DFA Hong Kong Younger Design Expertise Award 2024

Software is Now Open till 26 June

Broadening Horizons and Inspiring Innovation
Embracing Younger Expertise’s Contemporary Views for Hong Kong

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 April 2024 – Organised by Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) since 2005 and supported by Create Hong Kong of the Authorities of the Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area (HKSAR) because the Lead Sponsor, Hong Kong Design Institute and the Faculty of Design of The Hong Kong Polytechnic College as Sponsors, the ‘DFA Hong Kong Younger Design Expertise Award’ (DFA HKYDTA) which has been supporting the expansion of Hong Kong younger designers, and therefore facilitating the event of the design business in Hong Kong, is now open for 2024 version’s functions till 26 June 2024

Over the course of greater than a decade, the DFA HKYDTA has acknowledged and honoured over 220 distinctive younger designers from Hong Kong, recognising their exceptional design abilities. Underneath the programme, the awardees will obtain a sponsorship of as much as HK$500,000, enabling them to embark on an enriching worldwide journey. By the programme, awardees may have the chance to increase their horizons by both endeavor 6 to 12 months of labor expertise in famend design firms or pursuing additional tutorial research for six to 18 months at famend establishments in associated fields exterior Hong Kong.

‘Design has the ability to form our world and encourage optimistic change. In our unwavering dedication to nurture and empower the following technology of design leaders, the “DFA HKYDTA” proudly honours the modern spirit of rising design expertise from Hong Kong. By the award, we showcase Hong Kong’s dedication to fostering design excellence. It serves as a dynamic platform for younger designers to push boundaries and increase their world attain. We’re assured that their recent views and distinctive concepts will elevate the Hong Kong design business to unprecedented heights, solidifying Hong Kong’s place as a thriving hub for inventive innovation,’ stated Prof. Eric Yim, Chairman of HKDC.

On-line Software Particulars

Software Necessities
Hong Kong everlasting residents aged 18 to 35, who’re (1) designers with related working expertise; or (2) 2024 design graduates with Larger Diplomas, Affiliate Levels, Bachelor’s or Grasp’s Levels from accredited native academic establishments; or (3) 2024 design graduates with Grasp’s Levels obtained from accredited academic establishments exterior Hong Kong, and Bachelor’s Levels accomplished regionally below accredited native academic establishments. Each applicant must be nominated by a design-related organisation or skilled.

Judging Standards
A judging panel comprised of regionally and internationally recognised skilled designers and specialists will assess the candidates primarily based on their (1) potential contributions to the design and innovation growth in Hong Kong; (2) private aspirations, abilities and achievements in particular fields with potential for steady growth; (3) effectiveness of communication and presentation abilities; (4) portfolio of design works; and (5) proposals of working or learning exterior Hong Kong.

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About ‘DFA Hong Kong Younger Design Expertise Award’ (ydta.dfaawards.com)

Established in 2005, the DFA Hong Kong Younger Design Expertise Award’, one of many programmes of ‘DFA Awards’ organised by Hong Kong Design Centre, goals to assist and nurture Hong Kong’s up-and-coming designers and design graduates aged 18 to 35. Awardees could obtain sponsorship to work in famend design firms or research in institutes exterior Hong Kong to unleash their potential and contribute to Hong Kong’s design and artistic industries upon their return.

About Hong Kong Design Centre (www.hkdesigncentre.org)

Hong Kong Design Centre is a strategic accomplice of the HKSAR Authorities in leveraging town’s East-meets-West benefit to create worth from design.

To attain our targets we:

• Domesticate a design tradition
• Bridge stakeholders to alternatives that unleash the worth of design
• Promote excellence in varied design disciplines

About Create Hong Kong (www.createhk.gov.hk)

Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) is a devoted workplace arrange by the HKSAR Authorities in June 2009 to spearhead the event of inventive industries in Hong Kong. From 1 July 2022 onwards, it’s below the Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism Bureau. Its strategic foci are nurturing expertise and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, selling cross-sectoral and cross-genre collaboration, and selling Hong Kong as Asia’s inventive capital and fostering a inventive environment locally. CreateHK sponsors Hong Kong Design Centre to organise ‘DFA Awards’ and different venture, to advertise Hong Kong design.

Disclaimer: Create Hong Kong of the Authorities of the Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area supplies funding assist to the venture solely, and doesn’t in any other case participate within the venture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or suggestions expressed in these supplies/occasions (or by members of the venture crew) are these of the venture organisers solely and don’t replicate the views of the Authorities of the Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area, the Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.