• The Awards Announcement of HKDA Global Design Awards 2021

    15 July 2022

    HKDA Global Design Awards 2021 (HKDA GDA 2021), organized by Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA) has widely been acknowledged as one of the most established cross-disciplinary design competitions in the Asia-Pacific region since 1975 and supported by the Lead Sponsor, Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The Award List of HKDA GDA 2021 was officially released.

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    This year is the Awards’ 47th anniversary and HKDA GDA 2021 has also marked a milestone by the outstanding quality with over 2,200 entries from 15 countries and also for the first time to introduce the “Design Clientele Award” to tighten the connections between brands and designers and the dual mode of online and physical judging. In order to recognize different levels of design excellence from 8 multiple design disciplines including graphics, digital, product, spatial, design clientele, experience, impact and rising creative awards, a total of 476 awards including Gold, Silver, Bronze, Excellence, Hong Kong Best and Judge’s Choice Awards was selected by a world-class panel of 24 top-notch representatives of the design industry from Hong Kong, the Mainland, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands and etc. In this edition of the HKDA GDA, the brand-new ‘Design Clientele Award’ is introduced to encourage good business support and promote business collaboration so as to provide opportunities for both the designers and their clients to demonstrate their works and promote innovative designs.

    Online Awards Presentation Ceremony

    Due to the pandemic, the HKDA GDA 2021 Awards Presentation Ceremony is held online and it is the honour to have Dr. Kan Tai Keung, SBS, BBS, Mr. Ron Leung, Judge of Global Design Awards 2021, Mr. Karr Yip, Chairman of Hong Kong Designers Association, Dr. Anthony Kong, Project Coordinator of Hong Kong Designers Association Global Design Awards 2021, Mr. Kelly Sze, Fellow of Hong Kong Designers Association and Mr. Eddy Hui, Executive Committee of Hong Kong Designers Association to be the award presenters.

    Online Awards Presentation Ceremony: https://www.facebook.com/hkda.gda

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