Introduction

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       An Introduction to the Awards 

       香港工商業獎

    

Championed by the Government, the HKAI was launched in 2005 by merging the former Hong Kong Awards for Industry and Hong Kong Awards for Services, established in 1989 and 1997 respectively.

香港工商業獎在政府全力支持下於二零零五年設立，由一九八九年設立的香港工業獎及一九九七年設立的香港服務業獎合併而成。 

 

Objective
目的

The HKAI aims to recognise the outstanding performance and achievements of Hong Kong enterprises in enhancing their competitiveness in various aspects.

香港工商業獎旨在嘉許香港企業在提高企業競爭力的多個範疇的傑出表現和成就。

Hong Kong Awards for Industries (HKAI) - Consumer Product Design

The Design Council of Hong Kong organises the Hong Kong Awards for Industries: Consumer Product Design Award.  The competition is recognised as the most prestigious product design competition in Hong Kong.  A Grand Award is presented as the most outstanding entry

Organiser

Federation of Hong Kong Industries

Objective

To promote and recognise the importance of product design in Hong Kong, and to encourage local entrepreneurs to improve the design, research and development of their products.

Eligibility

Eligible entries should be consumer products or consumer-related products (i.e. consumer products designed for personal life and use (e.g. home, lifestyle, leisure, health, sports, etc.); other products not for personal life and use (e.g. technician equipment / tools, highway lighting, electronic display for exhibitions, etc.) will not be accepted). Design firms, trading companies or agents can enter the Competition with the prior written permission of the owner(s) of the relevant intellectual property rights of and relating to the above products, and such written permission should be submitted with the entry form.

Products submitted must be newly designed and in production, and preferably have not been on the market for more than 2 years.

Entries will not be accepted if it is submitted in the name of an individual instead of a company or an organisation. Besides, an entrant must possess a valid Hong Kong Business Registration Certificate.

The Competition is not open to departments / agencies of the HKSAR Government. The restriction however does not cover publicly-funded or non-governmental statutory institutions (like universities).

(The Organiser reserves the right to make, in its sole and absolute discretion (without assigning reason(s) thereto relating), the final decision on the eligibility of entrants and/or products.)

Product Nature

Most of the consumer products or consumer-related products are basically eligible to enter the Competition (i.e. consumer products designed for personal life and use, e.g. home, lifestyle, leisure, health, sports, etc.), such as:

  • Computer-related Products;
  • Electronic Products;
  • Electrical Products;
  • Toys;
  • Jewellery & Timepieces;
  • Clothing & Fashion Accessories;
  • Furniture & Household Products, etc.

Judging Criteria & Assessment

The primary criteria for assessment include:

  • Design (Esthetic /Functional)
  • Quality
  • Environmental friendliness
  • Marketability
  • Usefulness of functions
  • Innovation
  • Safety

The above judging criteria are for reference only and do not follow the order of importance. Other criteria such as price, market share, user-friendliness, contribution to society etc. will also be considered where appropriate.

For further details regarding Hong Kong Awards for Industries, please visit: http://www.hkindustryaward.org/

香港工商業獎:消費產品設計獎

香港設計委員會舉行“香港工商業獎 : 消費產品設計”比賽。比賽公認為香港最高水平的設計獎項。為彰顯獎項的殊榮，大會只會頒發一個大獎予最出色的產品設計作品。

主辦機構

香港工業總會

宗旨

促進產品設計，肯定產品設計對香港工業的重要性，以及鼓勵本港企業家提高產品設計水平及促進產品研究與發展。

參賽資格

參賽的消費產品或與消費者有關的產品(即設計的消費產品是用於個人生活及用途（例如家居、品味、休閒、健康、體育等），其他產品不是用於個人生活及用途（例如技術員儀器 / 工具、路燈、展覽用電子屏幕等）不會接受申請)。設計公司、貿易公司或代理商如得到上述產品相關知識產權擁有人的事前書面同意並與參賽報名表同時提交，均可代表參加該比賽。

提交之產品必須是近年的新設計及已生產，最好面世不超過兩年。

所有參賽報名必須以公司或機構名義參加。以私人名義參加者，恕不接受。另外，參賽者必須擁有有效香港商業登記證。

香港特區政府部門 / 機構不可參加香港工商業獎。資助機構或非政府部門法定機構（例如大學）則不在此限。

（主辦機構保留按其全權絕對酌情權 (而無需指明相關原因) 對參賽者及/或產品之參賽資格的最後決定權。）

產品性質

大部份消費產品或與消費者有關的產品基本上均可參賽（即設計的消費產品是用於個人用途及生活，例如家居、品味、休閒、健康、體育等），例如：

  • 電腦有關產品；
  • 電子產品；
  • 電器產品；
  • 玩具；
  • 首飾鐘錶；
  • 服裝及服裝配襯品；
  • 傢俬及家居用品等等。

評審準則及甄選

主要評審準則包括：

  • 設計（外觀 / 功能）
  • 品質
  • 環保
  • 市場銷售性
  • 功能之實際用途
  • 創新性
  • 安全性

以上評審準則僅供參考，次序並非按重要性排列。其他評審準則，例如價格、市場佔有率、使用方便程度、社會貢獻等等，如適用時，亦被考慮。

如欲進一步查詢香港工商業獎，請瀏覽www.hkindustryaward.org/tc/index.html .