With the funding supporting from the [Trade and Industrial Organisation Support Fund] of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong Design Trade Association collaborates with Hong Kong Productivity Council to organize the project named “Hong Kong Good Design”. Project aims to encourage the innovation of smart Hong Kong product design, to extend the visibility of Hong Kong smart product designs in Greater Bay Area market, and show how the energetic and visionary Hong Kong design industry help to shape a better community with their professional knowledge. Action now and register your information to join!


Objective 

• To introduce SME design houses to target clients in Greater Bay Area market
  
  
• To extend the visibility of Hong Kong smart product designs in Greater Bay Area market
  
  
• To link up Hong Kong smart products with great design in a business opportunity platform through participating in exhibitions and the networking events for the clients to communicate with Hong Kong Design Houses

• Each designer may submit by individual or company basis for no more than 3 series in total.
  1. electrical and electronic products, building materials, industrial products...
  2. electrical and electronic products, building materials, industrial products...
  3. office supplies, cases & bags, recreation products, medical devices and health products, food, shoes, textiles & garments.
  
  
• Every entry must be the original works of the designer, the designer cannot represent client or employer to submit entries
  
  
• Each shortlisted entry must provide physical products or prototypes of the designs
  
  
• Designers may need to present their designs to the judging panel in person

Selection Method

• A judging Committee, comprises of representative from design industries will be responsible for the selection of the designer and designs.
  
  
• Each shortlisted entry will receive the notification separately. 
  
  

Schedule
Before 23/07/2021	Online Application
Before 06/08/2021	Submit supplement information via email (After organizer's approval)
16/08/2021	Announcement of winners
16/-31/08/2021	Submission of final products (Each winner must provide physical products or prototypes of the designs)
2023	Announcement of results

• The designs should be able to demonstrate innovation, creativity and high quality design standard, as well as Hong Kong designers’ strength in understanding both Chinese cultures and international trend 
  
  
• The design should be able to demonstrate the features for caring community 
  
  
• Designs which received any international awards in recent years. e.g. German Red Dot, iF, USA CES, Japan Good Design, etc are preferred so as to recognize the latest achievement of Hong Kong product designers 
  
  
• Designs which received any international awards in recent years. e.g. German Red Dot, iF, USA CES, Japan Good Design, etc are preferred so as to recognize the latest achievement of Hong Kong product designers


• Designer should provide the design story/concept of the products

Promotion 

The project will recruit Hong Kong product designers to attend the following promotion events, in order to promote creative Hong Kong product designer and designs:

• Designers and their products will be demonstrated in the Hong Kong Pavilion in 131th Canton Fair. 
  
  
• Selected designers will have the opportunity to be invited to attend business networking sessions during the Canton Fair, to meet a focused group of potential clients and demonstrate their design capability face to face.
  
  
• Selected designers will have the opportunity to participate in the design forum during the Canton Fair, to share experiences with other designers and manufacturers and to create more business opportunities.


• Selected designs will be demonstrated in the eBooks which includes the introduction of the designers, the design story and the designed products. The eBooks will be posted on the project website, Wechat and Weibo platforms.

• Every applicant should guarantee the originality of the submitted product and that the copyright for the design has not been assigned.
  
  
• The Organizer will exercise maximum care in handling all articles submitted by applicants. However, the Organizer will assume no liability for any damage or loss of any kind.
  
  
• The Organizer will not be held responsible for infringement of copyright or patent law connected to the designs.
  
  
• HKPC may assist selected designers in seeking design registration to protect the intellectual property.

• The Organizer will retain all the rights for printing, publishing and exhibiting the selected entries at its discretion.
  
  
• Information of the recruitment should be referred to the announcement on the official website. The Organizer reserves the right to revise the terms and conditions of the recruitment without further notice.

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