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香港旗舰设计项目BODW In the City 2025: CurioCity HK由香港设计中心主办，旨在展示设计人才，促进设计与商业之间的跨文化合作，并扩大香港设计营商周会议以外不同地区的影响力，连结全球设计专才与香港各地的企业及设计单位。

由PMQ元创方主办，文创产业发展处资助的deTour 设计节是香港大型年度设计盛事。今年，deTour 2025 设计节于11月28日至12月7日举行。策展人陈濬人以“想望之器”为主题，邀请设计师及创作者从“设计三问”探索设计的意涵：设计回应了什么问题？其背后所追求的长远愿景是什么？又是什么核心价值驱动创作？

The 2025 Leadership Forum on Beyond Interdisciplinarity is a concurrent event within the programme of Business of Design Week (BODW), a flagship event organised annually by the Hong Kong Design Centre and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design (PolyU Design). This year, the Leadership Forum is scheduled for 1 December 2025 as a hybrid event. Traditionally, the Forum brings together industry professionals and academic leaders to share their perspectives and insights.

Maison&Objet, the world's leading brand for international design, interior decoration and lifestyle, is set to return to Hong Kong with an expanded event, reinventing the existing model of the professional exhibition: Maison&Objet Intérieurs Hong Kong 2025.

How can cities evolve to become truly responsive and adaptive to the needs of their people? In this keynote, Carlo Ratti will discuss how emerging technologies are transforming traditional urban infrastructure into adaptive, responsive, and interactive systems that fundamentally change how cities function and serve their inhabitants.

IDENTITY: ACPV ARCHITECTS’ distinctive practice, delivering a high volume of work globally across urban design, residential, workplace, and hospitality—rooted in the “Milanese School”, in authenticity and cultural sensitivity. 

When curiosity drives us to rethink how we live, work and connect, we can discover new possibilities for shaping our world. 

Michele De Lucchi reveals how architecture is a living equation where humanity is the essential, curiously human variable. His keynote explores architecture’s transformative power to inspire collective imagination, shaping adaptable, sustainable environments that respond to rapid social and environmental changes.

Venues have the power to do more than host events — they can become enduring landmarks that shape cities, celebrate culture, and foster community. 

Italian architecture embodies the interplay between curiosity, freedom, and civil rights. From Renaissance piazzas designed for public gatherings to modern social housing projects, architects have explored how spaces can foster democratic participation.

Curiosity drives these master architects to dissolve boundaries between inside and outside, form and void, tradition and innovation. Their visionary approaches create poetic spaces that redefine the future of architecture and urban design.

Head of Design at Lamborghini Centro Stile, Mitja Borkert, opens the Mobility Revolution pillar by showing how curiosity—together with the brand’s ethos of Brave, Unexpected, and Authentic — powers Lamborghini’s creative and innovation culture.

A Business to All exchange and inspiring platform gathering global design and innovation elites, trend-setting brands, associations and institutes to promote state-of-the-art innovation and ideas via an array of interactive exhibits.

When curiosity is free to flow, disruptive innovation finds its way beyond structured processes.

Curiosity has always been the invisible engine of human progress — the force that pushes us to question, explore, and reinvent.

As mobility transforms, how do we preserve the soul of Italian automotive excellence? Passion and curiosity remain the spark while design, engineering, and technology converge to craft new experiences. Through cross-disciplinary innovation, Italy’s automotive leaders are reimagining performance, beauty, and emotion for the future—ensuring the distinctive character and craft of Italian marques not only endure but continue to inspire. 

Mainland China’s EV leaders are reshaping mobility through rapid innovation, bold design, and integrated ecosystems. This session explores how they scale smart manufacturing, master software-defined vehicles, build global supply chains, and compete on user experience.

In design, curiosity is nothing without bravery and bravery is borned in a nurturing environment. A designer must have the courage to take leaps of faith and trust that their curiosity will lead them to new and innovative solutions.

Curiosity is a starting point and one of the key drivers of my work. Alongside passion, risk-taking and a deep understanding of the market, it shapes true innovation.

The prestigious DFA Awards Presentation Ceremony will be held on 4 Dec 2025 (tentative), honoring exceptional design achievements.

Jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, BIP Asia brings together IP professionals and business leaders from all over the world to discuss the latest developments in the IP world, and to explore business collaboration opportunities.

Rooted in Brianza’s tradition of craftsmanship, Minotti blends sartorial precision with innovation, balancing heritage and global vision.

Dr. Villari traces VILLARI’s journey from artisan workshop to global brand, opening with a short film on the house’s heritage and porcelain’s evolution.

This session explores how curiosity fuels Molteni&C’s unique approach to design and business. From rediscovering and reinventing Italian heritage to collaborating with world-renowned architects, curiosity drives innovation and timeless craftsmanship. We’ll examine how this mindset shapes product development, sustainability efforts, global expansion, allowing Molteni&C to create bespoke solutions across retail and contract markets worldwide.

Me as a bridge connecting past and present, east and west, ideal and reality; Why updating? The fundamental difference between east and west in creativity;

I think about empty space - the space that light fills. Is it still empty, or suddenly full? And what happens when I place glass in its way?

How does curiosity translate into tangible innovatioHow does curiosity translate into tangible innovation across furniture, industrial design, and crafted objects? This conversation brings together Susanna Minotti, Dr Barbara Villari, Min Chen, and Tereza Šváchová to explore the synergy between design, time-honoured craftsmanship, and emerging material technologies.n across furniture, industrial design, and crafted objects?

“I used to say, ‘Boredom is the mother of creativity.’ Lately, I’ve shifted the motherhood to curiosity.” — Ron Arad, BODW 2012​ 

This panel explores how heritage craft can shape the future of interior design through a conscious, collaborative approach. Cendrine de Susbielle, Creative Director of the newly formed Manufactures Nationales—uniting Mobilier National and the Cité de la Céramique – Sèvres & Limoges—will outline the institution’s vision for championing French craftsmanship and the decorative arts, with examples of partnerships across leading ateliers and designers.

Fireside Chat - Angelica Visconti & Stefania Ricci

Passion is at the heart of Buccellati, the iconic Italian jewelry maison. CEO Nicolas Luchsinger shares how curiosity fuels their creative process, blending innovative design with masterful craftsmanship.

Keynote - Tiziana Fausti

Join Nicolas Luchsinger (Buccellati), Angelica Visconti (FERRAGAMO), and Tiziana Fausti (10 Corso Como) as they explore how Italy’s legendary luxury sector balances heritage with modernity.

In this presentation, a designer with 40 years of experience will explain techniques for incorporating a brand’s desired expression into corporate typefaces without compromising legibility.

Modern luxury today is not about loud logos and more about authenticity, craft, and experiences that connect across generations, cultures and continents. 

Interior designers often define projects using various established styles, such as minimalism or Scandinavian design, or by following current trends. However, these “styles” can impose limitations, potentially restricting creativity and curiosity.

Keynote - Sara Biancaccio

Guangzhou Design Week was found in 2006 as the first design week event in China. lt has been jointly endorsed and promoted by lFl, ICSID and lCOGRADA since 2007. After 20 years’ development, Guangzhou Design Week has grown into the premier design event in Asia as well as a platform for resources integration, known for connecting designer around the world as well as value creation.

Keynote – Emma Chiu

Keynote – Matteo Battiston

AI should not stop at augmenting how we listen, speak, read, and write. While unlocking design and creativity, it must also drive two strategic vectors across industries: Industrial Intelligence and Intelligent Industrialization—delivering tangible productivity and value at scale.

Discover how Digital Domain, under the bold leadership of the Chairman, William Wong, is not just setting a new global standard for AI-driven virtual humans, but it's actively reshaping the future of human-technology relationships.

Panel Discussion – Emma Chiu, Matteo Battiston, William Wong & Will Shi

In the space of less than a decade, AI imagery has advanced to the point where realistic professional looking video can simply be generated via keywords rather than traditionally shot.

Session synopsis: The world's most compelling destinations are no longer found, but designed and curated. This panel explores how MGM is moving beyond hospitality to create memorable moments and compose the cultural identity of a world-class destination.

Museums ignite curiosity, but the Design Museum is pushing further. CEO and Director Tim Marlow charts its evolution into a dynamic hub that engages broad audiences through unexpected lenses such as sport, fashion, and film, while balancing physical and digital experiences and embracing new technology.

Keynote – Paola Antonelli

How should museums evolve when design permeates everything from AI to climate, craft to cities? Suhanya Raffel (M+), Tim Marlow (the Design Museum), and Paola Antonelli (MoMA) share how they’re turning museums into curiosity engines — commissioning, collecting, and exhibiting across disciplines while engaging new publics on- and offline. 

In this keynote, Raffaella Paniè reveals the creative vision and design strategy behind the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, exploring how curiosity, culture, and collaboration shaped the identity of one of the world’s largest and most visible events.

In this keynote, Benjamin Moser—Curator and Director of Design Prize Switzerland—explores the transformative power of design at the intersection of culture and economic change, and how this vision is shaping a new era for the prize.​

Closing Ceremony