1. Museum as a method…

2. …to explore indigenous creativity,
visual culture and public culture,
and to encourage articulation and
participation …

9. … towards Social Curating

10. Project: In Search of Marginalized
Wisdom – Craftspeople in Sham Shui Po
From Social innovation to social enterprise
(2007-)

11. Background
• The city as interwoven clusters of
social resources
• Drain of local knowledge due to lack
of documentation & urban re-
development
• Articulation of local lifestyle and
indigenous creativity as building
block for social development

12. Phase #1:
Research >>> Exhibition
Phase #2:
Craftsman-Designer Collaboration
Phase #3:
Towards a social enterprise

13. Phase #1:
Research >>>
Exhibition
www.hkcmp.org/craftsman_book.pdf

14. Craftspeople research

15. Craftspeople research

16. Craftspeople research

17. Craftspeople research

18. Focus: Materials & Components

19. Focus: Tools

20. Focus: Process (wooden cart)

21. Focus: Space

22. Focus: Community Network

23. Exhibition: Setting

24. Exhibition: Setting

25. Guided tours

26. Guided tours

27. What have we learnt from the research?
How does the traditional production fit
into contemporary design?

28. Observation: recycle system (wooden cart)

29. Observation: versatility of technique (metal work)

30. Observation: versatility of technique (metal work)

31. Observation: space and production transform
(rattan furniture)

32. Observation: space and production transform
(rattan furniture)

33. Observation: modular production (rattan couch)

34. Observation: participatory consumption >>
community network (beading)

35. Observation: participatory consumption >>
community network (bead weaving)

36. Observation: possibility of cross-sector
collaboration (seamstresses/NGO/designers)

37. Observation: possibility of cross-sector
collaboration (seamstresses/NGO/designers)

38. Phase #2:
Craftsman-Designer Collaboration
Principles of collaboration:
• Traditional technique >>> new &
contemporary applications
• Minimum modification to existing work
process
• Sharing credits and rights among
craftspeople and designers

39. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Yau Kee X Brian Lee

40. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Yau Kee X Brian Lee

41. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Yau Kee X Brian Lee

42. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Yau Kee X Brian Lee

43. Craftsman-designer collaboration
collaboration:
Yau Kee X Brian Lee

44. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Yau Kee X Brian Lee

46. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Yau Kee X Paul Chu

47. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Yau Kee X Paul Chu

48. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Ho Chung Kee X Benny Lau

49. Works from R&D workshops

50. Works from R&D workshops

51. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Ho Chung Kee X Albert Tsang

52. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Victory Metal Work X Tony Lim

53. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
ADPL Social Service Centre Sewing Co-op X
Hung Hing Ho X Cheung Lik

54. Craftsman-designer collaboration:
Tat Shing Rattan Furniture X Chong Wai-yung

55. Phase #3: Towards a social enterprise
Craftsman X Designer X NGO collaborative
production:
•Based on knowledge exchange and creativity
•New design based on existing production
(craftsmanship/NGO) at a community level
•Commercially viable / competitive products
•To share credits and income among
contributors
•Production model that envelops education

56. 家縫

57. 家縫

58. 救世軍

59. 織職同盟

60. YMCA

61. Designer X NGO workshop

62. Designer X NGO workshop

63. Designer X NGO workshop

64. Designer X NGO workshop

65. Designer X NGO workshop

66. Designer X NGO workshop

67. Designer X NGO workshop

68. Designer X NGO workshop

69. Designer X NGO production

70. Designer X NGO production

71. Designer X NGO production

72. Designer X NGO production

73. Designer X NGO production

74. Designer X NGO production

75. Youth education workshop

76. Youth education workshop

77. Youth education workshop

78. Youth education workshop

79. Youth education workshop

80. Project: Experiments in Upcycling
Design (2010-)

85. Five-way partnership
Production Cultural partners:
artists/designers,
academics, researchers
Community Education
partners: partners:
local industries / institutes,
craftspeople, students,
NGOs, residents apprentice
Support
Government partners: Business partners:
policy bureau, district industrial material
council donors, business
strategies, retailing

86. Social Curatoring
• Mapping social resources / local
knowledge and skateholders
• Mix n’ match social resources >>>
encouraging cross-disciplinary
collaboration & knowledge exchange
>>> towards co-ownership >>> create
new social relationship
• Need-based community building >>>
asset-based community building