Meeting with Prof Lu Xiaobo of Tsinghua Unviersity

Our Dean Professor Kun-Pyo Lee visited Tsinghua University to meet Professor LU Xiaobo, Dean of Academy of Art and Design on 11 July. There were very productive discussions on how to deepen the collaboration between PolyU Design and the Academy including research, education and projects with industries. Follow up discussions on groundwork will be arranged.

Finger amputee prosthetic named Hong Kong Best Design at TechStyle for Social Good 2019

We feel so proud to know that Miss Wendy Law has recently received the Hong Kong Best Design Award among the 12 finalists at the Techstyle for Social Good International Competition 2019, with her Human Scale class project ‘Aesthesis - The partial hand accessories for amputees’ designed for her mother who lost her fingers in an accident. This finger amputee prosthetic is a 3D-printed decorative device made of both soft and hard materials. Compared with the existing products, it is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also lighter in weight and more breathable. It can help cover up the lost part while extending the residual finger to provide more finger functions, such as holding a mobile phone, to enhance users’ quality of lives. The winning project are being exhibited with other winners from the USA and UK at the Mills until 26 August; and at PolyU’s Fashion Gallery from 27 August to 22 September. Full Winners' List Wendy's story in the media: 專訪設計師羅詠欣  (Passion Times, 14 September 2019) 設計義肢手套 創造共融社會 (Oriental Daily, 8 August 2019) 孝女為母親設計精美義肢 (Epoch Times, 12 July 2019) (photo from Techstyle for Social Good International Competition)

Meeting with Cyberport Senior Management

Our Dean Prof. Kun Pyo Lee (middle) and Associate Dean Mr. Siu King Chung (second left) were warmly welcomed by Cyberport 數碼港’s CEO Mr. Peter Yan (second right), Chief Public Mission Officer, Mr. Eric Chan (left) and Head of Entrepreneurship, Ms. Alice So (right) at their office on 5 July. The parties had a constructive discussion on potential collaboration.

Brian Kwok's book won Hong Kong Book Prize 2019

Congratulations to Mr. Brian Kwok, leader of BA (Communication Design) and Information Design Lab, on receiving the Hong Kong Book Prize from RTHK and Hong Kong Publishing Federation with his book, 'Fading of Hong Kong neon lights – The archive of Hong Kong visual culture' (霓虹黯色――香港街道視覺文化記錄)! The book was chosen from 400+ entries as one of Best 11 Books in 2019. Full winner list: https://app4.rthk.hk/culture/12thbookprize/final_list.php

Postponement of Annual Show Opening

We would like to inform you that today’s (12 June) opening ceremony for PolyU Design Annual Show 2019 will be postponed due to the strikes relating to the extradition law. Some of the participating students could not exhibit their works. The events are now rescheduled as follows: Exhibition Public Opening:  Date: 19 June, 2019 (next Wednesday)  Time: 11:30 am – 7:30 pm Venue: Jockey Club Innovation Tower, PolyU Exhibition Opening Cocktail Reception (registered guests only):  Date: 19 June, 2019  Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm Venue: Innovation Think Tank  13/F., Jockey Club Innovation Tower, PolyU We would be most grateful if you could mark your diary and participate in the PolyU Design Annual Show 2019. Thank you. PolyU Design

PolyU Design hosts top Chinese design schools on the future of design research

On 27 May, Prof. Kun-Pyo Lee, dean of PolyU Design hosted the deans from three top design schools in Mainland China.  We were pleased to discuss with Prof. Yongqi Lou, dean of Tongji University College of Design and Innovation, Prof. Renke He, dean of Hunan University School of Design, and Prof. Jun Cai, head of DMI in Tsinghua University on facilitating high quality design research and formulating an open platform through collaboration.  

PolyU Design initiates collaboration with Midea Group on AI and home appliances

Invited by the Laundry Division of Midea Group, our Dean Prof. Kun Pyo Lee, Mr. Benny Leong and Dr. Sylvia Liu visited Midea Group in Wuxi on 23 May 2019, where Prof. Lee delivered a speech on “New Emerging Design Paradigm: Open, Big, Deep” covering the new design paradigm and future of UX to the whole design team. During the visit, the parties confirmed the collaboration direction on “AI and Home Appliances".

PolyU Design participated in the 9th PhD Colloquium on Design Research

PolyU Design participated in the 9th PhD Colloquium on Design Research, under the colloquium theme: Fundamental Hypothesis in Design Research, on 18 May. As one of the seven participating design schools from China, we were represented by our PhD candidates Mr. Daniel Echeverri, Mrs. Lusha Huang and Mr. Markus Wernli. Prof. Kun-Pyo Lee, Dean of PolyU Design, delivered one of two keynote addresses entitled: Design Education in the Era of AI. Last but not least, Mr. Daniel Echeverri was awarded the Best Presentation of the 9th Colloquium for his inspiring presentation on "An Empirical Exploration of Agency, Engagement, and Transportation in the Context of Playable Stories". Congratulations! Participating Universities:  National Cheng Kung University (Organizer) Guangdong University of Technology (Co-Organizer) Jiangnan University Tongji University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design Hunan University

Bronze ADC Cube Award Winner: Readyset enhances elderly's medication experience

Readyset is designed by a group of Year 3 Communication Design students (Lok Ngai Lego Lam, Ping Ting Lee, Man Yin Chan and Rachel Yin) to facilitate better medication administration and experience for elderly.  The pen shape design is highly portable, as well as very versatile for storing and stacking circular tablets while not wasting space like any rectangular shape. It is a good idea to integrate the pen mechanism into taking drugs as well. With its emphasis on convenience and portability, the design title comes from the phrase “Ready, Set, Go!” in sports events by which the designers hope to connect the products to the consumers with the ready-to-go feature. This health communication design for elderly won a Bronze ADC Cube Award which the design ceremony held and announced by The One Club for Creativity, an international design competition, in New York in early May. Congratulations to the team and their supervising tutor Mr. Brian Kwok! The design of Readyset is attempted to achieve the following features: 1. Hygiene In order to achieve the goal of hygienic drug taking action, the team have developed the pen-like mechanism - Readyset, allowing the elderly does not need to have direct contact of the flesh with the pills. The Readyset can eliminate the chance of contaminating the pills with bare hands, as well as allowing the elderly to take the medication easily on the go. 2. Organiser Readyset is designed to unify different pills into one single column, allowing the elderly to organize medication easily and reducing the required storage space in a household environment. The label attached on the pen-like device extract the most considering information based on the result that the team collected from the user tests. 3. Customizable Readyset provides various materials and colorways for the elderly to choose based on their preference, to create a personalized drug-taking experience. Also for the identification ring on the pen, the customizable feature, on one hand, allow customers to choose the color they like, as well as allowing them to differentiate their pen within a household area. 4. Portable The lightweight and small-size design aim to provide a better drug-taking experience when the elderly is commuting. The design allows them easing with all procedures required in traditional medication.

PolyU cross-disciplinary team’s diet tracking app shines at hackUST

The team of 3 students from PolyU Design and the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Faculty of Business won the 1st Runner-up in hackathon@HKUST 2019, an overnight competition organised by HKUST and Jardine Restaurant Group with over 90 teams from 31 countries joined to develop an innovative software idea to improve restaurant operations on 13-14 April.  The award was attained with their innovative mobile app ‘IDIET’ that tracks diet habit on eating out with a reward system and provides health and meal suggestions based on algorithm.  The cross-disciplinary team was formed by Kwok Ho Hin Edwin (Final Year, Social Design-BA), Tsoi Ho Ching Shaun and Law Wing Sum Sebastiane (Year 3 and 2 respectively, International Shipping and Transport Logistics-BBA), among which Edwin was in charge of the interface design that easy-to-read information graphics were applied to ensure a user friendly operation. The other two business students came from the university sports team that diet management has been part of their routine thus became their source of inspiration.  Having won the award and cash reward, the students were given the internship opportunities, business consultancy service, free design software and a pitch to the Group’s management for the chance of developing their proposal into a real project.  Congratulations!  (photos supplied by the students)