Upcoming | Open House Hong Kong 2026 in Partnership with Design Trust

Open House Hong Kong 2026, courtesy of the OHHK team.

Design Trust Impact Grant initiative Open House Hong Kong 2026, returns for its third edition across three weekends on November 28th – 29th and December 5th – 6th, 12th – 13th, 2026. Following the inaugural 2024 festival and the expanded 2025 edition, the city-wide programme will open more than 80 sites across Hong Kong through docent tours, self-guided visits, and dialogue programmes. Supported by Design Trust as Foundation Partner, the initiative celebrates Hong Kong’s rich architectural heritage and urban culture.

Upcoming | Design Trust Impact Grant initiative Inter-island Festival 2026 returns in November

Inter-island Festival, courtesy of IIF team.

Design Trust Impact Grant initiative Inter-island Festival 2026 returns this November 2026 across Cheung Chau, Chi Ma Wan, Mui Wo, and Peng Chau of Hong Kong. Integrating the ferry connection between the outlying islands, the Inter-island Festival celebrates, connects, and builds on the rich and varied cultures living by the sea in southwest Hong Kong. Design Trust is proud to support the initiative as Foundation Partner after supporting its 2021 and 2023 editions.

Design Trust Upcoming Grants & Programmes Highlights | September – December 2026

Design Trust Upcoming Grants & Programmes Highlights | September – December 2026

Discover an exciting line-up of Design Trust upcoming and ongoing grants & programmes highlights including the launch of “The Art of Movement” Design Trust Central Architectural Tour Guide on Bloomberg Connects, Feature Grant research exhibition and publication launch of "Villa Moderne: in Search of Hong Kong Modern Homes" led by Alex Yuen in Hong Kong, Seed Grant research exhibition “Water Technologies as Community: Rafts, Beacons, and Littoral Narratives” led by Jiyuan Sun with Qizheng Gai and Zeyuan in Macau.

Launch of Design Trust Fellowship at V&A East Creative Commission Installations

V&A East Storehouse, ©Hufton+Crow, Courtesy of Victoria & Albert Museum

The inaugural Design Trust Fellowship at V&A East fellows Sian Fan, and Adam Huxley-Khng and Jimin Jeon, will present their Creative Commission installation works and research documentation at V&A East, London in November 2026 till June 2027. Responding to the theme “The Stories of Clothes”, the fellows’ installation works are built upon their object research and archive activation at the V&A East Storehouse, fieldwork research in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area and Chinese Mainland, exploring topics of cultural heritage, manufacturing technologies and material innovation.

Design Trust 2026 October Call for Grants under Theme “Technology as Community”

Applications for the next grant cycle will close on 20th October 2026. Apply now!

Since its establishment in 2014, Design Trust has been offering grants to individual designers, curators, collectives as well as non-profit organisations, supporting over 260 research projects supported by our Grants and Fellowship schemes. Design Trust 2026 October cycle for applications for Design Trust Seed Grant and Feature Grant supporting projects and research responding to the 2026 theme “Technology as Community” is open. Share with us your ideas and proposals by October 20th 2026!

Design Trust Grant Programmes Spotlight & International News

Tung Chung (un)rooted featured at “Bookery” Art Book Fair in Macau, courtesy of Bookery@ Pui Cheng.

Design Trust shares ongoing and recent Grant and Fellowship programmes highlights including Feature Grant exhibition “Surviving Through the Cracks: Spontaneous Urban Landscapes of Hong Kong” led by Kate Lau; Seed Grant research “Tung Chung (un)rooted: Afterlives of Tung Chung Agricultural Cooperative Society” led by Stephanie Kwong, Silvia Tse and Christy Leung; Seed Grant research "Urban Ethnography: Re-Commoning Sheung Shui Tin Kwong Hui" publication by Jessy Yau, and ongoing grantee and fellowship programmes.