Organised by the Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC), Knowledge of Design Week (KODW) has been entering the 11^th year in a row.  With the theme of “design. cities. health in the new economy”, around 20 local and international business and creative leaders will be invited to share their experience, using case studies to demonstrate how innovative services and product designs applying to public and private health care, rehabilitation, health services and digital healthcare products so as to enhance quality and efficiency, reduce production cost and strengthen more personalized service for patients and customers.  As such, it enables the participants to understand the latest development and trends of healthcare industry, leading to a healthy living in the city.

Living in an era of limited resources, aging population, changing pattern of consumption and lifestyle; Internet of Things (IoT) and high-level technology increase the accessibility of information, making various types of services and industries actively expand cross-border collaboration in order to seek continuous innovation.

Our KODW has been covering a wide range of topics including retail and hospitality (2014-15), inclusive design (2013) and aging market (2012).  Last year, HKDC has received nearly 650 participants predominantly from South East Asia Region, such as Hong Kong, Mainland China, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea and the Philippines.

Date & Venue
13 – 17 June, 2016
Hotel Icon, 17 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui (Show map)

Futher information

Application Deadline : 3 June 2016 (Friday)

The HONG KONG AWARDS FOR INDUSTRIES – CONSUMER PRODUCT DESIGN

This is established to promote and recognise the importance of product design in Hong Kong, and to encourage local entrepreneurs to improve the design, research and development of their product. The Federation of Hong Kong Industries is the organiser of the Award, and the Federation’s Design Council of Hong Kong is responsible for the execution and organising work concerned. Eligible entries should be consumer products or consumer-related products wholly or partly a Hong Kong design. Design firms, trading companies or agents can enter the competition with the permission of the above products’ proprietary right owners. Products submitted must be newly designed and in production, and preferably have not been on the market for more than 2 years.