LAUNCHING THE “CREATIVE HANOI ” CONTEST IN 2022
On 22/8, Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports cooperated with the University of Industrial Fine Arts to organize the contest “Creative Hanoi”. In addition to finding unique ideas in creating spaces and designing innovative products for Hanoi on the basis of exploiting the advantages of modern industry, the contest aims to develop human resources for the field of design, concretizing commitments to UNESCO when participating in the Creative City network.
According to Director of Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, Do Dinh Hong: The contest is organized to connect students with units, businesses, organizations and individuals needing the human resources on designing in society; providing a bird’s eye view from the perspective of many professionals in the space design and public art industry; guiding the development path for students.
This is also an opportunity for professionals, businesses and organizations to exchange directly to understand more about the application work as well as have connections in work with the young design team. On the other hand, finding new values in creative spaces, designs and products will create a driving force to develop the creative economy and connect the past, the future for contributing to the realization of Hanoi’s vision to be the creative center of Southeast Asia and the intellectual and creative destinations in the world.
Appreciating the significance of the contest, Principal of The University of Industrial Fine Arts, Pham Hung Cuong said: “Since Hanoi joined the Creative Cities Network in 2019, the University of Industrial Fine Arts has oriented, suggested and encouraged students to do creative topics about Hanoi. Up to now, the launching ceremony of the contest and the cooperation between the 2 units open up new and wider opportunities for students”.
“With the university’s active orientation and the companionship of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, students’ design products will be selected and displayed in public art spaces of Hanoi for bringing the products closer to the public; craft villages and businesses have the opportunity to choose students’ products to apply in practice”- Mr. Pham Hung Cuong shared.
As Chairman of Hanoi Association of Handicraft Fine Arts and Craft Villages, Ms. Ha Thi Vinh said: “In fact, most handicraft villages are lacking a modern model designer who has a vision and accurate predictions of tastes and patterns. We always want to coordinate with the university to help students coordinate with artisans and craft villages to materialize the ideas”.
The contest runs from August 2022 to November 2023. In phase 1, winning works of the contest will be displayed at Hanoi Creative Week 2022 in November 2022, in which some outstanding works will be supported to be put into practice.
Also on this occasion, the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports and the University of Industrial Fine Arts held a signing ceremony of the cooperation program to promote events in the field of creative design and development of cultural industries in the Capital.