DeTour 2010 @ Hong Kong - Nov 26 to Dec 12, 2010

About DETOUR

Established in 2006, DETOUR is the annual flagship programme of Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design, aimed at showcasing Hong Kong as a regional creative hub and featuring inspiring designs from Hong Kong’s young and emerging creative talent. 

DETOUR engages the wider community and brings the entire city together to celebrate the synergy of local and international creative ventures.

The two-week series of events incorporates the most original, bold and stimulating ideas from both Hong Kong and across the globe.

This year, the Ambassadors will partner with Japan. Victoria Prison at Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong is the anchor venue from 26th November to 12th December. In addition to events held at the heritage anchor site, there will be 40 satellite events happening at various location in town.  

WHEN November 26 – December 12, 2010  

OPENING HOURS Mon-Thu 12pm-7pm, Fri-Sun 9am-11pm

WHERE Victoria Prison at Old Bailey Street, Central PLUS various other locations in Hong Kong

WHAT Several core events and more than 50 participating events 

Business of Design Week (BODW) - Hong Kong 29 Nov - 4 Dec, 2010

One of the most significant events on the international design calendar, BODW is Asia's leading annual event on design, innovation and brands organised by the Hong Kong Design Centre since 2002. Bringing the best of the global design world to Hong Kong, BODW has aimed to encourage businesses to unleash the power of design by focusing on the vital relationship and complex interplay between design and business.

This annual event features a series of exhibitions, forums, outreach programmes and networking opportunities for designers, business leaders, educators, SMEs and the public to exchange ideas and address a wide array of 21st century challenges. An unparalleled line-up of experts, world-wide leaders and creative legends in the field of design and innovation will gather to promote the value and power of design.

http://www.bodw.com/2010/eng/index.php

GC Prostho Museum Research Center, Kengo Kuma

Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma (隈 研吾, born 1954)  is one of the speakers in BODW 2010. 


Kuma was born in Kanagawa, Japan, and attended Eiko Gakuen junior and senior high schools. After completing a major in architecture at the University of Tokyo in 1979, he worked for a time at Nihon Sekkei and TODA Corporation. He then moved to New York for further studies at Columbia University as a visiting researcher from 1985 to 1986. In 1987, he founded the "Spatial Design Studio". In 1990, "Kengo Kuma & Associates", his own studio was established. During the 1998-1999 academic year, he was a visiting professor on the faculty of environmental information at Keio University. In 2008, Kuma earned his Ph.D from Keio University , and he is currently a professor on the faculty of science and technology there, in the department of system design engineering.

Kuma's stated goal is to "recover the tradition of Japanese buildings" and to reinterpret it for the 21st century. In 1997 he won the prestigious Architectural Institute of Japan Award. Kengo Kuma is still designing architectural buildings with the inspiration of light and nature to achieve his goals such as the LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) Group's Japan Headquarters as well as one of the largest spas in the Caribbean for Mandarin Oriental Dellis Cay.

My aim is 'to recover the place'.
the place is a result of nature and time, this is the most important
aspect. I think my architecture is some kind of frame of nature.
with it we can experience nature more deeply and more intimately.
transparency is a characteristic of japanese architecture,
I try to use light and natural materials to get a new kind of
transparency.