RSA STUDENT DESIGN AWARDS SCHEME AT HKDI

 

The openness of the Social Architecture also aligned with the ideology promoted by the Lab’s 1st special guests in year 2014, Sevra Davis and Rebecca Ford from the RSA Student Design Awards team. The Awards scheme, run by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) in London, is the longest-running student design awards scheme in the world. Since 1924, the RSA Student Design Awards scheme has challenged students and recent graduates to think differently about design, through tackling briefs focused on real-world problems. It aims to bridge the gap between industry and education by offering realistic, industry-led project briefs and awarding prizes aimed at developing the experience of individual students and enhancing their career prospects. This year the Lab introduced the awards scheme and conducted workshops for students from across different design disciplines to respond to the 2013-14 RSA briefs. Participated HKDI programmes included Landscape Architecture, Product Design, Interior Design, Publishing and Visual Communications. Students were inspired to work on designs responding to the brief and go for the competition. Good luck to all of them!