As a diversified social service organisation, Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) has an annual service attendance exceeding 3 million. To fulfil the purpose of ‘Enhancement of Life’, their elderly services serve all, from frail elders who need nursing care, to healthy young olds who seek rewarding retirement. Since 2003, YWCA has been providing continuing education for elderly, to promote active ageing and explore possibilities for the Third Age, while passing wisdom and inspiring experience to the next generation.
Milk Design is a design unit specialised in product design. Its design thinking focuses on studying and exploring how tradition and culture can be interpreted and presented in a modern way, to bring new experience and satisfaction to people today.
Africa Center Hong Kong Africa Center Hong Kong is a platform and creative hub that fosters value-creating interactions between African and non-African communities in Asia. Their products and services focus on bridging cultural differences and therefore fostering relations and cultural understandings between communities. They are also a social enterprise that understands the need for community representations and diverse experiences thus trying to fulfill those needs through great products and services with a broader long term view and a firm emphasis […]
Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) was established in 2007 and is a member of the VTC Group. As a leading provider of design education and lifelong learning, including architecture, interior and product design, communication design, digital media, and fashion and image design, it promotes the ‘think and do’ approach and encourages interdisciplinary synergy in its broad range of design programmes that cultivates students’ cultural sensitivities and sense of sustainability. HKDI maintains a strong network with the industry and provides its […]
Sudō Reiko is the design director of internationally renowned Nuno Corporation in Tokyo. Experimenting with various materials from silk to metal, she has been concerned with the recycling and upcycling of textiles and the environmental effect of textile production.
Eric Poon is a veteran documentary producer, currently the Associate Professor of Practice at the School of Journalism and Communication, CUHK. As a winner of various international film and TV awards, Poon has made over 100 episodes for Radio Television Hong Kong’s flagship documentary series, Hong Kong Connection, in the past two decades. Besides documentaries, he also produces TV programmes for youth and encourages them to create their own work through multimedia projects.
Jessica Hemmings is Professor of Craft at HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Visiting Professor with the Doctoral School of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, Hungary, the Rita Bolland Fellow at the Research Centre for Material Culture, the Netherlands (2020-23) and a member of the editorial boards of Textile: The Journal of Cloth & Culture and Craft Research. Hemmings has curated, written and edited books related to textiles including Yvonne Vera: the Voice of Cloth (Kalliope paperbacks, 2008), […]
TWGHs Lok Hong ICCMW (Integrated Community Centre for Mental Wellness) provides accessible, district-based community support and social rehabilitation services for residents of Central and Western District and Southern District. Their one-stop services cover early prevention and risk management, including client-centred casework, therapeutic groups, social and supportive programmes and occupational training.
Asia Art Archive (AAA) is an independent non-profit organisation initiated in 2000 in response to the urgent need to document and make accessible the multiple recent histories of art in the region. With one of the most valuable collections of material on art freely available from its website and onsite library, AAA builds tools and communities to collectively expand knowledge through research, residency, and educational programmes. A newly renovated and expanded AAA Library will be open to the public […]
Green Ladies & Green Little is a social enterprise operated by the St. James’ Settlement. Established in 2008, Green Ladies & Green Little has been promoting eco-friendly habits and employment opportunities for middle-aged women. Secondhand business is expanded to kids wear and Green Ladies & Green Little was established in 2016 to provide an eco-shopping platform for parents and kids. Through their collection of high quality fashion and accessories, they promote secondhand clothing for sustainable use of resources.