Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA) has given honorable recognition to outstanding designers and promotes quality design through organising design competition since 1975. In "HKDA - Asia Design Awards 2009", over 2,000 entries have been received from 36 countries of Asia-Pacific region, i.e. China, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taipei and Hong Kong etc. After playing one of the most important roles in the design scene of Asia-Pacific region for 36 years, "HKDA - Asia Design Awards" has renamed to "HKDA - Global Design Awards" in 2011 and started accepting design entry internationally. There are four main categories - Graphic, Product, Spatial and New Media. Winning entries will be exhibited in traveling exhibitions and published in a hardbound, full-colour award annual book with worldwide distribution.This year, we are pleased to have international renowned design professionals to be the judges of “HKDA - Global Design Awards 2011”:Graphic : Michel de Boer,Kjell Ekhorn, Michael Johnson, Carin Blidholm Svensson, Chung Man YeeProduct : Luisa Bocchietto, Matali Crasset, Harri KoskinenSpatial : Adam Brinkworth, Masayuki Kurokawa, Hani RashidNew Media : Kentaro Katsube, Jeffrey Shaw, Johan Vakidis Entry Submission Deadline: 17th Oct 2011 (Mon) 5:00pmFor more information, please visit: http://www.hongkongda.com/awards2011
