BODW 2008

1 DECEMBER MONDAY

Hive
Hive traces its origins back in 2001 when a group of friends acted upon a vision to produce lighting and accessories. Led by creative director, Kenneth Cobonpue, the Hive collective has produced the Moon, Molly and Bandoo furniture series which are inspired by elements of nature and organic materials.
OS
60 Johnston Road, Wan Chai until 31st December
Mon-Sat 11:00am-8:00pm
Sundays, public holidays 1:00pm-8:00pm

Design for Asia Awards Winners Exhibition
Design aficionados will get a chance to check out some of the Asia's most innovative creations this month at the Audi showroom. Winners of the 2007 Asia awards will showcase their works until the 14th December and those who bagged the awards in 2008 will display their creations from 16th December to 31st December.
Audi Showroom, G/F, Tower 1, Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, Admiralty
Mon-Sat 9:00am - 8:00pm
Sun 10:00am - 8:00pm

Premiere Issues
What began as a hobby in collecting first issues has become a documentation of recent magazine history and this inaugural exhibition includes rare and vintage publications from the personal collection of Hong Kong-based graphic designer, Danielle Huthart.
The Press Room
108 Hollywood Road, Central
Mon-Fri 12:00pm-12:00am
Sat- Sun 10:00am-12:00am until 22nd December
Cocktails by invitation only 11th December 6:00pm-8:00pm

4 DECEMBER THURSDAY

REPLAY Fashion and Art Charity Party
For the kickoff event of the DETOUR program, the fashion label invited three locally celebrated artists (Alan Chan, Stanley Wong and Douglas Young) to create works in response to the "heart" theme. Proceeds from the Christie's conducted auction will be donated to the Children's Heart Foundation in Hong Kong.
The Pawn
62 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
By invitation only

5 DECEMBER FRIDAY

Michael Graves Signed 9093 Kettle Exhibition
Autographed by the designer in the 1990s and kept by a collector since, this kettle with its accompanying booklet will be the prize in a lucky draw for DETOUR participants.
Alessi, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Central until 15th December
Mon-Sat: 10am-7:00pm
Sundays, public holidays 11:00am-6:00pm

Best Dutch Book Designs
Welcome to all for browsing, this collection of latest award-winning Dutch books chosen for the quality of design, typography, printing, illustration and production is also available through a sales catalogue.
B Felix / Lok Man Rare books
192A Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
10:00am - 5:00pm until 15th December, except Sunday

"Flux" Exhibition
Meet Gerard Bookle at the opening of his latest solo exhibition where his abstract paintings continue to explore his expression of fluidity and capture the essence of "the world, our bodies, our minds, time in a constant state of movement."
Sin Sin Annex, 53 Sai Street, Central
Opening 6:00pm-9:00pm
Exhibition until 31st December
Tue-Sat 10:30am-7:30pm; Sun 2:00-7:00pm; Mon & public holidays closed

Disney's Stitch World Tour Exhibition
3-Mix, the designer behind the limited edition of Stitch art toys, will be at this pop up store for a night of music, drinks and giveaways.
DNM
68 Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay
12:00pm-10:00pm until 5th January

6 DECEMBER SATURDAY

After-School: Saturday Chinese School
A project by artist Christine Ng Mien Yin, this event deconstructs and reconstructs Chinese characters as complex pictograms and ideograms, then explores how culture and histories are re-interpreted in the process.
Laboratory, Asia Art Archive
11th Floor Hollywood Center, 233 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
1:00pm-2:00pm (non-Chinese literate)
3:00pm-4:00pm (Chinese literate)

Innermost Reveals
A collection of prototypes and out takes of past projects by designers including Winnie Lui, Shin Azumi, Michael Young, Tina Leung and Cedric Ragot, this exhibition reveals their struggles during the design process.
Innermost Showroom
248 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
11:00am-7:00pm until 13th Dec

KLOMP! Dutch Clogs by Hong Kong and China based Artists for Charity
Traditional Dutch clogs are interpreted by Hong Kong and Chinese designers and artists to be auctioned for charity next year.
Red Elation Gallery
GF 5-6 Lung On Street, Wanchai
11:00am-7:00pm until 31st December

Wit & Thrift: Classic Twentieth Century Design from The Netherlands
Familiar, practical and yet memorable, this exhibition showcases groundbreaking modern classics of Dutch design from the 1950s to 1980s.
208 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
8:00am - 10:00pm until 21st December

8 DECEMBER MONDAY

Debates On Tour: Craftsmanship
The first of two sessions on the challenges in design and architecture featuring a distinguished line-up of visiting Dutch and Chinese experts and creatives. Dutch and Chinese designers discuss the tradition and context of craftsmanship and the juxtaposition with modern, creative production processes.
JCCAC, Central Courtyard, Level 1
30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon
3:00pm - 5:00pm

Tangible Traces: Dutch Architecture and Design In The Making
An exhibition by Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) featuring the works of industrial designer Hella Jongerius, fashion designer Alexander van Slobbe, textile designer Claudy Jongstra, spatial designer Frank Havermans and the architects of Onix.
JCCAC, Central Courtyard, Level 1
30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon
Opening 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Exhibition 10:00am - 8:00pm until 22nd December

Gouden Loeki Awards: An Evening with Award-winning Dutch TV Commercials
The last 13 winners of the STER Gouden Loeki Awards for TV commercials will be shown and discussed by a panel of industry experts.
Amici
1/F 83 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai

9 DECEMBER TUESDAY

Debates On Tour: Public Spaces
Discussions on the accessibility, spontaneity and density of public spaces in the contrasting contexts of Hong Kong and the Netherlands, where public spaces are considered to be the essence of urban life.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Design, AG101, Hunghom, Kowloon
10:30am - 12:30pm Practice and Cases
2:00pm - 4:00pm Theory and Research

Girl's Gone Wild
Opening cocktails for a series of events hosted by Dysemevas, a fashion pop-up concept store seeking to redefine the way Chinese fashion and culture is understood.
Dysemevas
254 & 256 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
6:00pm-8:00pm
By invitation only

Pecha Kucha
Watch what happens when visiting Dutch and Hong Kong-based creatives get twenty seconds for each of the twenty Powerpoint slides they use to convey whatever their hearts desire.
Volar
Basement 38-44 D'Aguilar Street, Central
8:00pm-10:00pm

Urban Game
Players take up to one and a half hours to navigate themselves in teams to perform tasks using a GPS enabled mobile phone to explore Hong Kong's architecture through the perspective of four different characters including a traditional Chinese architect, a traditional European architect, a modern high-rise architect and a Dutch architect.
Until 10th December, register at www.re-architect.org

10 DECEMBER WEDNESDAY

Design EX 08
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In collaboration with the Stedilijk Museum, Amsterdam Fashion Institute and The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, this public programme of events brings the creativity of the Netherlands to the heart of Kowloon in a series of exhibitions, seminars and performances that incorporate the fields of architecture, fashion, graphic, interior and interactive designs as well as a touch of the cross-cultural.
G/F, Innocentre, 72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong
10:00am-7:00pm until 28th December
Extended hours 10th-12th December: 10:00am - 8:00pm

Open Studio
Mixed teams of Dutch and Hong Kong product design students are briefed each morning by a different locally-based client and work together in the workshop environment where visitors are encouraged to discuss the design process with them before they present a result in the afternoon.
Inspiration Hall (7B), HKCEC
December 11-13
9:00am-12:15pm; 2:00pm-4:00pm

The Naked Poodle
Creative teams do battle in a multi-media event that exposes the bare creative processes behind solving important social issues and leaves participants challenged and exhausted.
Inspiration Hall (7B), HKCEC
December 11-13
12:30pm-1:00pm

Hong Kong Fantasies
Seminar based on a Master Class led by Dutch architect, Winy Maas, exploring future possibilities for urban diversification in Hong Kong and asking "what can design interventions do for new urban cultures?"
Theater 1, HKCEC
1:30pm - 5:30pm

Design EX 08: Forum on Rebuilding Museum
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Featuring the creative brains behind the new Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam which is home to works by Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich and Willem de Kooning, this seminar is for all practitioners who deal with culture and space.
InnoCentre
72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong
6:30pm-9:00pm

Local Dutch Photo Exhibition
A diverse band of Hong Kong-based Dutch designers, known as "Local Dutch" are captured in an amusing series of portraits by renowned photographer, Rensis Ho.
Inspiration Hall (7B), HKCEC until 13th Dec
10-12 Dec 9:30am-7;00pm
13 Dec 9:30am-6:30pm

Top Design is The Bottom Line
Four designers, graduates of Design Academy in Eindhoven, present their world famous and renowned conceptual designs alongside the works of four equally impressive industrial design firms in a compact exhibition of spectacular and leading product designs.
Inspiration Hall(7B), HKCEC until 13th Dec
10-12 Dec 9:30am-7:00pm
13 Dec 9:30am-6:30pm

Minor Quirk
This exhibition showcases projects by students of the Willem de Kooning Academy (WdKA) using the interdisciplinary platform for digital media and technology and aims to challenge our perception of household items.
Inspiration Hall(7B), HKCEC until 13th Dec
10-12 Dec 9:30am-7:00pm
13 Dec 9:30am-6:30pm

Dutch Design Awards
The winners and best nominated works for the Dutch Design Awards 2008 in the categories of Communication, Product and Spatial Design.
HKCEC IDT Expo Hall 2A until 12th Dec
10-11 Dec 9:30am-7:00pm
12 Dec 9:30am-6:30pm

Dutch Fashion Soiree
A stylish and exclusive salon programme introducing the Hong Kong fashion community to the best of upcoming Dutch fashion labels which are expanding into the Asian markets.
Sevva
25th Floor Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Central
7:30pm-11:00pm
By invitation only

11 DECEMBER THURSDAY

IP Man x DNM Wooden Dummy Exhibition
A wooden dummy plays muse for designers and celebrities including Xiong Dai Lin, Wong You Nam, Angelababy, Graphic Airlines and Start from Zero with the director and cast of "IP Man - the celebrated Kung Fu master of Bruce Lee" in attendance.
DNM
68 Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay
Opening 2:00pm-3:00pm
Exhibition 12:00pm-10:00pm until 24th Dec

Enriching: On Design & Emotion
A presentation and panel discussion on the results of a summer workshop held in Hong Kong and Delft, the Netherlands where the goal was to "enrich the passengers' airport experience by designing interventions with an intended emotional effect."
Inspiration Hall(7B), HKCEC
2:00pm-2:45pm

i-Do
The results of a highly creative and cross-cultural design workshop involving six design schools in the Netherlands and Hong Kong focusing on "Hospitality: The changing demographics of hotel stay and how that might impact the design of the hotel and services" in the form of video clips.
Inspiration Hall(7B), HKCEC until 13th Dec
10-12 Dec 9:30am-7:00pm
13 Dec 9:30am-6:30pm

Girl's Gone Wild: Bored Games
Play board games and when you can't be bothered anymore, wander off to explore the two-storey space and adjacent bar designed by set designer, playwright, architectural and cultural critic, Mathias Woo of Zuni Icosahedron.
Dysemevas
254 & 256 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
6:30pm - 9:00pm

Art Publishing in China: Lecture by Robert Bernell
As founder and owner of Timezone 8 Publishing House, Robert Bernell witnessed the explosion of interest in Chinese contemporary art and provides insight into the challenges of being a pioneering art publisher in this region.
Para/Site
4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan
7:00pm

12 DECEMBER FRIDAY

Virtueel Platform
Dutch digital arts and innovative game concepts are at the heart of these presentations featuring an exploration on the art of the gaming industry, e-culture and the digital arts.
Inspiration Hall (7B), HKCEC
Afternoon Lecture

Design Republic Construction Party
Design Repubic
210 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
10:00pm
By invitation only

Design EX 08
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Master Class workshop: "Visual Culture of a City"
Advanced registration required
A two-day workshop led by lecturer at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague to experience and redefine the permeable border where architecture, graphic and motion design vie for our attention.
Innocentre, 72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong until 13th December
9:30am-5:00pm

Girl's Gone Wild: Cut&Paste Mini-Event
A taste of the digital design tournament that pits artists and designers against each other while dismantling myths about how design is made.
Dysemevas
254 & 256 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
3:00pm-6:00pm

14 DECEMBER SUNDAY

Girl's Gone Wild I Scream for Ice-Cream
Drop by for free ice delights and browse the design delicacies on display which showcase Chinese fashion with a fresh perspective.
Dysemevas
254 & 256 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
2:30pm - 4:30pm