We are proud to announce that Design Trust Charity Benefit 2025 will be launched on Saturday, March 22nd 2025, marking a new vision and era of annual charity fundraising event benefiting Design Trust and the Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design since 2007. Thank you ahead to ongoing support from our Benefit Committee and Trustees for our Charity fundraising events.
Past charity benefit events include the Ambassadors Ball and Design Trust Gala, private invite only events to support the Charity with the first fundraising event taking place in 2008. Past Creative Directors, Event Design Leads and Curators include: Victoria Tang-Owen & Christopher Owen and Marisa Yiu (2024 “The Art of Doubling”), Chi Wing Lo and Marisa Yiu (2023 “The Art of Presence”), William Lim, Mak2 Ying Tung 2 and Elaine Yan Ling Ng with Marisa Yiu (2021), Archigram (2019), OMA/Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten (2018). Previous editions for the 10th Anniversary of the Charity in 2017 held at Kerry Hotel has Andre Fu and Adonian Chan leading the event. Past editions also involved Stickyline, Adrian Wong, Joyce Wang, Neri & Hu, Vivienne Tam, Douglas Young, Alan Chan and Stanley Wong. In 2017 the format transformed, and in 2018 OMA/Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten were the Creative Directors, while in 2019 ARCHIGRAM was the leading Creative Director bringing the event to a wider and larger international community audience.
Design Trust Charity Benefit 2025 will envision a new format featuring events and exhibitions of exceptional experiences with the most celebrated names in the local and international art and design circles, as well as Design Trust spotlight design prototypes and research archives that advocate Hong Kong’s forefront role in design, culture, and creativity in the context of Greater Bay Area. Attended by an impressive guest list of the city’s elite, influencers, champions of industries, design and art connoisseurs, creative talents, collectors and society icons, the 2025 edition will be celebrated in partnership with Art Basel Hong Kong to welcome the local and international communities.
All the fundraising proceeds will go towards education, heritage innovation programmes, design development projects, regional design research programme, and research grants for the DESIGN TRUST initiative, created in 2014 by registered charity Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design that was founded in 2007. Our collective mission is to build robust initiatives on community, heritage related to sustainability programmes, and Hong Kong’s forefront role in design, culture and creativity in the context of Greater Bay Area.
To support and sponsor our charity and fundraising event please contact us at gala2025@designtrust.hk