Thought-provoking master lecture series across design disciplines to rewire your mindset, feed your curiosity & gain innovative edge. As part of our international knowledge exchange endeavour, Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) has invited some global creative wizards who are keen to shed light on what the future may bring to your life, work and study. Prepare some mind-blowing, nerve-wracking design sprints that can be incorporated into any scenarios to unlock your creativity and innovative thinking. Key topics covered: - Immersive Media - Food Non Food - People-centred Visual Communication - Fashion for the Future - Architecture for the Future Under each topic, there will be two 30-min lectures (except Food Non Food which will consist of three 30-min lectures), followed by a 30-minute panel discussion and Q&A session. Please scroll down for details of our amazing speaker line-up. Enrolment is free and open to all. Free access to webinar and participation in live Q&A. All sessions will be live streamed and hosted on ZOOM. You do not need to have a ZOOM account to view the sessions, however, simply make sure you select ‘watch on the web instead’. Once you have registered for the event, you will receive email confirmation from Eventbrite. HKDI will then send an email link for you to access the live sessions, 2 days prior to the event. Please check your spam folder as your confirmation email may be hiding. We recommend you to click “add to calendar”. Event details: DAY 1 | 28 September 2021, Tuesday | People-centred Visual Communication Designing Brand Identity Bo Linnemann Influential brand and graphic designer / Co-founder of Bo Linnemann and Kontrapunkt, Denmark 16:00 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) DAY 2 | 7 October 2021, Thursday| Immersive Media A New Relationship Between Body and Technology Daito Manabe Interaction Designer / Programmer / DJ / Founder of Rhizomatiks, Japan 17:30 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) Understanding Interaction Dr Bert Bongers Associate Professor, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 18:00 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) Panel Discussion, Q&A Daito Manabe & Dr Bert Bongers 18:30 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) DAY 3 | 13 October 2021, Wednesday | Food Non Food How Eating Design Changes the World From Within the Mouth? Marije Vogelzang Eating Designer / Head of Food Department, Design Academy Eindhoven, the Netherlands 16:30 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) Food Design and Eat Design Dr Sonja Stummerer & Martin Hablesreiter Founders of Honey & Bunny, Austria 17:00 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) Why are Pizzas Round and Fish Sticks Square? Dr Sonja Stummerer & Martin Hablesreiter Founders of Honey & Bunny, Austria 17:30 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) Panel Discussion, Q&A Marije Vogelzang, Dr Sonja Stummerer & Martin Hablesreiter 18:00 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) DAY 4 | 19 October 2021, Tuesday | People-centred Visual Communication The Future of Brand Identity Design Bo Linnemann Influential brand and graphic designer / Co-founder of Bo Linnemann and Kontrapunkt, Denmark 16:00 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) DAY 5 | 20 October 2021, Wednesday | People-centred Visual Communication Designing for the Future: Diverse and Inclusive Typeface Design by Default Prof Gerry Leonidas Programme Director, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading, UK 16:30 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) Speculative Fiction for Anti-Capitalist and Decolonial Futures Cassandra Troyan Senior Lecturer and Programme Coordinator of Visual Communication + Change, Linnaeus University, Sweden 17:00 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) Panel Discussion, Q&A Prof Gerry Leonidas & Cassandra Troyan 17:30 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) DAY 6 | 28 October 2021, Thursday | Fashion for the Future Subtraction Cutting 1998-now Julian Roberts MA tutor for Mixed Media Textiles, School of Material, Royal College of Art, UK 16:30 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) In a volatile and ever-changing landscape, how can young creatives find solutions to the problems of the next decade? Nabil El-Nayal Course leader for MA Fashion Design Technology, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK 17:00 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) Panel Discussion, Q&A Julian Roberts & Nabil El-Nayal 17:30 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) DAY 7 | 5 November 2021, Friday | Architecture for the Future Radical tectonics for an absolute sustainable architecture Prof Anne Beim Professor at the Centre for Industrialised Architecture, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark 15:30 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) The Super Tight City Dr John Doyle Programme Manager and Head of the Master of Architecture, RMIT University, Australia 16:00 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) Panel Discussion, Q&A Prof Anne Beim & Dr John Doyle 16:30 HKT (UTC/GMT+8) HKDI reserves the right to make changes without prior notice. Open to all, free registration: https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/hkdi-master-lecture-series-autumn-2021-tickets-170835041207