Maison&Objet pivots to Asia through HKTDC partnership.

Design without borders, crafting global futures

The annual display celebrating Hong Kong design will be on show till 6 July.

Dragon and phoenix artwork captivates visitors

China’s 14th Five-Year Plan supports the development of Hong Kong into a cultural and artistic exchange centre between China and overseas. The Hong Kong SAR Government promotes cultural exchanges with foreign countries by organising large-scale cultural events.

An exhibition at the HKTDC’s Design Gallery celebrates the city’s cultural heritage.

Miniatures showcase Hong Kong

Generative AI is drawing intense attention in the licensing industry, as it could cost-effectively generate vast amounts of IP content, but comes with a range of legal, privacy and security problems.

A licensing lawyer points out that key jurisdictions deny copyright to machine-generated content.

AI presents IP challenge

April welcomed the return of the HKTDC’s long-standing Hong Kong International Licensing Show (HKILS), which drew over 320 exhibitors and showcased an extensive array of more than 550 brands and licensing projects.

Licensing industry players from around the world gathered in Hong Kong, reinforcing the city’s role as a leading IP trading hub.

Licensing Show creates cross-industry business opportunities

13 creations by 10 Hong Kong Design Institute students and three renowned Hong Kong fashion designers, as part of the ARTSHION 2024 Painting x Fashion and Image Design Competition, are on display at the HKTDC Design Gallery in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Inspired by paintings drawn by local students, emerging and renowned Hong Kong designers created avant-garde fashion pieces.

ARTSHION competition designs on display at HKTDC Design Gallery

A Hong Kong pet-themed clothing brand with design as its selling point applied for trademark registration with the assistance of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council's (HKTDC) Transformation Sandbox (T-box) business support programme.

The HKTDC’s T-box turns pet-themed ink-brush paintings into a brand.

Pet art meets fashion

Creativity focused SMEs often find customer outreach difficult, since they focus on making beautiful designs and have few resources to devote to customer relationship management (CRM).

Building services firm uses T-box tools to expand business.

Digital transformation boosts designer

As a leading creative hub in Asia, Hong Kong is a natural design centre. And Mainland China, the factory of the world, is a natural outlet for Hong Kong’s design talents. China’s Anhui province, just inland of the Yangtze Delta, is eager to take on Hong Kong designs.  The province is a rapidly growing smart manufacturing centre and Hefei is the site of the country’s first Advanced Technology Application and Promotion Centre.

The HKTDC’s DesignInspire leads missions to Mainland China and Japan to showcase city’s design talents and create opportunities.

Hong Kong designers spread wings

Offering immersive experiences has become more common recently, but Hong Kong design house WARE has been creating such works for nearly a decade.

A Hong Kong design firm has been offering immersive experiences since before the term became fashionable.

Connecting people in shared space

Good design addresses everyday problems, enriching people’s lives. Such design meshes with technology to disrupt markets.

A leading Australian city has made a name for itself as the home of biotech design.

Design-led innovation enriches lives

Artificial Intelligence-generated art brings to mind futuristic creations featuring galaxies or previously unknown life-forms, but it can be turned to classical art genres, as is the case with engineer and artist Victor Wong.

An electronic engineer who grew up in a paper-cutting craft shop is blending AI and art to create singular products.

Technology brings classical art to life

The HKTDC Design Gallery’s annual LoveHK exhibition has returned to Hong Kong and runs until 9 July, displaying more than 60 artworks made from everyday waste items such as coffee filters, wine corks, egg cartons, vegetable and fruit nets and glass bottles at its Wan Chai CEC shop.

HKTDC Design Gallery co-organises LoveHK exhibition with a multimedia artist

Crafting a green Hong Kong

In spring this year Hong Kong’s art community celebrated the end of travel restrictions by holding an “art spring”, with exhibitions and cultural events including Art Basel (main picture), Art Central, HK Walls and other art collective events at venues such as the Tai Kwun and the Fringe Club.

Artworks often carry impressive price tags but are often hard to buy and sell – until now.

Digitisation brings liquidity to high-value market

DesignInspire presents over 250 exhibitors and features eye-catching installations by top designers.

Global creativity and design showcase returns to Hong Kong

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