Hong Kong Design Swarm
We are very happy to offer a Design Swarm Workshop for the first time in Hong Kong in collaboration with "In Bed With Designers."
What will I learn in this Design Swarm Workshop?
Come to this workshop to learn how the best startups combine Design Thinking and Hacking to create breakthrough innovations. Design Swarming is a new technique that gaining popularity in business and social design particularly in among startups. It combines the power of design thinking and the nimbleness of hacking into an agile problem-solving technique that produces disruptive results. Rather than spending weeks on writing a business plan, specifications and design cycle, a Design Swarm team moves quickly though the envisioning, experimenting and validating cycle to arrive at a Validated Design Concept in a single morning.
What exactly takes place during the Design Swarm Workshop?
Participants are first matched to work together in small teams. The Swarm Leader assigns a challenge and leads the team in a process series of high velocity sprints. The team goes from knowing little about a problem area to creating a tangible creative solution. Design Swarms have a highly structured process that harnesses the unique strengths of individuals and the collective genius of the team. A key part of the process is adopting principles of swarming, and using the Design Swarm Canvas and Toolkit. A Design Swarm is a fun, high energy experience to solve a complex and urgent problem in very short time, and also a boot camp to learn cutting edge twenty-first century design techniques. Participants in Design Swarm also learn how to pitch and convince others to support or fund a disruptive idea.
What problem will I work on?
Design Swarm is a competition, so the problem itself will be revealed at the start of the workshop. The challenge that you will be assigned with be related to a pressing and urgent problem in Hong Kong. No previous knowledge is required. The team with the most disruptive solution will win a prize.
Can you tell me about previous Design Swarm Workshops?
More than 600 people have attended Design Swarm workshops in Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America. We are proud to offer this workshop for the first time in Hong Kong in collaboration with "In Bed With Designers", a event curated by buyMeDesign, which connects emerging visionary designers with passionate design lovers, the media, industry professionals, and buyers in a relaxed and multi-sensory business and networking environment.
Do I need to be a designer to participate?
No previous design experience or hackathon experience is required to participate in a Design Swarm. Previous participants have been architects, brand strategists, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, graphic artists, industrial designers, marketing executives, sociologists, software programmers, students, teachers, UX designers, and web developers. No pre-work is required, and all swarm teams receive a Design Swarm Canvas & Toolkit. Every participant receives a certificate that they have been through a swarm experience and become members of the Global Design Swarm community.
How long is the Design Swarm Workshop?
Please arrive no later than 9:30 AM for team matching and assignment. The workshop begins at 10 AM on Sunday December 6th and will end at 1 PM. No late entries can be allowed. Bringing a laptop is highly recommended, but not required.
Where will the Design Swarm Workshop be held?
The workshop will be held at Ovolo Southside, 64 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong. Come to the at the Above bar -- it is on the top floor with an amazing view!
If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch at: suryavanka@authentic.design