ABOUT
ABOUT HKSDA
Hong Kong Smart Design Awards (HKSDA), organized by the Hong Kong Exporters’ Association, aims to motivate and inspire local giftware manufacturers and exporters to transform and modify their business strategy to achieve the final goal of “Design x Strategy x Technology = Smart Business”.
It also aims at inspiring and nurturing creative individuals, new talents and up-and-coming designers to take up the necessary skillsets and business concepts in order to enhance their competitiveness in the market.
Organizer
Our Background
Formerly known as Hong Kong Smart Gifts Design Awards (HKSGDA), the Awards run the first edition in 2012 with the support from CreateSmart Initiative (CSI), a government funding under “CreateHK”. It has been gradually grown and becoming recognized by international gift companies of the good product design and marketing of the gift industry in Hong Kong. In order to develop the Awards and expand the beneficiaries from giftware industry to other product industries in the long run, the Awards has renamed to the “Hong Kong Smart Design Awards” (HKSDA) in the 2017 edition. Besides the Gifts category, Home and Houseware category is added in 2017.
More than a product competition to recognize creativity and smart design, The Awards also serves as a platform for designers and corporate to develop their businesses and networks. Same as previous edition, awarded products will be showcased at local and oversea roving exhibition including HK Houseware Fair (newly added), HK Gifts and Premium Fair, major HK shopping mall, GIFTEX in Tokyo, Japan, and Ambiente in Frankfurt, Germany etc.
27 Jan 17 (Fri)
Activities
Dates
Schedule & News
Early Bird Registration Deadline
24 Nov 16 (Thu)
Awards Registration Deadline
Result Announcement
10 - 14 Feb 17 (Fri - Tue)
28 Feb 17 (Tue)
2016 Awarded Products Exhibition
@ Ambiente Frankfurt 2017
Late Apr- Jul 17
Awarded Products Roving Exhibitions
Mid-Apr 17
Kick-off Seminar