CityProg 2023 Hong Kong Design Festival Communicating Circularity • Celebrating Local Game Changers

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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 21 November 2023 – BODW City Programme (CityProg) is the ‘beyond the main stage’ Hong Kong design festival of Business of Design Week (BODW) Summit organised by Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC), with Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Lead Sponsor. The sixth edition of CityProg takes the theme ‘Game Changers‘, focusing on ‘Communicating Circularity‘ and ‘Celebrating Local Game Changers‘ and paving the way for a sustainable future in three directions ‘Design and City‘, ‘Design and Business‘, and ‘Design and Lifestyle‘. The 2023 edition of CityProg sparks over 100 design-related events in November and December, peaking from 23 November to 17 December.

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About BODW City Programme (CityProg) (https://www.bodwcityprog.com/)

BODW City Programme (CityProg) is the ‘beyond the main stage’ Hong Kong design festival of Business of Design Week (BODW) Summit, initiated in 2018 by Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC). Each year, CityProg partners with over 100 creative partners to spark over 100 design events in November and December, nurturing a thriving creative ecosystem in Hong Kong and making the city a better place.

CityProg 2023 takes the theme ‘Game Changers’, focusing on ‘Communicating Circularity’ and ‘Celebrating Local Game Changers’ and paving the way for a sustainable future in three directions ‘Design and City’, ‘Design and Business’, and ‘Design and Lifestyle’, with events peaking from 23 November to 17 December.

Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR) is the Lead Sponsor of CityProg.

About Hong Kong Design Centre (www.hkdesigncentre.org)

A non-governmental organisation registered in 2001 and established in 2002, Hong Kong Design Centre is a strategic partner of the Hong Kong SAR Government in advancing Hong Kong as an international centre of design excellence in Asia.

Our public mission is to promote wider and strategic use of design and design thinking to create business value and improve societal well-being.

About Create Hong Kong (www.createhk.gov.hk)

Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) is a dedicated office set up by the Hong Kong SAR Government in June 2009 to spearhead the development of creative industries in Hong Kong. From 1 July 2022 onwards, it is under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. Its strategic foci are nurturing talent and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, promoting cross-sectoral and cross-genre collaboration, and promoting Hong Kong as Asia’s creative capital and fostering a creative atmosphere in the community.

CreateHK sponsors HKDC to organise Business of Design Week (BODW), BODW City Programme (CityProg), DFA Awards, Knowledge of Design Week (KODW), Fashion Asia Hong Kong, Design Incubation Programme and Fashion Incubation Programme and other projects to promote Hong Kong design.