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Final call for M+/Design Trust Research Fellowship

Final call for M+/Design Trust Research Fellowship 2021 applications. Now in its seventh year, the M+ / Design Trust Research Fellowship 2021 will support two separate fellowship projects. The first fellowship will support a Hong Kong–based researcher engaged in investigating topics related to design and/or architectural developments in Hong Kong and its vicinity. The second fellowship will support a researcher engaged in investigating topics related to design and/or architectural developments in a particular geography in Asia, or across the continent. While the fellowship can support research across subjects, disciplines, geographies, and periods, preference will be given to research in design and architectural developments arising from the recent social or political urgencies and crises. The deadline for submitting the application is 16 August 2020.

You can also find out more about our past fellows on our M+/Design Trust Research Fellowship Public Lecture Series: designtrust.hk/m-design-trust-research-fellowship-2018-public-talk/ , including 2018 Fellow Hugh Davies’ work.

Featured in over 140 titles, Hong Kong has been well represented in videogames, depicted through various incarnations from ones reminiscent of Kowloon Walled City to futuristic projections in the cyberpunk style. 2018 M+/Design Trust Research Fellow Hugh Davies, an interdisciplinary artist, educator and investigator, examined Hong Kong’s representation in a multiplicity of videogame experiences over the past thirty years. His work has explored how Hong Kong’s visual culture, both in reality and the lens through which it has been portrayed in preceding media forms, has lent itself as a suitable template to the design of virtual worlds, revealing implications for the city as both a global hub and cultural object. For details, please check out Hugh’s article here: https://stories.mplus.org.hk/en/blog/why-is-hong-kong-such-a-popular-video-game-location/ .

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With current shifts in the international and local

With current shifts in the international and local domestic landscape, Beijiao, an industrial town located in Foshan, China, faces great challenges with its vast number of traditional small scale manufacturers of household appliances.

Through analyses on local policies, histories and understanding of the characteristics of these local businesses, #DesignTrustSeedGrant recipient Zheng Qiu and his team at DEMO Studio explores new models that can mitigate these challenges and to provide solution references for the traditional manufacturers, culminating in a series of writing, images, videos and products that were presented to the public through workshops, publication and an exhibition. As part of the International Furniture Fair in Guangzhou, the team was also able to discuss their project and shared insight on the Beijiao industrial landscape with other manufacturers, distributors and industry experts with an aim to promote the manufacturing industry in Beijiao as well as provoke policy change and academic rigour and discussions on the topic.

隨著國際和國內格局的當前變化，位於佛山市的工業小鎮北滘面臨著眾多傳統小規模家用電器製造商面臨的巨大挑戰。

通過對本地政策，歷史和對這些本地企業特徵的理解和分析，信言設計大使種籽資助計劃成功申請人邱正和DEMO Studio團隊旨在為佛山市北滘的傳統小型家用電器製造企業，提供產品和品牌轉型的參考解決方案。項目主要研究工業設計和設計主導的流程如何有效幫助本地小型家用電器製造業的。邱正的項目將深入探討本地企業的挑戰和機遇，研究它們的潛力並提出修訂和具參考價值的建議，使大灣區的設計行業、製造商和供應商能夠互相協同地展開工作。團隊亦剛剛參與廣州國際家具展，討論了他們的項目，並與製造商，分銷商和行業專家分享了對北滘工業景觀的見解。

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As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage throu

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage through Hong Kong and the rest of the world, diners turn to food delivery and takeaway options, resulting in a worrying surge of disposable cutlery and packaging. In response to that, #DesignTrustSeedGrant recipient Harvey Chung and his team at FabCafe HK Design Collective will be hosting an online discussion and workshop next Thursday 6 August 2020 with the topic “Waste Reduction During Pandemic”. Focusing on plastic waste issues relating to the pandemic, they hope to ideate solutions to cut down on plastic waste in a time of social distancing. The event will also be part of a series of pre-events for the Global Goals Jam 2020.

FabCafe HK regularly hosts ideation sessions that discuss pressing social or environmental problems and brainstorm creative solution ideas, at the same time they encourage the use of design thinking skills and foster meaningful conversations.

新冠肺炎持續在香港和世界各地肆虐，外賣需求因此大幅增加，也導致一次性餐具和包裝塑料袋使用量的激增。為此，信言設計大使種籽資助計劃成功申請人鍾浩宏和FabCafe HK Design Collective將於下星期四（8月6日）主持一個在線討論和研討會，著眼於與討論疫症大流行所引致的塑料廢料問題，並思考解決方案。該活動亦是Global Goals Jam 2020活動系列的一部分。

FabCafe HK的團隊定期舉辦研討會，討論逼切的社會或環境問題，並集思廣益，提出創造性的解決方案構想。與此同時，他們鼓勵使用設計思維技巧並進行有意義的對話。

@designtrust @marisayiu @fabcafehk

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