Knowledge of Design Week 2018

ART & CULTURE

11 - 15 June 2018, Hotel ICON

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Knowledge of Design Week (KODW) 2018 is a premier week of events on the latest designs in Asia. Since 2006, KODW is an annual thematic programme that gathers the global design community to explore big design debates of today, and offers an opportunity for us to engage in a dialogue on how design can solve complex challenges of our society. By integrating ethnographic user researches, big data driven insights and emerging trends or technologies, KODW seeks to foster cross disciplinary learning and exchange thoughts through forum, roundtable discussions, case studies and workshops. Bridging knowledge with practices to help today's businesses and soceities, KODW is determined to unearth the untapped potential and compelling impact of design for individuals, communitues, enterprises and cities.

This year, KODW will envision cities of tomorrow by exploring the different elements of liveability through the lens of design. Liveability is a multidisciplinary subject that matters to individuals, businesses, organisations and governments, spanning across policy areas such as urban planning, healthcare, technology, culture, creativity and sustainable development. In a city driven by efficiency, the human centered design approach offers cruicial behavioral insights for building empathy, fostering collaborative synergy and driving innovations.

Venue: Hotel ICON. 17 Science Museum Road, Tsim Tsa Tsui, Hong Kong

Date: 11 - 15 June 2018

	Patrick Blanc - Botanical Artist (France) Patrick Blanc was born in 1953 in Paris and became Docteur d’Etat ès Sciences, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6 in 1989. Patrick is a botanist and an artist. Patrick created a soilless system allowing the realisation of vegetal walls and is the genius behind Hotel ICON's vertical garden.
	Fenne Roefs - Creative Director, Mijksenaar Wayfinding Experts (The Netherlands) With a background in cognitive psychology, graphic design and project management, Fenne is the Creative Director at Mijksenaar Wayfinding Experts, a design agency specialising in consultancy and the creation of information systems. The designs and advice they give to clients help people finding their way in public and semi-public environments.
	Pratap Bose - Head of Design, Tata Motors LImited (United Kingdom) Pratap Bose is a British car designer, born in Bombay, India and was educated at the National Institute of Design, India and the Royal College of Art, London. Pratap worked in international companies such as Piaggio&C SpA, Italy, Mitsubishi Motors, Japan, Mercedes-Benz Japan, before joining TATA MOTORS in 2007. He has been the Head of Design of TATA MOTORS, since 2011. He leads a team of 180 creative staff in 3 Global Design studios in India, UK and Italy.
	Alison Friedman - Artistic Director, Performing Arts, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (Hong Kong) Alison Friedman joined the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in October 2017. She is responsible for leading the dance, theatre, xiqu, as well as music and outdoor teams of the Performing Arts Department to ensure the Authority’s performing arts programmes are conceptualised, curated and implemented in a forward-looking manner that realises the Authority’s vision to be a regional and global leader in the performing arts.
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