Book Launch Talk on The Dynamics of Modern Asian Design

22 Apr | Jockey Club Innovation Tower, PolyU

How does design shape social change? Join us for an evening dedicated to the launch of this vital new volume, which redefines our understanding of Asian desian histories. Movina bevond traditional Eurocentric narratives

The Dynamics of Modern Asian Design: Material Culture and Social Agency, published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts, explores how material culture acts as a powerful force for social agency, identity-building, and cultural

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The event will open with a presentation by the book's editors, Sandy Ng and Megha Raiauru. Thev will introduce the volume's conceptual framework. highlightina how obiects and environments reflect the complex social shifts of the modern era.

Following the introduction, we will host a dynamic panel discussion featuring several of the book's contributing authors. Together, they will dive into diverse case studies-from grassroots activism to uran lanascapes-revealing te intricate relationshio between beoole and the thinas thev create.

Whether vou are a designer. historian, or student of culture. this talk otters a unique opportunity to engage with the scholars at the foretront of global

design discourse

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Jockey Club Innovation Tower 賽馬會創新樓, V1101, Hung Hom, Hong Kong (SAR)

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