Graz Mulcahy

Creative Director for Will.I.Am Eyewear Brand ill.i Optics.

See the world differently - Sunglasses and Eyewear design

You will learn how the Sunglass design process works and then hear about how sunglasses are used and sold in the world. You will have the opportunity to design a pair of glasses and ask questions by a master in the field

Danny Fang

Creative director at Fang Studio / founder of High5dogs

 

The fun of creating

I will show some of my previous work and I will show you the exclusive preview of our upcoming Kickstarter campaign.

Ellie Castillo Siu

Director of Jewellery brand Ellie Siu

Jewellery Design

You will get to know a general overview of about a piece of jewellery is made and how gemstones are graded. I will provide some samples of my work and some gemstones for you to get a look at.

Katarina Ivarsson

Founder and CEO of Boris Design

Sustainable Design Exploration

We will look into the process of greening the design process. The presentation will be mixed up with some design small case studies, design tasks and discussions.

John Denton

Director and Co founder of Lead 8 Architects

Designer as a story teller

The session will focus on the design process within the Architectural design industry, the ways in which the design is communicated at different stages of the process, and thed drawings, computer 2D and 3D modelling, the stud latest ways to tell the story of your design. As well as hand drawings, 2D CAD, and 3D computer modelling, students will also experience augmented, as well as virtual reality.

Kalen Curtis

Executive Director of Admission, SCAD Hong Kong

How to Prepare a Dynamic Portfolio

What higher education institutions are expecting from an incoming freshman portfolio. I will also cover information about SCAD Hong Kong and the possibilities of careers in art and design fields.

David Waterman

Senior Design Director

Product Design

Talk and Show Video's and Examples of work

Alan Peggie

Lecturer Fellow @ The Higher Education Institute (THEi) in Hong Kong

Places and spaces, designing for people.

We will be talking about Landscape Architecture, what do they do and how you can become one. We will try and cover the wide range of projects that you would be involved with and and will set the students a short design exercise to get their creative juices going!

Mubarak Marafa

Digital Designer +

Research Assistant in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Interaction Design and User Experience

In my session I will introduce brand new concepts in Design thinking with regards to HCI and User Experience.

Fan Fang

Riot Games - Game Designer

Design Value of League of Legends

The design value helps game designers make rational decision. By sharing our design values, we wish people who wants to design games can also find their own version of values so that they don't get lost in all the design decisions while making a game. Students can also ask questions regarding design values.

Roger A De Leon

Founder, Co-Owner of

Little Burro

Design in the Real World

Interactive discussion reviewing how design learned in school may or may not be applied in the real world.

Jerome Tam

Director , Rush Hour Media

How to build a digital agency startup and what is UX/UI ?

+ Exploring the design process – from concept to production. + Sharing portfolios. + Predicting future trends. + How to introduce new products in the market place and the path of to becoming a designer.

Bibianna Cheung

Founder of BIBIANNA Ltd.

Jewellery Production — Alloying Modern and Traditional Techniques

Learn the design concepts and technology involved in Jewellery making — from bench work and metal casting to 3D printing and CAD software.

Joep Hövels

Architectural Designer and Façade Engineer – Arup Corp

Jasper Hilkhuijsen

Urban Designer – Arup Corp

Exploring design concepts in action

Participants will be assigned roles (e.g. architect, engineer, landscape designer) and collaborate on a design challenge.

Ernesto Spicciolato

Design Lecturer – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Product Designer & Consultant – Design-BS

A future in design

This session explores preparation for a future in design.

Santina Bonini

Design Lecturer – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Product Designer & Consultant – Design-BS

Creative Thinking and Creative Business

Ms Bonini’s will share her passion for design and present her portfolio of product and interior design. She will also explore how to find inspirations for product design and ways to prepare for a future in design.

Kay Liu

Education Manager, Redress (The organiser of The EcoChic Design Award)

Cutting waste out of fashion

There will be an introduction about fashion and the environment, focussing on the waste issue from the textile industry in particular, and followed by introductions to three waste reducing design techniques, including zero-waste, up-cycling and reconstruction that design students can practise. A Powerpoint presentation and videos will be shown.

Rupert Inman

Senior Structural Engineer

BuroHappold Engineering

Floating Compression

Workshop where students build their own tensegrity models. With dowel and elastic bands as simple building blocks, we will start with basic examples with several elements and build up to larger spherical shapes. 

 

How I became a structural engineer

 

Projects that have inspired me and an explanation of the key structural principles behind them 

 

Brief introduction to tensegrity - "islands of compression floating in a sea of tension"

 

 

Sarah Marland

Head of Product Design and Development for HOP LUN

 

An introduction into Lingerie and Swimwear product design

A talk and activities about ladies fashion lingerie and swimwear.

 

 

Graz Mulcahy

Creative Director for Will.I.Am Eyewear Brand ill.i Optics.

See the world differently - Sunglasses and Eyewear design

You will learn how the Sunglass design process works and then hear about how sunglasses are used and sold in the world. You will have the opportunity to design a pair of glasses and ask questions by a master in the field

Danny Fang

Creative director at Fang Studio / founder of High5dogs

 

The fun of creating

I will show some of my previous work and I will show you the exclusive preview of our upcoming Kickstarter campaign.

Ellie Castillo Siu

Director of Jewellery brand Ellie Siu

Jewellery Design

You will get to know a general overview of about a piece of jewellery is made and how gemstones are graded. I will provide some samples of my work and some gemstones for you to get a look at.

Katarina Ivarsson

Founder and CEO of Boris Design

Sustainable Design Exploration

We will look into the process of greening the design process. The presentation will be mixed up with some design small case studies, design tasks and discussions.

John Denton

Director and Co founder of Lead 8 Architects

Designer as a story teller

The session will focus on the design process within the Architectural design industry, the ways in which the design is communicated at different stages of the process, and thed drawings, computer 2D and 3D modelling, the stud latest ways to tell the story of your design. As well as hand drawings, 2D CAD, and 3D computer modelling, students will also experience augmented, as well as virtual reality.

Kalen Curtis

Executive Director of Admission, SCAD Hong Kong

How to Prepare a Dynamic Portfolio

What higher education institutions are expecting from an incoming freshman portfolio. I will also cover information about SCAD Hong Kong and the possibilities of careers in art and design fields.

David Waterman

Senior Design Director

Product Design

Talk and Show Video's and Examples of work

Alan Peggie

Lecturer Fellow @ The Higher Education Institute (THEi) in Hong Kong

Places and spaces, designing for people.

We will be talking about Landscape Architecture, what do they do and how you can become one. We will try and cover the wide range of projects that you would be involved with and and will set the students a short design exercise to get their creative juices going!

Mubarak Marafa

Digital Designer +

Research Assistant in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Interaction Design and User Experience

In my session I will introduce brand new concepts in Design thinking with regards to HCI and User Experience.

Fan Fang

Riot Games - Game Designer

Design Value of League of Legends

The design value helps game designers make rational decision. By sharing our design values, we wish people who wants to design games can also find their own version of values so that they don't get lost in all the design decisions while making a game. Students can also ask questions regarding design values.

Roger A De Leon

Founder, Co-Owner of

Little Burro

Design in the Real World

Interactive discussion reviewing how design learned in school may or may not be applied in the real world.

Jerome Tam

Director , Rush Hour Media

How to build a digital agency startup and what is UX/UI ?

+ Exploring the design process – from concept to production. + Sharing portfolios. + Predicting future trends. + How to introduce new products in the market place and the path of to becoming a designer.

Bibianna Cheung

Founder of BIBIANNA Ltd.

Jewellery Production — Alloying Modern and Traditional Techniques

Learn the design concepts and technology involved in Jewellery making — from bench work and metal casting to 3D printing and CAD software.

Joep Hövels

Architectural Designer and Façade Engineer – Arup Corp

Jasper Hilkhuijsen

Urban Designer – Arup Corp

Exploring design concepts in action

Participants will be assigned roles (e.g. architect, engineer, landscape designer) and collaborate on a design challenge.

Santina Bonini

Design Lecturer – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Product Designer & Consultant – Design-BS

Creative Thinking and Creative Business

Ms Bonini’s will share her passion for design and present her portfolio of product and interior design. She will also explore how to find inspirations for product design and ways to prepare for a future in design.

Kay Liu

Education Manager, Redress (The organiser of The EcoChic Design Award)

Cutting waste out of fashion

There will be an introduction about fashion and the environment, focussing on the waste issue from the textile industry in particular, and followed by introductions to three waste reducing design techniques, including zero-waste, up-cycling and reconstruction that design students can practise. A Powerpoint presentation and videos will be shown.

Rupert Inman

Senior Structural Engineer

BuroHappold Engineering

Floating Compression

Workshop where students build their own tensegrity models. With dowel and elastic bands as simple building blocks, we will start with basic examples with several elements and build up to larger spherical shapes. 

 

How I became a structural engineer

 

Projects that have inspired me and an explanation of the key structural principles behind them 

 

Brief introduction to tensegrity - "islands of compression floating in a sea of tension"

 

 

Sarah Marland

Head of Product Design and Development for HOP LUN

 

An introduction into Lingerie and Swimwear product design

A talk and activities about ladies fashion lingerie and swimwear.

 

 

Peter Dean

managing director of materialityplus.com

 

design project 100

In this exciting session you will work with an exerienced designer and educator to design your very first object.

 

 

Robin Wilkinson

Associate Director / Structural Engineer

Benaim (part of AECOM)

 

designing structures

What is a structural engineer?

What do they do, and how do they do it?

In my session you can have a go at designing a structure yoursselves.

 

 

Graz Mulcahy

Creative Director for Will.I.Am Eyewear Brand ill.i Optics.

See the world differently - Sunglasses and Eyewear design

You will learn how the Sunglass design process works and then hear about how sunglasses are used and sold in the world. You will have the opportunity to design a pair of glasses and ask questions by a master in the field

Danny Fang

Creative director at Fang Studio / founder of High5dogs

 

The fun of creating

I will show some of my previous work and I will show you the exclusive preview of our upcoming Kickstarter campaign.

Ellie Castillo Siu

Director of Jewellery brand Ellie Siu

Jewellery Design

You will get to know a general overview of about a piece of jewellery is made and how gemstones are graded. I will provide some samples of my work and some gemstones for you to get a look at.

Katarina Ivarsson

Founder and CEO of Boris Design

Sustainable Design Exploration

We will look into the process of greening the design process. The presentation will be mixed up with some design small case studies, design tasks and discussions.

John Denton

Director and Co founder of Lead 8 Architects

Designer as a story teller

The session will focus on the design process within the Architectural design industry, the ways in which the design is communicated at different stages of the process, and thed drawings, computer 2D and 3D modelling, the stud latest ways to tell the story of your design. As well as hand drawings, 2D CAD, and 3D computer modelling, students will also experience augmented, as well as virtual reality.

Kalen Curtis

Executive Director of Admission, SCAD Hong Kong

How to Prepare a Dynamic Portfolio

What higher education institutions are expecting from an incoming freshman portfolio. I will also cover information about SCAD Hong Kong and the possibilities of careers in art and design fields.

David Waterman

Senior Design Director

Product Design

Talk and Show Video's and Examples of work

Alan Peggie

Lecturer Fellow @ The Higher Education Institute (THEi) in Hong Kong

Places and spaces, designing for people.

We will be talking about Landscape Architecture, what do they do and how you can become one. We will try and cover the wide range of projects that you would be involved with and and will set the students a short design exercise to get their creative juices going!

Mubarak Marafa

Digital Designer +

Research Assistant in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Interaction Design and User Experience

In my session I will introduce brand new concepts in Design thinking with regards to HCI and User Experience.

Nomera Ajmal

Founder and creative director at NOMERA jewellery

Silversmithing

Presentation about silversmithing with a Q&A session at the end

Fan Fang

Riot Games - Game Designer

Design Value of League of Legends

The design value helps game designers make rational decision. By sharing our design values, we wish people who wants to design games can also find their own version of values so that they don't get lost in all the design decisions while making a game. Students can also ask questions regarding design values.

Roger A De Leon

Founder, Co-Owner of

Little Burro

Design in the Real World

Interactive discussion reviewing how design learned in school may or may not be applied in the real world.

Dickson Wong

Senior Facade Consultant, Inhabit Asia Ltd.

 

..And How Did You Make This?

The Making of Architecture

Each of the one hour long session consists of a presentation that explains the building/ fabrication process of three projects.

The objective of the presentation is to give students a taste of the complexity and beauty of making – a process that architects conduct and engage in on a daily basis at different levels and different scales.

 

 

Jerome Tam

Director , Rush Hour Media

How to build a digital agency startup and what is UX/UI ?

+ Exploring the design process – from concept to production. + Sharing portfolios. + Predicting future trends. + How to introduce new products in the market place and the path of to becoming a designer.

Bibianna Cheung

Founder of BIBIANNA Ltd.

Jewellery Production — Alloying Modern and Traditional Techniques

Learn the design concepts and technology involved in Jewellery making — from bench work and metal casting to 3D printing and CAD software.

Joep Hövels

Architectural Designer and Façade Engineer – Arup Corp

Jasper Hilkhuijsen

Urban Designer – Arup Corp

Exploring design concepts in action

Participants will be assigned roles (e.g. architect, engineer, landscape designer) and collaborate on a design challenge.

Santina Bonini

Design Lecturer – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Product Designer & Consultant – Design-BS

Creative Thinking and Creative Business

Ms Bonini’s will share her passion for design and present her portfolio of product and interior design. She will also explore how to find inspirations for product design and ways to prepare for a future in design.

Kay Liu

Education Manager, Redress (The organiser of The EcoChic Design Award)

Cutting waste out of fashion

There will be an introduction about fashion and the environment, focussing on the waste issue from the textile industry in particular, and followed by introductions to three waste reducing design techniques, including zero-waste, up-cycling and reconstruction that design students can practise. A Powerpoint presentation and videos will be shown.

Rupert Inman

Senior Structural Engineer

BuroHappold Engineering

Floating Compression

Workshop where students build their own tensegrity models. With dowel and elastic bands as simple building blocks, we will start with basic examples with several elements and build up to larger spherical shapes. 

 

How I became a structural engineer

 

Projects that have inspired me and an explanation of the key structural principles behind them 

 

Brief introduction to tensegrity - "islands of compression floating in a sea of tension"

 

 

Sarah Marland

Head of Product Design and Development for HOP LUN

 

An introduction into Lingerie and Swimwear product design

A talk and activities about ladies fashion lingerie and swimwear.

 

 

Peter Dean

managing director of materialityplus.com

 

design project 100

In this exciting session you will work with an exerienced designer and educator to design your very first object.

 

 

Robin Wilkinson

Associate Director / Structural Engineer

Benaim (part of AECOM)

 

designing structures

What is a structural engineer?

What do they do, and how do they do it?

In my session you can have a go at designing a structure yoursselves.