Designing Central: Tangible Stories 設計中：創新演練

Curatorial text
How should we respond to the changing social, environmental, cultural, and living contexts of the 21st century? How can design research fully understand people's needs? How does design thinking reconstruct patterns? How do different design approaches encourage entrepreneurship? How does design technology shape innovation? How can design systems revive ecology? How can design strategies predict the future? How does design integrate art and science? How can design protect the Earth?

"Form follows Innovation" exhibits 20 innovative works representing 20 completely different Hong Kong stories. They have examined the complex relationship between design and innovation behind the application of science and technology. In the exhibition space on the first floor of Central Market, we invite the public to experience the diverse and infinite spectrum of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in Hong Kong.

 

List of exhibitors

 

Catagory & criteria	Exhibitor	Exhibits
Young Blood PolyU SD graduates - best of the show demostrated ambition on developing design systems	PolyU School of Design 2021 Grad: Wong Ho Ting	AUTDOOR
	PolyU School of Design 2021 Grad: Wong Chi Yin	OPRO
	PolyU School of Design 2021 Grad: Chan Tan Ni, Daniel	Dinamic
	PolyU School of Design 2018 Grad: Lo Kin Pan	POD

Design Tech how creative design skillsets navigate the uncertainty of tomorrow's challenges	ASA Innovation & Technology Limited	Airluna
	Studio Doozy	Violet & Libue
	Lify Company Limited	Lify Wellness personalized wellness beverage experience Lify Wellness

Social Innovator creative approach to provide better wellbeing to different disadvantaged groups social inclusion	HKCSS and HKCSS Care Food	HKCSS Care Food artistic interpretation
	Kevin Cheung	Boombottle
	PolyU Public Design Lab - Professor Michael Siu	Chess for All
	Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Steel Construction (Hong Kong Branch), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	MiC Expandable Housing

Singularities cutting edge Hong Kong innovations that impact the nation and the world Biomega	Biomega	Biomega EV prototype model
	China State Construction International Medical Industry Development Co. Ltd	VENUS Negative-pressure Isolation Cubicle ATHENA III Negative-pressure Isolation Ward
	Vitargent (International) Biotechnology Limited	Fish embryo-based toxicity testing technology artistic interpretation

Tomorrow’s Unicorn break-through innovations and technologies which have potential for future commercialization	PolyU Department of Health Technology and Informatics - Prof. Shea Ping Yip PolyU Department of Biomedical Engineering - Dr. Thomas Ming Hung Lee PolyU Department of Health Technology and Informatics - Dr. Chien Ling Huang PoluU Department of Health Technology and Informatics - Dr. Gilman Kit Hang Siu	Low-cost handheld device for decentralised virus detection
	PolyU Health Technology and Informatics - Dr. Gilman Kit Hang Siu and his team	A Geo-phylogenetic Database for COVID-19 in Hong Kong
Somersault revitalization of cultural heritage with design and creativity for sustainable business model	PolyU School of Design	Tram Rejuvenated
Art x Tech mpactful commissioned site-specific public art installation encapsulate the essence of entire events artwork to transcend enviromental & social benefit artwork combining new media technology	Dimension Plus	Irrigate Flow
	design systems	The Other Use of the Useless - Moon
		The Other Use of the Useless - Ode to Joy

 

鳴謝 Aknowledgements

 

Proofreading/ Translation of exhibitors’ text
LIU Yi, Crystal
Ph.D student at Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies (CBS), PolyU
ZENG Weixin, Selena
Ph.D student at Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies (CBS), PolyU
Exhibit illustration
Malou Ko