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Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: Forest NotesWinning Company: JVCKENWOOD Design Corporation (Japan) “This is, essentially, a speaker. Yet it is much more than simply a product. It is an exercise that has created a very emotional experience. The sounds of nature can be transmitted live through the speaker — isn’t that wonderful?”  Dennis Chan, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: Imagine hearing the faraway sounds of the forest at any time – the sounds of nature lulling a child to sleep, an evening at home after a busy day in the city relaxing to music from the forest world. Voices of the forest – the sounds of birds singing, branches swaying, a leaf falling, winds gathering and maybe a squirrel scurrying – can now be streamed live, picked up via microphones  placed in seven forests across Japan. In March 2013, JVCKENWOOD Design Corporation launched Forest Notes – an innovative series of exquisitely designed speakers complete with a built-in wireless Bluetooth connection, web-enabled device and smartphone application that aurally transmits the natural beauty of the wilderness in real time, from one season to the next.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: Forest NotesWinning Company: JVCKENWOOD Design Corporation (Japan) “This is, essentially, a speaker. Yet it is much more than simply a product. It is an exercise that has created a very emotional experience. The sounds of nature can be transmitted live through the speaker — isn’t that wonderful?”  Dennis Chan, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: Imagine hearing the faraway sounds of the forest at any time – the sounds of nature lulling a child to sleep, an evening at home after a busy day in the city relaxing to music from the forest world. Voices of the forest – the sounds of birds singing, branches swaying, a leaf falling, winds gathering and maybe a squirrel scurrying – can now be streamed live, picked up via microphones  placed in seven forests across Japan. In March 2013, JVCKENWOOD Design Corporation launched Forest Notes – an innovative series of exquisitely designed speakers complete with a built-in wireless Bluetooth connection, web-enabled device and smartphone application that aurally transmits the natural beauty of the wilderness in real time, from one season to the next.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: SILENT Brass™Winning Company: Yamaha Corporation (Japan)“It offers the potential for musicians to practise as they can listen to themselves play in silence.” Tetsuyuki Hirano, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: Playing the trumpet in an apartment building in the middle of a large city in Asia might not always be popular with one’s neighbours. One of the many benefits offered by the Silent Brass series is the assurance of harmonious community relations – musicians can play wherever and whenever they like, without disturbing the rest of the family or the entire neighbourhood. In Asian cities where domestic life is often confined to very compact apartments with little space and privacy, this product has even greater benefits. This latest innovation makes it no longer necessary to use mufflers to reduce noise, which could render music dull and lifeless – a dispiriting experience for any budding player.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: SILENT Brass™Winning Company: Yamaha Corporation (Japan)“It offers the potential for musicians to practise as they can listen to themselves play in silence.” Tetsuyuki Hirano, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: Playing the trumpet in an apartment building in the middle of a large city in Asia might not always be popular with one’s neighbours. One of the many benefits offered by the Silent Brass series is the assurance of harmonious community relations – musicians can play wherever and whenever they like, without disturbing the rest of the family or the entire neighbourhood. In Asian cities where domestic life is often confined to very compact apartments with little space and privacy, this product has even greater benefits. This latest innovation makes it no longer necessary to use mufflers to reduce noise, which could render music dull and lifeless – a dispiriting experience for any budding player.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: The Red FaceWinning Company: MARUSAI (South Korea)“It is something so simple and almost unassuming… it creates a focal point to an area of the city.”Paul Priestman, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: When designers focus their creativity on the mundane – in this case a bus shelter – the results can often be revolutionary. The Red Face is simultaneously a waiting point, meeting place, playground and viewing platform. All this is achieved in a crisp, sculptural form. The project formed part of an industrial design programme at the Gwangju Design Biennale 2013. The bus stop was originally built as the alighting point for visitors attending the Biennale, so the structure was conceived as a showcase. However it has since become a permanent landmark and its position among some trees also accents the design. Bus stops generically follow the same familiar form: a simple rectangle with simple lines perpendicular and parallel to each other. Challenging those rules entirely, The Red Face is a series of angled, tilted and cantilevered planes and lines that give tension to its overall perspective.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: The Red FaceWinning Company: MARUSAI (South Korea)“It is something so simple and almost unassuming… it creates a focal point to an area of the city.”Paul Priestman, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: When designers focus their creativity on the mundane – in this case a bus shelter – the results can often be revolutionary. The Red Face is simultaneously a waiting point, meeting place, playground and viewing platform. All this is achieved in a crisp, sculptural form. The project formed part of an industrial design programme at the Gwangju Design Biennale 2013. The bus stop was originally built as the alighting point for visitors attending the Biennale, so the structure was conceived as a showcase. However it has since become a permanent landmark and its position among some trees also accents the design. Bus stops generically follow the same familiar form: a simple rectangle with simple lines perpendicular and parallel to each other. Challenging those rules entirely, The Red Face is a series of angled, tilted and cantilevered planes and lines that give tension to its overall perspective.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: ThinkPad X1 CarbonWinning Company: Lenovo (USA)“Good design transcends beyond aesthetics and has the ability for users to interact with the product, to enhance users’ experience.” Edmund Lee, Executive Director, Hong Kong Design Centre  Synopsis: What makes this latest version of the ThinkPad X1 series special is its intuitive interaction with all sorts of devices, plus its ability to communicate through voice and hand gestures. It’s the new toy of the modern workforce, and recent converts are probably finding its engaging platform a breath of fresh air. It’s as though the designers of the 14-inch ThinkPad X1 Carbon have gone back to basics and really thought about what would enhance the experience of using a PC laptop/notebook. While tech companies continue indefinitely in their pursuit of making equipment lighter, faster, slimmer, sexier, the designers at Lenovo consider how to make typing more comfortable. Lenovo are not only concerned with weight, speed and aesthetics, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon will have been fine-tuned and rigorously tested in minutiae. This not merely applies to the mechanics of the user interface and a longer battery life, but also goes for appearance and the nuances of feel.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: ThinkPad X1 CarbonWinning Company: Lenovo (USA)“Good design transcends beyond aesthetics and has the ability for users to interact with the product, to enhance users’ experience.” Edmund Lee, Executive Director, Hong Kong Design Centre  Synopsis: What makes this latest version of the ThinkPad X1 series special is its intuitive interaction with all sorts of devices, plus its ability to communicate through voice and hand gestures. It’s the new toy of the modern workforce, and recent converts are probably finding its engaging platform a breath of fresh air. It’s as though the designers of the 14-inch ThinkPad X1 Carbon have gone back to basics and really thought about what would enhance the experience of using a PC laptop/notebook. While tech companies continue indefinitely in their pursuit of making equipment lighter, faster, slimmer, sexier, the designers at Lenovo consider how to make typing more comfortable. Lenovo are not only concerned with weight, speed and aesthetics, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon will have been fine-tuned and rigorously tested in minutiae. This not merely applies to the mechanics of the user interface and a longer battery life, but also goes for appearance and the nuances of feel.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: Sun Tanning ProjectWinning Company: Pinmo Design Studio (Taiwan)“It reminds us of the things most fundamental to our existence. The designer uses the most natural and ordinary elements in our daily life to create a touching experience for its users.” Yao Yingjia, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: Using sunlight to dry and preserve food has been practised by people around the world for centuries. In Chinese communities, this is a long-established custom, not just with meats and fish, but also dried vegetables and fruits. What makes Sun Tanning Project special is that the designer has adopted this age-old technique and harnessed the sun to facilitate his process of designing creative products. The designer knew that paper gradually yellows with exposure to sunlight, and thought by covering a sheet with a transparent mesh or a slide, the words and images shaped there would gradually be ‘developed’ or ‘tanned’ by the sun. He then hit on the idea of creating a whole year’s calendar this way. First made for the year 2013, the Tanning Calendar represents a simple, down-to-earth attitude to life; one that nurtures creativity from engaging the most natural processes.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: Sun Tanning ProjectWinning Company: Pinmo Design Studio (Taiwan)“It reminds us of the things most fundamental to our existence. The designer uses the most natural and ordinary elements in our daily life to create a touching experience for its users.” Yao Yingjia, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: Using sunlight to dry and preserve food has been practised by people around the world for centuries. In Chinese communities, this is a long-established custom, not just with meats and fish, but also dried vegetables and fruits. What makes Sun Tanning Project special is that the designer has adopted this age-old technique and harnessed the sun to facilitate his process of designing creative products. The designer knew that paper gradually yellows with exposure to sunlight, and thought by covering a sheet with a transparent mesh or a slide, the words and images shaped there would gradually be ‘developed’ or ‘tanned’ by the sun. He then hit on the idea of creating a whole year’s calendar this way. First made for the year 2013, the Tanning Calendar represents a simple, down-to-earth attitude to life; one that nurtures creativity from engaging the most natural processes.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: OOObjectWinning Company: Green & Associates (HK) Ltd (Hong Kong)“The business model can sustain itself. OOObject has also located its factory near to where it sources the materials – the company links two vital aspects together.” Freeman Lau, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: Over 50 kinds of food waste and 20 kinds of non-food waste are used at OOObject for upcycling. To help build the company’s long-term sustainability, CL Lam realised the importance of securing interest overseas, not just locally. The concept of OOObject was generated in 2006. Since then Lam had tested and developed a number of possible design ideas and in 2009, he introduced OOObject to Europe, followed by China and Hong Kong in 2012. With China being popularly described as the world’s factory, there is certainly a rich supply of bi-products and waste material for OOObject to feed on. In this respect, his business strategy is ingenious – not only making use of abundant supplies of waste material but also helping to solve China’s enormous and pressing problem of waste management.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: OOObjectWinning Company: Green & Associates (HK) Ltd (Hong Kong)“The business model can sustain itself. OOObject has also located its factory near to where it sources the materials – the company links two vital aspects together.” Freeman Lau, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: Over 50 kinds of food waste and 20 kinds of non-food waste are used at OOObject for upcycling. To help build the company’s long-term sustainability, CL Lam realised the importance of securing interest overseas, not just locally. The concept of OOObject was generated in 2006. Since then Lam had tested and developed a number of possible design ideas and in 2009, he introduced OOObject to Europe, followed by China and Hong Kong in 2012. With China being popularly described as the world’s factory, there is certainly a rich supply of bi-products and waste material for OOObject to feed on. In this respect, his business strategy is ingenious – not only making use of abundant supplies of waste material but also helping to solve China’s enormous and pressing problem of waste management.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: OOObjectWinning Company: Green & Associates (HK) Ltd (Hong Kong)“The business model can sustain itself. OOObject has also located its factory near to where it sources the materials – the company links two vital aspects together.” Freeman Lau, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: Over 50 kinds of food waste and 20 kinds of non-food waste are used at OOObject for upcycling. To help build the company’s long-term sustainability, CL Lam realised the importance of securing interest overseas, not just locally. The concept of OOObject was generated in 2006. Since then Lam had tested and developed a number of possible design ideas and in 2009, he introduced OOObject to Europe, followed by China and Hong Kong in 2012. With China being popularly described as the world’s factory, there is certainly a rich supply of bi-products and waste material for OOObject to feed on. In this respect, his business strategy is ingenious – not only making use of abundant supplies of waste material but also helping to solve China’s enormous and pressing problem of waste management.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: The Colours of Asia Winning Company/Organization: The Design Alliance Asia“The Colours of Asia brings us back to our sense of colour as humans. The palette is not only an application system, it restores the richness of colours.”Eric Chan, Design for Asia Awards 2014 JudgeSynopsis: “Colours of Asia” was an event held in Hong Kong, spearheaded by the Design Alliance Asia and co-organised by the Hong Kong Design Institute. The event covered a wide range of research topics and was first of its kind to compile the findings of so many Asian design industry practitioners and researchers. Research was focused around the three primary colours red, blue and yellow; later adding green; and completing the palette with black and white. Orange, gold and purple were also explored as subsets of the five basic colours, expanding the profile as research emerged. The curator believed that colour is a cultural construct and its meaning may vary from society to society. Integral to the process of building an Asian palette was the compilation of research reports and analysis from the 14 participating countries – including China/Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Middle East/Lebanon, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan. The project actively encouraged pan-Asian collaboration with the long-term vision of supporting design development across the region in a borderless manner.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: The Colours of Asia Winning Company/Organization: The Design Alliance Asia“The Colours of Asia brings us back to our sense of colour as humans. The palette is not only an application system, it restores the richness of colours.”Eric Chan, Design for Asia Awards 2014 JudgeSynopsis: “Colours of Asia” was an event held in Hong Kong, spearheaded by the Design Alliance Asia and co-organised by the Hong Kong Design Institute. The event covered a wide range of research topics and was first of its kind to compile the findings of so many Asian design industry practitioners and researchers. Research was focused around the three primary colours red, blue and yellow; later adding green; and completing the palette with black and white. Orange, gold and purple were also explored as subsets of the five basic colours, expanding the profile as research emerged. The curator believed that colour is a cultural construct and its meaning may vary from society to society. Integral to the process of building an Asian palette was the compilation of research reports and analysis from the 14 participating countries – including China/Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Middle East/Lebanon, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan. The project actively encouraged pan-Asian collaboration with the long-term vision of supporting design development across the region in a borderless manner.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: The Colours of Asia Winning Company/Organization: The Design Alliance Asia“The Colours of Asia brings us back to our sense of colour as humans. The palette is not only an application system, it restores the richness of colours.”Eric Chan, Design for Asia Awards 2014 JudgeSynopsis: “Colours of Asia” was an event held in Hong Kong, spearheaded by the Design Alliance Asia and co-organised by the Hong Kong Design Institute. The event covered a wide range of research topics and was first of its kind to compile the findings of so many Asian design industry practitioners and researchers. Research was focused around the three primary colours red, blue and yellow; later adding green; and completing the palette with black and white. Orange, gold and purple were also explored as subsets of the five basic colours, expanding the profile as research emerged. The curator believed that colour is a cultural construct and its meaning may vary from society to society. Integral to the process of building an Asian palette was the compilation of research reports and analysis from the 14 participating countries – including China/Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Middle East/Lebanon, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan. The project actively encouraged pan-Asian collaboration with the long-term vision of supporting design development across the region in a borderless manner.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: Mac ProWinning Company: Apple, Inc. (USA)“This remarkable change of design could last another 10 years or even longer.” Tetsuyuki Hirano, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: It’s the most powerful yet radical Mac ever designed by Apple. Deliberate or not, there is no danger of mistaking this new Mac Pro for any of its predecessors. In terms of looks alone, it could not be more revolutionarily different. The central concept is that of a unified thermal core – all the parts are clustered around this. As a result, the design is “a much leaner, lighter, quieter and far more streamlined structure”. Standing at just 9.9 inches tall and 6.6 inches in diameter, it is easily accommodated on the desk of an average workstation. It has built-in Thunderbolt 2, USB 3, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and an HDMI port (support for the latest TVs, projectors, displays, including Ultra HD TVs), so users can build what they need around it.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: Mac ProWinning Company: Apple, Inc. (USA)“This remarkable change of design could last another 10 years or even longer.” Tetsuyuki Hirano, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: It’s the most powerful yet radical Mac ever designed by Apple. Deliberate or not, there is no danger of mistaking this new Mac Pro for any of its predecessors. In terms of looks alone, it could not be more revolutionarily different. The central concept is that of a unified thermal core – all the parts are clustered around this. As a result, the design is “a much leaner, lighter, quieter and far more streamlined structure”. Standing at just 9.9 inches tall and 6.6 inches in diameter, it is easily accommodated on the desk of an average workstation. It has built-in Thunderbolt 2, USB 3, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and an HDMI port (support for the latest TVs, projectors, displays, including Ultra HD TVs), so users can build what they need around it.

Annonce des lauréats - DFA Awards 2014
Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)

Project Title: Mac ProWinning Company: Apple, Inc. (USA)“This remarkable change of design could last another 10 years or even longer.” Tetsuyuki Hirano, Design for Asia Awards 2014 Judge Synopsis: It’s the most powerful yet radical Mac ever designed by Apple. Deliberate or not, there is no danger of mistaking this new Mac Pro for any of its predecessors. In terms of looks alone, it could not be more revolutionarily different. The central concept is that of a unified thermal core – all the parts are clustered around this. As a result, the design is “a much leaner, lighter, quieter and far more streamlined structure”. Standing at just 9.9 inches tall and 6.6 inches in diameter, it is easily accommodated on the desk of an average workstation. It has built-in Thunderbolt 2, USB 3, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and an HDMI port (support for the latest TVs, projectors, displays, including Ultra HD TVs), so users can build what they need around it.

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

L'architecte Luc Laporte au bar du restaurant L'Express, 2012.

Crédit photo :
André Cornellier

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

Maquette et plan de l'Ile Saint-Barnabé, vue de l'exposition Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits, 1700 La Poste, du 17 octobre 2014 au 17 janvier 2015.  

Crédit photo :
Frederick Duchesne

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

Madame Isabelle de Mévius et un visiteur devant la maquette de l'Ile Saint-Barnabé, vue de l'exposition Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits, 1700 La Poste, du 17 octobre 2014 au 17 janvier 2015.  

Crédit photo :
Frederick Duchesne

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

Maquettes et plan de l'Ïle Saint-Barnabé, vue de l'exposition Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits, 1700 La Poste, du 17 octobre 2014 au 17 janvier 2015. 

Crédit photo :
Guy L'Heureux

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

Vue de l'exposition Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits, 1700 La Poste, du 17 octobre 2014 au 17 janvier 2015.  

Crédit photo :
Frederick Duchesne

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

L'homme qui marche, théâtre de marionnette, Ubu compagnie de création, commandé par le 1700 La Poste dans le cadre de l'exposition Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits, 1700 La Poste, du 17 octobre 2014 au 17 janvier 2015.  

Crédit photo :
Frederick Duchesne

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

L'homme qui marche, théâtre de marionnette, Ubu compagnie de création, commandé par le 1700 La Poste dans le cadre de l'exposition Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits, 1700 La Poste, du 17 octobre 2014 au 17 janvier 2015.  

Crédit photo :
Guy L'Heureux

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

L'homme qui marche, théâtre de marionnette, Ubu compagnie de création, commandé par le 1700 La Poste dans le cadre de l'exposition Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits, 1700 La Poste, du 17 octobre 2014 au 17 janvier 2015.  

Crédit photo :
Guy L'Heureux

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

L'homme qui marche, (détails de la marionnette), Ubu compagnie de création, une commande du 1700 La Poste dans le cadre de l'exposition Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits, 1700 La Poste, du 17 octobre 2014 au 17 janvier 2015. 

Crédit photo :
Frederick Duchesne

Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits
1700 La Poste

Détail de la maquette du projet du projet Dolansky (1999), vue de l'exposition Luc Laporte, architecte. Réalisations & inédits, 1700 La Poste, du 17 octobre 2014 au 17 janvier 2015.  

Crédit photo :
Frederick Duchesne