A celebration of creativity in “making”

With the objective of conveying the message that “Everyone is a Maker”, the School of Design organized the Maker Faire Hong Kong on 28-29 November for makers from all over the world to exchange knowledge and display projects in the areas of arts and crafts, science and engineering, food and music, wearables, architecture etc.

Highlights of the event:

• Timely Hong Kong – a large installation which engaged 4,000 participants to co-create and mimic the landscape of the Lion Rock
• Hebocon – a robotic contest for the technically-ungifted
• WoT da Fun! – a Hybrid Barricade Challenge on Wheels of Things through the creation of any objects with wheels
• King Chung, the Model Maker – a face-to-face interaction with a renowned model maker on making canoe
• Hong Kong Open Printshop – a series of DIY print making workshops