Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture

HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (HKSC)

Established in Sep. 2006, HKSC is the first and a unique Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) senior secondary school in Hong Kong devoted to actualizing creative education. It provides young people with an all-round creative learning experiences and opportunities for self-fulfillment.

Inter-Cultural Creative Education Observatory (ICEO)

ICEO is an initiative which advocating research and development of creative education. It was established with support and recognition of UNESCO in view of the global concern about the growing importance of creative and art education.

A New Arts Centre

HKSC opens a new professional arts and cultural platform where the community can innovate, interact and present. This new arts centre and incubator works in partnership with local and overseas artists and groups in diverse aspects of programming and residency.

Kowloon City Book Festival

19 - 20 December 2009

VENUE：HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity
TIME：11 am - 8 pm

Roundtable Community will host the Kowloon City Book Festival, kicks off on the 19th of December, in HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (HKSC) for two consecutive days. The book fair, co-ogranized by HKSC and sponsored by the Kowloon City District Council, will be an interactive event immersed in a cultural atmosphere. Besides books exhibition by publishing houses, there will be flea markets for owners to sell second-hand books or artifacts. To enhance the understanding of civil society and cultural issues, variety of activities, including talks, workshops, exhibitions, will be organized to broaden the horizon of audience.

Under this year’s theme “Global Citizens”, all book festival activities will be surrounding four topics, namely Global Vision, Cultural Arts, Civil Society and Responsible Traveling. Through these activities, the organizer hopes to deepen participants’ knowledge of local culture and global issues, and mingle people from all walks of life to bring positive effort to the development of local civil society and local culture.

For more details, please go to: www.roundtablecommunity.org.hk/
bookfair2009/

MaD: Make a Difference

The first MaD annual gathering will take place on 22-24 January 2010. In less than 72 hours, you will go through an electrifying, energizing and fun journey of self-discovery.
Get inspired. Get empowered. Get MaD and be the change.

Towards the 2nd decade

World Creativity Summit 2007

Creative Education Summit

Upcycling—Workshop for emerging designers and incubation of sustainable design

January - April 2010

VENUE：HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity

The project of “Upcycling” aims at encouraging participants to add value to discarded items by re-fabricating them into new products. During January and February 2010, 30 emerging designers take part in a series of workshops and a mentored incubation process, through which they have developed prototypes of upcycled designs. A showcase will be held in May & September this year (tentative) to locate potential manufacturers/buyers, as well as to raise public interest in sustainable design.
The designers will present their design concepts and prototypes prior to the showcase in March (tentative) and invite relevant stakeholders from the design community, conservationists, interested parties in the business sector and the public to give comments and feedback during this presentation session.

Upcycling Recruitment

From now - 10 March 2010

Project – Upcycling: Workshop for emerging designers and incubation of sustainable design

In the Upcycling Workshop, 30 emerging designers will take part in a series of workshops and a mentored incubation process, through which they will develop prototypes of upcycled designs. A showcase will be held to locate potential manufacturers/buyers, as well as to raise public interest in sustainable design. A brochure, documenting the processes of research and product development, will be published.

Organizer: Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture
In partnership with School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and MaD
Curated by Community Museum Project
Major sponsor: Create Hong Kong, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau

Responsibilities
Project coordinator (6 months)
‧ Communicate with sponsors, workshop and exhibition venues
‧ Ensure project deliverables to be implemented within schedule and budget
‧ Coordinate workshops, exhibition and monitor project status
‧ Handle administrative work

Researcher (3 months)
‧ Research on waste materials / industrial wastes and source wastes providers in HK
‧ Handle waste delivery
‧ Work closely with the project team
‧ Build up waste materials database

The ideal candidates should be:
‧ Able to work independently
‧ Good command of both written and spoken Chinese and English
‧ Basic to profound computer knowledge
‧ Degree or above, major in design or cultural studies preferred
‧ Experienced in cultural administration and research preferred
‧ Self-motivated, hardworking

Application:
Interested parties please send your application with CV, expected salary and your availability to us. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Deadline:
10 March 2010

Address:
c/o 135 Junction Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Email:
info@hk-icc.org

* data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only.

HONG KONG ICON

6 & 19 December, 2009

Fa Pai (flower plaque) Heritage – Local Craft Aesthetics

26 November - 13 December 2009

Dream It Do It Social Venture Seed Programme 2009

14 & 15 November 2009