OPEN CALL:Design Trust/RCA Fellowship in Design Curation & Design Trust Grants

20210730_DT_RCA2022_GrantOct_eFluxDesign Trust/RCA Fellowship in Design Curation 2022

Design Trust/RCA Fellowship in Design Curation 2022 is inviting interested applicants with a focus on the theme “Hyperlocal”. Two fellows will be selected and awarded six-month fellowship opportunities for research, learning and engagement at the Royal College of Art based in London, extensively supported by the Design Trust. The deadline for applications is Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 12pm GMT. Apply now!

Based at the Royal College of Art in London, the Fellows will undertake advanced research into curatorial practice in relation to contemporary design and recent design history. Areas of focus might include: strategies for exhibition-making, display, interpretation and collections; design archives; design curating in the public sphere; design theory and method as curatorial practice; curating emergent technologies; and history and current practice in design curating. For more details, please visit here. Fellowship application deadline: September 23, 12pm

Design Trust Seed and Feature Grants
Design Trust offers grants to individual designers, curators, collectives and non-profit organisations for projects and activities focusing on the context and content relevant to Hong Kong and the region and the Greater Bay Area. These projects include but are not limited to: talks, exhibitions, residencies, research projects and creative installations. For more details, please visit here. Grants application deadline: October 20.

About Design Trust
Design Trust was established in 2014 by Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design, a registered charity in Hong Kong since 2007, as a grant funding and community platform. Design Trust supports creative projects that develop expertise, build research initiatives and content related to Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. Working across a multiplicity of design disciplines from graphics, media, architecture to the built environment, Design Trust aims to actively accelerate creative research, design and development of meaningful projects that advocate for the positive role of design.