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DESIGN TRUST GRANTS SPOTLIGHT: “Technology as Co

DESIGN TRUST GRANTS SPOTLIGHT: “Technology as Co $DESIGN TRUST GRANTS SPOTLIGHT: “Technology as Community” #DesignTrustSeedGrant projects “Foreseen Property Agency” by Wing Shan Wong and Kachi Chan, and “Urban Fractals” by Haotian Zhang showcase innovative ways of preserving and documenting local heritage stories in the community through integrating digital technology. Wing Shan Wong and Kachi Chan’s “Foreseen Property Agency” in 2023 was an immersive experience, presenting 3D scan documentation and creative interpretation of existing traditional shops in Hong Kong, as well as speculation on how urban heritage could be preserved in a collective manner. Their ongoing research project “Trading Places: Archive of Diasporic Entrepreneurship in Hong Kong” further supported by Design Trust, delves into the stories of disappearing traditional local business and focuses on Southeast Asian communities utilising innovative image-to-3D AI tools. The project offers a unique blend of oral histories and AI-generated artefacts, tracing the migrants ancestral journeys and uncovering the narratives of family history and diaspora. Haotian Zhang’s project “Urban Fractals: A Point Cloud Documentary of Hong Kong Living Spaces” uses 3D scanning and photogrammetry to study, document and visualise Hong Kong’s living spaces across different scales, and narrates them into a point cloud film, presenting a reimagined virtual city that is nostalgic yet unseen, shown at the 2022 Shenzhen/Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). Design Trust is now calling for Seed & Feature Grant applications. The theme “Technology as Community” encourages projects that mobilise data-driven insights and immersive media tools to further advocate the positive role of design for the community, welcoming international partnership and collaborations. Share with us your ideas and proposals by April 20th 2026. Visit our website for more information.$

Design Trust 2026 annual Seed & Feature Grants app