Announcement, News

21.10.2009

The Curatorial team is now pleased to announce two more open calls for the submission of proposals to the Hong Kong portion of the 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture that respond to the theme of City Mobilization: BYOB (Bring Your Own Biennale).

OPEN CALL 4: Bring Your Own Botanist

An open call for submissions focused on the greening of a standard shipping container. The aim of this open call is to examine ecology and botany within the cityscape by encouraging the growth of vertical plantscapes as an integral component of the exhibition space for the HKSZ Biennale. [See Appendix 1]

OPEN CALL 5: Bring Your Own Banner

An open call for the submissions of creative large scaled art banners with visuals highlighting issues of ecology, cultural education, exchange, sustainability, or community and heritage. The banners will be collected together to form a unique three dimensional installation along the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade. [See Appendix 2]

Please download the curatorial statement for the 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\ Architecture and detailed requirements for submission as stated in [Appendix 1] and [Appendix 2] accordingly.

hkszbiennaleopencall-oct-eng (English version)

hkszbiennaleopencall-oct-chi (Chinese version)

The information pack is also available via: http://hkszbiennale.org/pr/HKSZBiennaleOpenCall-Oct-ENG.pdf

Submission deadline: 5:00 pm, 2 November 2009 (by post)

In the interim, please also email your questions to info@hkszbiennale.org and tara@hkia.net




The 2009 Hong Kong - Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture is organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) in association with The Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP), The Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA), and the Shenzhen Planning Bureau, with support from the Home Affairs Bureau of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Announcement, News

01.08.2009

The Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA) presents the Design Trainee Programme (“the Programme” ) which can help the fresh graduates acquire sufficient training as they enter the work force as well as preparing them to take up more challenging jobs in the future.

Launched by the HKDA with sponsorship from the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Programme provides training opportunities to Hong Kong residents who have obtained full-time bachelor, higher degrees or higher diplomas awarded in 2009 by one of the three Participating Education Providers (PEds), namely, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The City University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Design Institute. Under the Programme, interested graduates will receive training at the Participating Design Agencies (PDAs) for a period of 12 months in the capacity as employees, and be paid wages commensurate with the duties, responsibilities and training contents of the trainee positions. PDAs offering trainee vacancies for the Programme should hold and provide a copy of a valid Business Registration Certificate (BRC) and should be Fellow, Full Member or Corporate Member of the Design Associations, namely the Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA), Hong Kong Interior Design Association (HKIDA), Hong Kong Fashion Designers Association (HKFDA) and Chartered Society of Designers Hong Kong (CSDHK).

The Programme will end on 31 August 2010. The training subsidy provided by the Government will be provided up to and including 31 August 2010 or for a period of 12 months from the date of the trainee’s employment, whichever is the earlier.

PDAs interested in offering local trainee vacancies may submit the “Local Design Trainee Vacancy Form” to the HKDA for their processing. Applications for the programme are welcome and no application fee will be charged.

Please refer to the Programme website: http://www.hongkongda.com/program/design-trainee-programme/

Membership

01.05.2009

HKDA members are entitled to the following exclusive benefits on presenting their membership cards:


1. Agnes b. Librairie Galerie – 20% discount upon purchase of books and posters
(Address: 1/F, 18 Wing Fung Street, Wanchai, tel: 2869-5505)
2. Basheer – 10% off for all products/ books except for magazines and discounted items
3. DNM - 10% off for books at Bookmark
4. GOD - 10% off for a net purchase at or over $2,000 except mattress, electrical appliances and consignment items
5. HKIM Affiliate Membership - 50% discount (i.e. $385) Click here for application form.
6. HKTDC Design Gallery – 10% off for a net purchase at or over $100
7. IdN - special subscription plan at $600 with 2 bonus IdNpro books
8. PACE Publishing - 20% off for all books and magazines
Please call Pace directly (tel: 2515 7626) for order.
9. Pointtolife - 10% off for regular priced items
10. OKI Printer Exclusive Promotion Offer Click here for details.


Full Members can also apply for a new membership kit that contains a personalized membership card, an insignia pin, and a membership certificate at HK$400.


HKDA reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions without prior notice.

News

09.04.2009

Look for Designers
Your Design Partners
to increasing business competitiveness

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- Step by step guide on how to look for designers and kick start a design project
- Case studies on how design could help business growth and increasing competitiveness
- A comprehensive list of great designers plus more than 300 pages showcase of their recent works

This book is available at Basheer, Keng Seng, PageOne and Point to Life.
Retail price: HK$238
Published in Dec 2008

Announcement

08.04.2009

Please visit www.hongkongda.com/freepitch

Welcome Party

05.02.2009

It was indeed a great evening with over 60 members attending. New members get to meet with our Chairman -Winnif ,and other Executive Committee Members like Kelly, Eddie, Grace, James, Joey, Eric, Sherman, Yan Yan, Clement, Henry Chu, as well as our Fellow Member Charles Ng. The sharing of work from new members gave new and old members the chance to know more about what each other are doing, and to possibly path the way for collaboration opportunities. Yet better is the Radio DaDa broadcast with Tommy Li and his special guest Kan Tai Keung. The discussion was especially inspiring to our group of new student members from HKDI, CityU, Caritas Bianchi and CO1. The evening ended with the slide presentation of China Architecture by our Vice Chairman, Raymond Fung. All participants were amazed at the work done in our Motherland, and the insights that we can get from them.


Click here to view more photos of the party.


Click here to view the amazing Architecture in China.

Announcement

10.04.2008

We are pleased to inform you that the Executive Committee 2008/10 of the Hong Kong Designers Association was elected under the monitor of Poson Accounting & Secretarial Services Ltd. on 5 April 2008. The office-bearers are:

Chairman
Mr. Pang Chi-kong, Winnif

Vice Chairman
Mr. Chan Chiu-wang, Eric
Mr. Fung Wing-kee, Raymond
Mr. Wong Ping-pui, Stanley

Hon. Secretary
Ms. Lau Kwan-bick, Grace

Hon. Treasurer
Mr. Leung Pak-yuen, Beam

Committee Members
Ms. Chau So-hing
Mr. Cheung Kam-wah, Eddie
Mr. Chu Lik-hang, Henry
Mr. Ho Tzung-hsien, Joey
Mr. Lam Tik-bong, Paul
Ms. Lam Yan-yan, Betty
Mr. Lee Chi-wing
Mr. Lee York-wah, Francis
Mr. Leung Wai-mo, James
Mr. Lui Po-man, Henry
Mr. Sit Lik-hoi
Mr. Wong On, Angus
Mr. Yick Tat-wa, Clement
Mr. Michael Miller Yu

The result of poll is now posted at the HKDA office (address: Unit 216A, InnoCentre, 72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong) for your reference. Thank you for your attention.


本會於2008年4月5日已依章選出2008年至2010年度之執行委員會，茲將名表列如下，
希為鑒存照是荷。

主席
彭志江

副主席
陳超宏　馮永基　黃炳培

榮譽秘書
劉君璧

榮譽司庫
梁伯源

執行委員
周素卿　張錦華　朱力行　何宗憲　林席賢　林茵茵　利志榮
李躍華　梁煒武　雷葆文　薜力愷　黃　安　易達華　余奉祖

選舉結果已張貼於本會辦公室(香港九龍九龍塘達之路72號創新中心216A室) ，以供參考。