PolyU Design has moved upwards to be the 15th on the latest QS World University Rankings® by Subject - Art and Design.  As the world goes through demanding times with environmental and social challenges, the role of designers has also become ever more critical.  We are grateful for our faculty and students' work in these areas, and look forward to welcoming more talents to join us soon!   01234567   Celebrating a fruitful year ‘S/ASH/IVING’ is an Architecture Masterprize & IFI GAP Gold winner    

Digital Media and ITC students produced music video for Cantopop star

Celebrating a fruitful year ‘S/ASH/IVING’ is an Architecture Masterprize & IFI GAP Gold winner      Students from PolyU Design’s Digital Media (BADM) programme and Institute for Textiles and Clothing (ITC) were engaged in a reality show called ‘Project X’ by RTHK 31 where they worked with the Cantopop singer Mr Ng Yip Kwan (吳業坤  or nicknamed Kwan Gor/ 坤哥) to produce the music video for his new song. Their tasks ranged from storyboard, camera, lighting, editing, styling, costume design, to casting. It was a great learning experience for the students as they handled real life client from the entertainment industry.    The music video was finally adopted by the music company for the song’s official release and Kwan Gor praised the students for their professional delivery.   Four members from BADMinclude Rachel Manwai Lai, Hoi Ling Au, KhaiHin Mak, Kwok Yu LamIvan.    「玩具成熟時」MV Watch the show (in Chinese)   

Extension of Application Deadline for International (Non-JEE) Admission, BA Scheme

The application deadline for international students (non-JEE) for the BA(Hons) Scheme in Design 2020/21 entry is extended to 29 April 2020. For details and application, please click here. Portfolio guidelines

MDes: Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme (2020/21) offers subsidy up to HK$120,000

MDes: Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme (2020/21) offers subsidy up to HK$120,000

PolyU designs 3D-printed eye shields and face shields for frontline medical staff

In the light of the sudden surge in demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) from frontline medical staff, PolyU has been collaborating with Hospital Authority to design and produce 3D-printed eye shields and face shields. PolyU mobilised all its 3D printers in its University Research Facility in 3D Printing (U3DP) to produce 700 pieces of eye shields for QEH in 10 days, the University has also designed and made 800 new face shields for the Hospital Authority (HA) in five days. PolyU Design is proud to be part of the project to help improve the fit and comfort of the design and solve sizing problem by using our research output of 3D Chinese head and face studies from the Asian Ergonomics Design Lab. Read more: Press Release News reports: The Polytechnic University lab 3D printing face shields for coronavirus-battling Hong Kong hospital workers (South China Morning Post) 理大「度身」製醫護面罩 更貼港人頭形 (明報) 理大以3D打印技術研發防護面罩 今日起日產一萬件 (香港電台) 理大研製新醫用面罩 本地製造商今起每日產一萬個 (Now 新聞)   (top photo from left: Prof Man Hau-chung, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Prof Alex Wai, VP(Research Development) of PolyU, Yuen Woon-wah of Chief Infection Control Officer Office. bottom right photo from left: Dr Tina Luximon, Leader of PolyU Design's Asian Ergonomic Design Lab, and Prof Man Hau-chung)

In-situ Project builds a Museum of Everyday Life and a School for Handicrafts for the Dong minority in Hunan

The Museum of Everyday Life and a School for Handicrafts completed in 2019 is a result of research based design project conducted by In-situ Project run by Kuo Jze Yi and Peter Hasdell, with project assistants Xing Xiao Bao, Liang Cheng Quan, in a collaboration between PolyU School of Design, Shenzhen University School of Architecture and the Lvgeng Social Work Development Center. The facility for the Dong minority community (also known as the Kam people 侗族) is situated in the Dong Lei village, in Hunan Province in China. In spring 2019, the village community decided to initiate a Community Cultural Classroom. The project aimed to exhibit local artifacts and their history, whilst hosting story telling events and organising cultural exchange events for visitors and tourists. In-situ Project with Lvgeng worked with villagers in a participatory design process employing a series of co-design workshops and community engagement events. These coordinated and integrated design processes including: the registration of local crafting techniques with the elderly village women-folk; artifact use and crafting documentation and book design with 10 village youths who interviewed and documented stories from the villager elders; exhibition method and design with the elder woman-folk of the village; and donation of timber and coordination of elder village men-folk and carpenters in the building of the Museum of Everyday Life and a School for Handicrafts in the existing village hall. The key achievement of the project was to encourage villagers’ participation on many levels, aiding the village cohesion and integration across gender and generation. The development of locally run programmes for the Community Cultural Classroom, enables villagers to strengthen their local culture and the uniqueness of Donglei village.  Donglei Cultural Classroom project Donglei Cultural Classroom project Donglei Cultural Classroom project Donglei Cultural Classroom project Donglei Cultural Classroom project Donglei Cultural Classroom project Donglei Cultural Classroom project Donglei Cultural Classroom project     Some of In-situ Project’s other works can be found on Instagram. Credits  Participating Villagers: 石友浓、杨彦盛、吴友花、莫换引、杨凡芝、吴永丰、莫婄少、吴跃海、杨行花、杨田引、 石婄花、杨祥鸾、杨秀雄、莫香美、莫庵鸾、杨鸾爱、杨先引、石平安、杨云凤、杨浓恋、 莫平妹、杨成妹、莫婄花、杨祥故、杨昌生、杨笑枝、吴坤兰、姚翠春、杨凡花、杨引兰、 杨婄浓、吴婄小、龙婄红、杨奉军、吴秀引、杨鲜花 粟开凡、吴祥林、吴远松、杨行岩、莫婄艳 Carpentry Masters: 石平生、杨行岩  Social Worker: Lvgeng Social Work (杨菁、刘云、杨孟枝、甘传)  Design Team: In-situ Project (Xing Xiao Bao, Liang Cheng Quan, Kuo Jze Yi, Peter Hasdell), Shenzhen University School of Architecture and Urban Planning and PolyU School of Design  Funding Support: Huaihua Civil Affairs Breau “Three District Plan” (三区计划)

‘S/ASH/IVING’ is an Architecture Masterprize & IFI GAP Gold winner

Congratulations to ‘S/ASH /IVING’, a project designed by our recent Environment and Interior Design graduate TAM Kwan Yiu Koko, on receiving several regional and international awards! The latest good news is received from this year's IFI Global Awards Program (IFI GAP) where Koko is named the Gold winner of the Student Category. The project was selected by the international jury members from 563 outstanding entries across 38 countries and regions.  The project is also the Prize Winner in Architectural Design / Mixed Use Architecture, Architecture Masterprize 2019; Best Interior Design, A&D Trophy Awards 2019 (full story); and Silver of the Student Category, 2019 APIDA.   The project is to design a place for individual millennial professionals (slash career workers). It should ideally be highly flexible, self-sufficient and sharable. It caters for the usages for different times in a day while introducing a sharing economy of furniture, space, and services. People no longer identify weekdays and weekends, as their jobs cover 24 hours, hence the change of spaces will be according to their needs. Transformable building parts are controlled by an app. Users may select their available timeslots for events, leaving this a multi-functional Workplace x Residential building. 'S/ASH/IVING' is set for the Yue Man Building, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. Koko’s supervising tutor is Peter Hasdell. ‘S/ASH /IVING’ by Tam Kwan Yiu Koko ‘S/ASH /IVING’ by Tam Kwan Yiu Koko ‘S/ASH /IVING’ by Tam Kwan Yiu Koko ‘S/ASH /IVING’ by Tam Kwan Yiu Koko ‘S/ASH /IVING’ by Tam Kwan Yiu Koko ‘S/ASH /IVING’ by Tam Kwan Yiu Koko ‘S/ASH /IVING’ by Tam Kwan Yiu Koko ‘S/ASH /IVING’ by Tam Kwan Yiu Koko ‘S/ASH /IVING’ by Tam Kwan Yiu Koko      

Application Deadlines: Non-JUPAS and International Admissions of BA(Hons) Scheme in Design

Final call!! Please be informed of the application deadlines for our BA(Hons) Scheme in Design 2020-21 entry as follows: Non-JUPAS admission: 20 February 2020 (extended)  International admission: 28 February 2020 Click here to submit your application now.   Please note that the application deadline for BA(Hons) in Digital Media and BA(Hons) in Interactive Media remains unchanged. Application for these two programmes has been closed. Further information: Non-JUPAS Year 1 Non-JUPAS Senior Year International admission BA(Hons) Scheme in Design learn more   learn more: Advertising Design/ Communication Design/ Environment and Interior Design/ Product Design/ Social Design learn more If you have missed our previous info seminars for Non-JUPAS applicants, you may watch the videos at https://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/en/news/non-jupas-info-seminars-202001-videos  

Designing with Japanese locals

Students from our Social Design, Digital Media and Interactive Media programmes joined together to collaborate with 39 Media Engineering students from Chukyo University, Japan to work on topics of sustainability and local craftsmanship last summer, led by Teaching Fellow Mr. Alex Ho. The project theme is about sustainable development and gratitude education. The students stayed in Japan for eleven days, where they did contextual research with the counterparts by visiting the timber forest om Toyota, wood factory, local craft workshops as well as a hands-on one-day woodcraft class with a local carpenter. They also investigated and exchanged knowledge with Japanese students and local people on cultural differences, natural resources and local craftsmanship while having their own self-driven field research on digital media related topics which the Digital Media students were good at. At the end of the study trip, they held a public exhibition at the Toyota Parenting Integrated Center in downtown Toyota, showing their handmade wood and bamboo toys for children, and introducing the importance of sustainable use of resources and preservation of local craftsmanship to family visitors there, actualising what they have learned to affect others in the general public. Parents and children were invited to play their toys and were explained about sustainability and gratitude towards our mother nature. The exhibition made a perfect conclusion of the learning journey.   Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019 Collaboration between PolyU Design and Chukyo University 2019     Another 30 students from various departments of PolyU who took the subject of ‘SD2S01 Design and Build in Remote Community’ had their service learning experience in Keihoku, a remote countryside of Japan where a music festival held in September. The group led by Michael Chan and Ivy Kong was invited by the Kyoto government and its Education Department, and supported by Japan’s NGO Roots to contribute their cross-disciplinary knowledge to the local economy. Their mission was to attract tourists through architecture and a comprehensive marketing plan in a sustainable approach. Having conducted a research in the community and with local high school students, a tourist attracting treehouse was nicely built by the students from scratch in a spot surrounded by the natural environment. Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan 13 Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan Service Learning Experience in Keihoku, Japan