Overview

Design Spectrum x Hong Kong Open Press: Guided Tour & Letterpress Printing Experience

Hong Kong Open Press told the Hong Kong letterpress stories and guided participants through a hands-on experience of letterpress printing.

City Walk: Urban Architecture in Sham Shui Po

Architectural Historian – Charles Lai shared his way of observing and how to draw insight from old architectures through the observation of the city.

Design Spectrum x ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’: Screening & Sharing

Mr Mak Kwok-Keung, Art Director of ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ and Mr Michael Leung, Curator of ‘Pass The Baton’ Exhibition explored how value can be represented by integrating modern design with traces of residents and topography to recreate the unique character of the Kowloon Walled City.

Casual Lettering Workshop

Co-founder of Start from Zero and founder of Social Nerd, Katol guided participants to learn about street art through hand-drawing some beautiful lines.

Sharing with Jiksap: Old Things Heritage

Sylvia Lai, Co-owner of Jiksap joined Michael Leung, Curator of ‘Pass The Baton’ Exhibition to share the stories behind the exhibited project and Jiksap’s ‘inheritance’ journey.

Hong Kong Soil Ceramic Workshop

‘Hong Kong Soil’ Team led participants to make use of Hong Kong soil to create their unique ‘incense house’ (incense burner for tower incense).

Design Spectrum x ‘A Light Never Goes Out’: Screening & Sharing

Cardin Chan, General Manager of the neon light conservation organisation Tetra Neon Exchange, and Michael Leung, Curator of ‘Passing the Baton’ Exhibition explored the past, present, and future of Hong Kong’s neon light culture.

【Pass The Baton Design Fest】Sharing Session: ‘Old Textbooks’

Designer Lau Chi Chung shared the stroies behind his works and treasured old textbooks showcased in exhibition, let the participants experienced the charm of these old textbooks.

【Pass The Baton Design Fest】Get your personalised casual lettering

Hand-painted shop signs designer Katol and his team provided personalised casual lettering designs service for design fest visitors on-site.

【Pass The Baton Design Fest】Casual Lettering Experience

Instructed by hand-painted shop signs design Katol and his team, participants hand drew some beautiful lines and discovered the culture of casual lettering.

【Pass The Baton Design Fest】Tea Tasting & Sharing Session

SiFu Good Tea demonstrated the traditional techniques of hand-brewing the perfect cup with participants through providing an interactive experience.

【Pass The Baton Design Fest】The Meow Meow Boss’ Paper Sculpture DIY Workshop

STICKYLINE took the cats roaming the streets and alleys of Sham Shui Po as inspiration, led participants create their own cats through the art of paper sculpture.

【Pass The Baton Design Fest】AR Canvas Creations: Exploring Colorful Realms

Led by HKAVRAR, this interactive session combined artistry with technology, allowing participants to bring their drawings to life through the magic of AR.

【Pass The Baton Design Fest】Personalised Perfume Experience Giveaway

Led by Floroma, participants enjoyed the joy of creating own personalized perfume.

Journey to Sham Shui Po Textile Industry

Guided by Kaifong Tour, participants explored the history of the textile industry and the cultural development of Sham Shui Po.

Upcycling Old Uniform Workshop

Through turned old uniform into drawstring bag, Dress Green led participants to give a new life to old fabrics and reduce waste.

Pu’er Symphony

Milk Design explored the Pu’er tea that you are familiar with from childhood to adulthood with participants, savour the aroma of the tea, and experience the unique charm of tea-food pairing.

Knitted Brooch Workshop

Laws Knitters led participants to make a special knitted brooch, with sharing by experienced knitted masters.

Mandarin Kombucha Workshop

FruitableHK guided the participants in this workshop to explore how the fermentation process of kombucha upcycle local fruits.

Scarf Making Workshop

Rhys showcased the adaptive design of innovative inclusive products and guided participants to do embroidery to complete an scarf.

The Joy of Consuming Golden Waste

Guided by STICKYLINE, participants created an symbolic paper skull sculpture to reflect the negative side of fast fashion.

Sharing: Retail Century Sharing

Westley and Sai shared aspirations of their works and analytical observations in retail-related design through the case study of Lee Kung Man.

Crafting with Fabrics @ Blue House: Papercutting Workshop

Nicolas Tsao led a tour of Blue House to explore the fashion elements in the community and guided participants to design papercutting works.

Archi Texture Workshop

Led by Kirin + Lab, participants imagined the possibilities of the landscape of fashion by making an “Archi-texture hat”.

Design Spectrum x Edward Lam Dance Theatre: How can we stay in tune with “Fashion”?

Edward Lam and Darwin Ng shared the creative process of “A One and a Two”and explored what makes it a timeless classic.

Sharing Session: Design Most Hong Kong

Francesca Lee, Julie Liu and Noel Chu joined together to share their stories about traditional craftsmanship to modern techniques and inter-disciplinary crossover projects.

Design Thinking Workshop: Everyone Thinks Like a Cleaner

Guided by Kay Chan and the graduates of the Bachelor of Social Design of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, participants designed and produced prototypes of more convenient, better comfort and good-looking uniforms for cleaners.

Customised Knitted Keychain Workshop

Instructed by Laws Knitters, participants customized own knitted keychains and learnt more about knitting craftsmanship and local knitting designs.

Sun Tanning Design Workshop

Guided by Richard Wang, this workshop provided an interesting design experience to see how sunlight generates natural creations and ideas!

IDK Design Thinking Workshop: Materials Inspired by Nature

In this workshop instructed by IDK, participants learnt the problem-solving approach and explored new material possibilities via co-design process.

Design Lifestyle Workshop

Three local young designers, Aries Sin, Xavier Tsang & Maggie Tse conducted a playful yet experimental workshop.

Designer Sharing: Open Page: The Art of The Creative Process

Chan Hei Shing, Orange Chan, Roger Ng, Renatus Wu and Sunny Yuen shared their creative concepts of publication design.

Screening – “Hanzi”

“Hanzi” is a feature-length documentary exploring the relationship between reading and daily life through the lens of modern Chinese typography.

Make Your Own Zine!

“Make Your Own Zine” invited renowned Hong Kong graphic designer Benny Au to explore with participants the interesting process of making a book.

Bamboo Slip Co-Creation

Instructed by birdintree foundation, the problem-solving skills and the creativity of kids were inspired by creating bamboo strips.

IDK Design Thinking Workshop: The Art of Communication

Instructed by IDK, the participants re-imagined the norm of communicating ideas and concepts, via embracing peer collaboration and co-creation.

Crafting with Brass Design Workshop

Hosted by a local young designer Niko Leung, participants created a mini labyrinth toy by making use of the brass.

IDK Design Thinking Workshop: Designing Lifestyle Experiences through Play

Instructed by IDK, the participants reimagined new, human centred lifestyle experiences via the innovative storytelling game ‘Proto’.

Embroidery Bird Workshop for Parents & Kids

Instructed by birdintree foundation, both parents & kids created their own pictures of bird, using drawing and embroidery techniques.

Design Spectrum x MOViE MOViE: The Last Stitch

“The Last Stitch” is the documentary telling a local family featuring three generations of tailors and their overseas journeys.

IDK Design Thinking Workshop: Mindfulness and Life Design

In this workshop instructed by IDK, participants explored how to apply design to life management.

Herb Propagation Workshop

Instructed by Joyce Ng, participants learnt practical skills in taking care of herb pots to add flavours into their life.

White Clay Tea Cups Pinching Workshop & Tea-Tasting

Two ceramics artists Ryan Hui & Wy Lee from TOKI NASHIKI taught participants how to pinch tea cups with white clay.

“Beginning From A Simple Bowl Of Tea” Experience Workshop

Instructed by Tea Specialist Katherine Yu, participants focused on “a bowl of tea” to unload the stress from daily routine.

Discover the World of Oolong Tea

BASAO’s tea sommeliers guided participants through to appreciate 3 types of oolong teas which represent the character of their origin.

IDK Design Thinking Workshops: Designing through Play

Instructed by IDK, participants had a taste of how to “think with your hands” by using the LEGO® Serious Play®.

【Play Lives – Parents & Kids Workshop】Monster Transformation

STICKYLINE conducted a workshop for a group of parents & kids by using paper geometry as wearable accessories.

【Play Lives – Design Workshop】Hackshop

Instructed by Rémi Leclerc, participants reverse-engineered simple toy robots and used found materials to build working artificial play companions.

【Play Lives – Design Workshop】Tangible Programming

Instructed by Allan Au, this workshop promoted fundamental STEAM programming skills applicable to design for play.

【Play Lives – Design Workshop】Flipping the Town, Upside Down

Participants were guided by Rémi Leclerc to explore Wan Chai and discussed innovative recreation activities in HK.

【Play Lives – Design Workshop】Balloon-powered Trash Racers

Guided by KaCaMa Design Lab, participants created personalised balloon-powered racers with domestic waste to race their way out of trash.

【Play Lives – Design Workshop】A Whimsical Adventure Begins – Stones, branches & leaves

Instructed by UUendy Lau, this workshop promoted visual poetry through creative exploration of the environment.

【Play Lives – Design Workshop】Handmade Rubber Stamp Workshop

Instructed by DIYJason, participants learnt the basic techniques to make a rubber stamp.

【Play Lives – Design Workshop】Shadow Art Workshop using Found Objects

Guided by Angela Yuen, participants created their own shadow art and learnt the relationship between shadow and material itself.

【Play Lives – Design Workshop】The Forbidden Fruit Workshop

Instructed by Deep Food, participants confronted the challenges Adam and Eve once faced just being inquisitive.

【Play Lives – Design Festival】Creative Play Workshop

Students from Sir Ellis Kadoorie (Sookunpo) Primary School led the participants to step into the game world created by them.

【Play Lives – Design Festival】Play Yoga Workshop

Led by Christy Wong, participants explored the fun of yoga practice in a playful way from an alternative perspective.

【Play Lives – Design Festival】Toymaking Playshop

Participants created toys from simple materials, instructed by Carmen Hui.

【Play Lives – Design Festival】Wanchai Exploration Workshop

Partnered with Viva Blue House, participants were guided walking around the unpopular open spaces to make new suggestions for improvement.

【Play Lives – Design Festival】Balance Bike Workshop

Instructed by Jollymap, participants tried different levels of balance training with various play devices to share and learn from others.

【Play Lives – Design Festival】RC Car Workshop

Basic operating skills were taught by rcMart, leading the participants to freely run on the track with unique play devices.

【Brand New Youth – Design Workshop】’This is not a stool’ making workshop

Instructor from Mudwork shared basic woodworking skills and guided participants to transform the folding stool into a ‘small musical instrument’.

【Brand New Youth – Design Workshop】Chinese Style Bibs-making Workshop

Rhys introduced how we actualise innovative products in response to elderlies’ and disables’ need on clothings.

【Brand New Youth – Design Sharing】- Sharing: Dear Future Us

Eldpathy, OHH Dear, Silver Yoga Lab, Studio Doozy and The Project Futurus joined together to divulge their experiences and introduce their unique designs for the “Brand New Youth”.

【Brand New Youth – Design Workshop】IDK Design Thinking Workshop: “A Tale of Two Generations” Interactive Theatre

IDK led an interactive journey focused on empathy for participants to experience a variety of elderly needs.

“Brand New Youth” Special Tour

“Brand New Youth” reveals collections of good and everlasting designs that never fade.

Joy with Moving sculpture

Instructed by Quentin Kong, participants turned their imaginative ideas into a movable mechanical sculpture.

Happiness in singing bowl

Instructed by Poppy Fong, participants found own peaceful joy with the soothing but grounding vibrations from Himalayan singing bowls.

Formulate Happiness

Led by BeCandle, participants enjoyed self-exploring sensual journey while creating a scent that is for their own.

IDK Design Thinking Workshop: Signage Lab

Guided by Milk Design and KENNIFSTUDIO, participants experienced what is better community life and what design thinking is.

Creative Body in Performance Art

Monique Yim guided participants to reshape the relationship between the self, creative thinking and life through body in arts and performance art.

Unknown Plant (Online Workshop)

STICKYLINE guided participants to use the primary mediums to reconstruct the unknown plants.

Atypical Garden

Participants took part in creating their own plant pot with Cynthia’s artworks.

Musical instrument with one (or more) button(s)

Instructed by Vanissa Law, participants learnt how to construct a one-button musical instrument using the Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board.

After Dream

Meko Cheng led the participants to process emotions by encoding and constructing memories of dreamscapes.

IDK Design Thinking Workshop: Big Ideas, Small Beginnings

IDK introduced Divergence to unleash participants’ imagination and grasped a design thinking process through a friendly round of gameplay.

Dreaming with Communities

A discussion with Sampson, Helen and Kevin about what is an ideal community and ways to dream together.

【always】Heritage Walk – Central Revitalisation Tour

Guided by Hulu Culture, participants had historic explorations mapping the heritage trait in Central and Sheung Wan.

【always】”reFashioned” Screening and Sharing Session

Screening of documentary ‘reFashioned’ followed by a sharing session by Joanna Bowers and Ronna Chao to discuss the latest development.

【always】“Story of a Garbage Planet” Parents & Kids Workshop

Guided by Benny Lau, participants used daily utensils or disposable packaging to create new things to stimulate observation and imagination.

【always】“Kintsugi – Beauty of Repair” Sharing

Product designer Kenneth Lee delivered a sharing on the traditional Japanese methods of kintsugi.

【always】“A Vision for a Sustainable Future in Hong Kong” Sharing

Moderated by Material Resource Centre, curator of ‘always’ and representatives from CaSO Engineering, Antalis, BD8 Ecoplastics & ONIX shared the latest updates on sustainable materials.

【always】Design Spectrum X Taste Library: Explore CNY Taste through Wandering Local Markets

Craig Au Yeung and Edward Yip shared stories in their book, followed by preparing a traditional CNY dish “Buddha’s Delight”

【always】Upcycling Qipao Bookmark Workshop

Guided by Janko Lam, participants created a unique bookmark with stylish qipao designs on leftover scapes of fabric.

【always】Design Spectrum X Taste Library: Savour the Taste of Hong Kong

Craig Au Yeung and Millie Wong shared stories of the restaurants in local streets and alleys and served some classic snacks.

【New book Launch】《日日好玩——玩好設計》Sharing Session

The sharing session explored how to make changes through play in different aspects.

【New book Launch】《設計後半生》Sharing Session

The sharing session explored how design relates to future ageing and discussed how to achieve inclusive cities in different aspects.