Co-creator: Keith Lam
“Dao begets One, One begets Two, Two begets Three, Three begets all things. All things carry the females and embrace the male. And by breathing together, they live in harmony…”
From temple to school, from school to living quarter, from quarter to knowledge and creative hub, this is a place for people to connect and learn about the universe.
People started connecting to the sky at religious venue, they talked to the god(s) and made wishes. Knowledge has driven people explore the universe and at school, it is where we connect the sky and start making relation to the universe.
Borrowing the architectural form of Shing Wong temple and Central School, open ended with a gate and in rounded form, Heliocentric {Spiral} is a lighting sculpture which represents the movement of the universe. It dialogues with its history (from temple to school to creative hub) and its functionality of welcoming people to connect and learn about the universe.
The lighting arrangement, kinetic movement of the spotlight/laser and the motions of the performer, intertwine to showcase the beauty of the relationship among the universe, knowledge and human beings.

Co-creators: Steve Tam, Hin Tse and Mr. Hammers (Stefan Chui)
1 I Zero is an installation made from a cluster of rollers in various forms at different levels. Copper spheres are introduced to the device and flow along the rollers from the top. Rhythms will be created when they are in friction with the rollers and collided with each other, which will harmonise with the buzzing gear-chain mechanism. The melody is an ordered chaos, a metaphor of the design process.
The transforming roller devices and the meandering metal rails enforce the spheres to move in changing speed and orientation, just like the trail of thoughts of a designer. The design direction changes from time to time, and every new transformation provides some freshness to the dull rails. Sensors are installed at different positions that when the spheres pass through certain points the machine will blast out bubbles, creating a layer of playfulness to the metal machine and showing empathy for the exhausted designers.
Another gear-chain mechanism is installed at the bottom of the device to transfer the copper spheres back to the top of the device for keeping the cycle, just like how the repeating design process.

Co-creator: Jennifer Chung
As a child of the concrete jungle, our consciousness is now more on the need to go green in our world. I dream of bringing more green into the city, where we could feel the vibrations within the harmony of the chaos, the energy of our city life. I hope the city would develop into a jungle where cars, machinery and technology are as one with nature.

Co-creator: Bloom
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
Bloom., a Hong Kong based collective of installation artists, architects and electronics specialists have created the central project with their 14m high interactive walkway, 合| hé | confluence.
The installation takes its starting point from the Chinese character “合”, broadly expressing the theme of togetherness, to join or to make whole.
“Commonly in our work we try to express the synergy an individual has with the city around them. Through working with this year’s theme ‘harmonious chaos’, we sought to express and highlight a sense of togetherness in the main courtyard. Within the otherwise desperate and fleeting journeys people make within the city we want to collate and express unification within the centre piece, constructing a tower of light.”
The visual dialogues that will exist between user and sculpture as passers-by augment and adapt the lighting grids should provide a striking centre piece to this year’s deTour design festival.

Co-creator: T.B.C. Studio
Bubble Membrane Painting Machine (BMPM) is not only an experimental art device but also reveal structure and tension of bubble membranes through colours.
The experiment seeks to test the weight and tension of a bubble membrane via spraying colour paints onto its surface, creating spectacular patterns in a form of “bubble drawing”. The experiment eventually reveals the mysterious interaction between playful colours and soap bubbles, and expresses surprising results. It is the use of colours that reveals the art of nature.
In this second version (BMPM II), the “drawing” would further be transferred onto semi-translucent fabric curtains. When light penetrates through, dynamic shadows of the “bubble drawing” are cast onto the surrounding walls. As a result, the artwork not only generates playful painting but also a room with ever-changing lighting effects for visitors to admire the artificial yet natural representation in response to this year’s theme: Harmonious Chaos.

Co-creator: Tommy Fung
What is real and what is surreal? In a city as dynamic as Hong Kong where so many things happen at all times, our perception of reality may vary depending on the person himself/herself.
But what happens when you unleash your creativity?
Can you create surreal things that seem real? And vice versa? What happens when the reality is more surreal than you can imagine? How do you define what is real and what is surreal?

Co-creator: Malina Dabrowska, Jasper Stevens, Martyna Marciniak, Eunice Tsang and Mario Bobbio
Design is an inextricably communal endeavour. Through shared cycles of citation, association, communication and collaboration, our visions are realised as more than the sum of their parts. Weaving Words exposes these connections, enabling unconscious collaboration between participants in the creation of a product of process. Visitors step into the machine and say whatever they desire, from a whispered secret to a furious declaration. Their words are then translated into patterns, inked onto yarn, and woven together over course of the festival to create a two storey high tapestry. This tapestry is the product of the unintentional collaboration of every visitor, and embodies and exhibits the harmonious chaos of the design process itself.

Co-creator: Pauline Yau
The installation is about creating an environment that brings a moment of harmony in the constant chaos of our daily lives. Cocooning ourselves and finding solace in our own ‘little bubbles’ protect us from the ever maddening world outside.
We are used to surround ourselves with technology and all the traps of modern life. Many of us have lost our connection to the natural world. Seed Pods is about the tranquillity of nature and the time it takes for us to readdress balance.
The organic shapes are derived based on seedpods, as all living things begin with a seed of some sort. Animals, plants, marine creatures and human all begin with a single cell, one cell which contains the blueprint for life. Cells may remain dormant for years until the optimal condition arrives for them to burst into life.
The paper work resembles flower petals, and some pods in full bloom exposing the heart of the seed. Suspended and hovering above the ground, these delicate paper pods all begin from a single sheet of paper.

Co-creator: Ayumi Adachi
Ripple is a large-scale installation artwork (bubble cells figured by white wires) following two exhibitions 0.013 Seconds and Influence in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Based on the Buddhist doctrines, this 3D installation expresses human life in relation to the circulation of time frame in the form of movement of ripples which leads to a mirror effect.
Water ripples develop a form of movement symbolizing circulation of life in our world and the harmonious human life in the state of flux. A cycle of life, that is birth, death, and rebirth, happens in a Ksana (0.013 seconds) and repeats indefinitely.
It is very hard to express our world in a simple way, but I believe everything is in relation to each other. While the world seems messed up with chaos, complexity, regularity and irregularity, I think there is beauty in all things. Through ripple I hope to illustrate the harmonious chaos in the current world.

Co-creator: 430 workshop
Twenty metronomes are placed on a hanging plane. Audience could freely set the rhythm of metronomes. At first, all metronomes have their own rhythm. After a while, metronomes with similar rhythm tend to synchronize until all to be in sync. This phenomenon could be explained by the Kuramoto model. Just setup a hanging plane and wait.

Co-creator: Run 2 Tree Creations
Sniff the mixed sip.
Chinese herbal tea has always been serious and old-fashioned. Young people enjoy herbal tea, but seldom pay attention to its making process. Chinese herbal tea is the natural gift for metropolitan souls which soothes urban diseases. If we start understand and make good use of herbal medicine, the harmonious beauty is not far from reach.
Run 2 Tree interpret a new soul of tea through food design and technology with their He2bal Tea Lab exhibition. The traditional old-fashioned impression of herbal tea has turned a new leaf by redesigning the presentation of its production process from herbal plants.
He2bal Tea Lab exhibition is a sensory journey for visitors to explore the unknowns in herbal plants. Each plant has its unique flavour, taste and touch. It is time to activate your sensory cells and give a good practice on your adventurous spirit.

Co-creator: Jasper Dowding
Discarded glass bottles on streets of Hong Kong are evidence of a chaotic and underutilised recycling system. In creating this artwork, I aim to bring awareness of the issues of waste and recycling by highlighting the beauty and value of glass through the creation of a sculptural recycled glass object, infused with a harmony of light, colour and form. Taking the chaotic mess of broken bottles and reforming it into a single harmonious mass of molten glass, it is then blown and hand-shaped into individual sculptural components using traditional chandelier making techniques. The individual pieces might appear to be chaotic and random in forms. However, when they are assembled, the result is one single harmonious sculptural object.

Co-creator: In the Wanderland
The artwork Luka Hill No.2 illustrates a sense of conflict between dream and reality. It is gorgeous to use the word “hill” as the name of a mansion, as many Hongkongers might once dream of living in the mid-levels and enjoy the sea view of Victoria Harbour. However, most of us are living in a densely packed space in reality.
Bunk bed is a symbolic representation of living in Hong Kong. It maximises the floor space as much as possible, which emphasise on efficiency and functionality. However, at the same time, the efficient use of space might sacrifice the space in other perspectives in return. Luka Hill No.2 re-examines the use of space which affects our well being physically and psychologically. The artists hope to provide an alternate multi-modal sensory experience to the audience and stimulate them to reflect on the inner desire and need of physical and psychological space in living.

Co-creator: Ting-An Ho
Since the advent of motion graphic, it plays an important role in the dissemination of information. However, the major motion graphics are products of the Roman alphabet, with relatively few examples in Chinese. With the differences between Oriental and Western characters, it is not entirely appropriate to adopt the same design approach. In order to offer insights into Chinese design associated with the design quality in motion, the findings of this study should facilitate understanding of how designers or design students learn the evaluation of Chinese motion graphics.

Co-creator: Afa Lee, Graphic Airlines, Jan Curious, LAAB, Little Thunder, Paul Lung、Siu Hak、Mr.Hammers (Stefan Chui) and Tommy Cheung

Speakers: Bianca Lee (President of Hong Kong Association of Art Therapists)
Organiser: Hong Kong Association of Art Therapists
Art is a medium for an individual to develop his/her potential and to connect to the world. Art psychotherapy is a form of treatment and tool for self-development and exploration. In this world of instability, art psychotherapy can be the very answer to harmonise and reinvent the chaos within human minds and lives.

Speakers: Stanley Wong & Sin Sin Man
Organiser: Hong Kong Art Gallery Association
Rapid developments in technology and Hong Kong’s burgeoning arts scene have reshaped the local arts & design landscape, in which young aspiring professionals need to find new, creative ways to succeed. Stanley Wong and Sin Sin Man, both renowned Hong Kong artists & designers will share their passions, professional experiences and thoughts on crafting a career today while treading the delicate path between artistic expression and commercial demands.

Speaker: Craig Au Yeung (Curator of Taste Library)
Organiser: Taste Library
Qing-hua (Blue and White Porcelain) is a traditional Chinese craft and it plays a critical role in the Chinese culture. We want to start with the most ordinary ones, which have emerged in our food culture and become a type of folk art. Mr. Craig Au-Yeung, curator of Taste Library, aims to reveal the connection between creativity and these iconic patterns through his related artwork in the recent years, and his journey in search of Qing-hua.

Speaker: Jerry Keung (3 Keung)
Organiser: Keung's Dragon & Lion Dance Team
The dialogue will explore: 1. The development of traditional lion dance
2. Instruction/ training/ competition
3. Making of lion heads/ lion design
4. Image and packaging/ performance
5. Tradition/ development

Speakers: Tsuda Yukinobu (TS Business Division of SONY Corporation), Joe Chan (Artist), Joe Kwan (Graphic Designer/ Co-founder of Anicom Watches), Kallen Yan (Graphic and Visual Artist), Michael Leung & Xavier Tsang (Moon Laboratory)
Organiser: SONY Corporation
Introduce the new interpretation of Life Style User Experience through SONY - Visual and Audio products. SONY established the new product line named "Life Space UX" series. They collaborate with 4 selective Hong Kong local creators to explore the Hong Kong modern life style through each creator's design approach. Each creator produces a new tailor-made prototype to respond to the question on how to demonstrate the Hong Kong new cultural lifestyle with the evocative user experience.

Speakers: John Wu (Founder of MODERNISM) & James Chan (Founder of SEEAHOLE)
Organiser: SEEAHOLE
The dialogue will show cover sleeves of vinyl records chosen by John Wu and James Chan, carefully curated to reveal different period of art and design influenced by respectable and legendary designers and studios. The collection demonstrates how graphic design and music inspire each other creatively and coherently in a chaotic yet harmonised gesture. The speakers will focus on three international independent record labels which are known for their greatness of graphic design and interesting usage of typography.

Speaker: Chi-yung Wong (Artist-Curator) & Keith Lam (New Media Artist)
Organiser: deTour
Creative processes often include crossing boundaries of all kinds. New media artist Keith Lam will share how he crosses the line of visibility through the process of transcoding, so that audience can perceive something invisible in an artwork in a visible way. Artist-curator Chi-yung Wong, who often works with the art of light, will talk about his transdisciplinary projects between arts and sciences through exchanges with neuroscientists and psychiatrists on anxiety, introspection and mindfulness.

Speaker: Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui (Founding Director & Bean Buro), Lorène Faure (Founding Director of Bean Buro), JJ Acuna (Creative Director of JJA Bespoke Architecture), Deborah Negrash (General Manager and naked Hub)
Organiser: Design Anthology
The dialogue will be about the recent emergence of co-working spaces as a new trend in the way we're working, particularly amongst millennials and the creative community. How are people working together in shared spaces, the growth of the collaborative economy and the effects that has on young creative entrepreneurs.

Speakers: Rick Lam (Co-Founder and Director of Architecture Commons), Tsoi Wai Kuen (Co-Founder of Atelier J-AR) , Kenny Kinugasa Tsui (Co-Founder and Design Director of Bean Buro), Lorene Faure (Co-Founder and Design Director of Bean Buro), Ben Gough (Co-Founder of Bloomworks) , Edmond Wong (Founder of Edmond Wong Studio), Ida Sze (Co-Founder of Ida&Billy Architects), Billy Chan (Co-Founder of Ida&Billy Architects)
Organiser: RIBA HK Chapter
In this fast-paced event of thought-provoking talks and ideas illustrated by a variety of interesting images, six presenters/presenting team of emerging design talents will be given six minutes each to tell the audience their story in response to the theme “Harmonising Chaos” with the aid of two A1 boards. A guest of honour will provide a summing up speech before the speakers, and the audience are encouraged to interact and exchange ideas in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Speakers: Jun Rivers (Co-founder & CXO, SLEEEP), Rick Lam (Founder of Architecture Commons) and Ray Lok (Founder of Evergreen Republic)
Organiser: SLEEEP
The dialogue will be a panel discussion on the followings:
1. The history of limited space and compact living
2. PPVC: Plug-in prefab units as an integrated solution for utility and furniture
3. System scalability

Speaker: Angie Lau (Anchor of Bloomberg TV)
Organiser: CreativeMornings

Speaker: William Outcast Chan (Founder of SAY YEAH)
Organiser: SAY YEAH
What is an odd-job man? A person who makes and repairs things. And me, an outcast who makes dream and repairs death.

Speakers: Mak Siu-fung (Animator of Disposition) and Lee Kwok-wai (Animator of Resettlement Memory)
Organiser: ifva, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Disposition by Mak Siu-fung (The 20th ifva Awards - Animation Category Gold Award) follows a hunter who is after a gigantic creature and puts himself in a life-threatening situation. Lee Kwok-wai’s Resettlement Memory (The 22nd ifva Awards - Animation Category Gold Award) goes back to the 1950s when the government built seven-storey resettlement blocks for the victims of a fire that destroyed the entire cottage area.
With after-screening discussion.

Speakers: Kay Wong (Co-founder of Daydream Nation) and Toby Crispy (Upcycling Fashion Designer and LastbutnotLeast)
Organiser: deTour
After 10 years of chasing trends and flogging collections in the international fashion scene, Kay Wong, founder of Daydream Nation, would like to share on her journey of transforming from fashion designer to Green Artivist. Toby Crispy, founder of LastbutnotLeast, also believes that UPcycle will play an important role in the sustainable development of the fashion industry.

Speaker: Dr. Allen To (Manager of Ocean Sustainability WWF-HK), Dr. Apple Chui (Lecturer of CUHK) & Dr. David Baker (Assistant Professor, Swire Institute of Marine Science; Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong)
Organiser: MakerBay
Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.
Followed by an open discussion.

Speaker: Eda Hung (Operations Manager of MakerBay)
Organiser: MakerBay
Under the Dome is a 2015 self-financed, Chinese documentary film by Chai Jing, a former China Central Television journalist, concerning air pollution in China.
With discussion after screening.

Speakers: Wong Fei-pang (Director of The Tail Before) and Chan Tze-woon (Director of Being Rain: Representation and Will)
Organiser: ifva, Hong Kong Arts Centre
The Tail Before (dir. Wong Fei-pang, The 22nd ifva Awards - Open Category Jury Recommendation) follows a daughter who feels anxious and hesitant about the fate of her mother, a dementia patient. In Being Rain: Representation and Will (dir. Chan Tze-woon, The 21st ifva Awards - Open Category Finalist), a group of documentary filmmakers suspect a secret organisation has been controlling the weather to discourage citizens in participating in large-scale demonstrations. With after-screening discussion.

Speaker: Kenny Li (Founder of FAVEbyKennyLi) and Yeung Chin (Founder of Yeung Chin)
Organiser: deTour
“Ugliness” and “beauty” are without absolute standards, for different people have different evaluations. But ugliness has often become the foil to beauty in our lives. Does that mean the ugly lacks aesthetic significance? Designers want to modify fashion base on the person’s form, character, identity, etc., so that everyone can have a unique style, showing more personality. Let us explore the possibility of re-defining “beauty” and “ugliness” through different design innovation.

Speaker: Cesar Jung-Harada (Director of Makerbay)
Organiser: MakerBay
What is Creativity? Are you Creative?
These are the two questions the film explores through a group of students and six individuals - a psychologist, a designer, a startup entrepreneur, an activist, an inventor and a yoga teacher.
The 25-minute film launches into a whirl through numerous ideas on creativity from how our mind works, to our obsessions and fears. It then explores the possibilities of what we can do to rediscover the creativity within ourselves. Followed by an open discussion lead by Cesar Jung-Harada.

Organiser: The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macao
Italy is the partner country of this year’s Business of Design Week.The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong & Macao is proud to present the Christmas edition of the renowned Italian Market, a wonderful opportunity to experience a truly Italian Christmas atmosphere. This year, the second edition of Italian Market features 15 Christmas themed booths where visitors can find exquisite delicacies, Italian treats, fine wines and more!