PROJECT LEAD & COLLABORATORS
Project Leader
Academic Partner
Industry Partner
Professional Community Collaborator
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Royal College of Art (RCA)
Fabrica, The Mills
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)
The project lead organization is The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. PolyU possess a unique position as Hong Kong’s leading university for Design, recognized as one of the world’s leading university for research and education. In recent years, the university had led studies with a cross disciplinary approach that integrates design practice (via wearables, materials, products and environment) with technology to address concerns of under-represented communities. In addition, PolyU is also recognized as one of the world’s top 10 universities in terms of the impact and number of citations of AI related research articles based on SCOPUS, the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed research literature.
The Royal College of Art (RCA), is ranked as the world’s No. 1 leading art and design university for the fifth consecutive year in 2019 by QS World University Rankings. RCA possess an unrivalled track record of leading cross-disciplinary research through applying design approaches in collaboration with disciplines such as engineering, materials science, technology and medicine to address some of the biggest societal challenges today.
Fabrica Incubator Limited of The Mills is the industry partner and sponsor of this project. It is the innovation arm of The Mills, which is a landmark revitalization project from Nan Fung Group. Fabrica is an incubator, space/ lab for techstyle startups and fund for talents at the intersection of technology and style. It is one of the three pillars of The Mills, a landmark revitalization project from Nan Fung Group at Tsuen Wan.
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 as a strategic partner of the HKSAR Government in establishing Hong Kong as centre of design excellence in Asia. The centre’s public mission is to use design and innovation to drive value creation of business development and improve the well-being of society, through the provision of diverse exchange platforms, anchored by five major work directions: CONNECT the design Industry, CELEBRATE design talents and good designs, NURTURE design-preneurs, ADVANCE design knowledge and ENGAGE the society.
