Research output per year
Research output per year
Organization profile
Organisation profile
PolyU Design has been an important hub of design education and research for Hong Kong since 1964. The School thrives on its geographical position in bridging the East and the West, allowing its students to develop their design strengths with a uniquely international cultural awareness at both professional and social levels.
Rankings
PolyU Design has been consistently ranked as one of the top design schools ('The Best Design Schools in the World') in the world by BusinessWeek magazine since 2006.
In 2009, BusinessWeek rated our Master of Design (Design Strategies) programmes one of the World's 30 Best Design Thinking Programmes.
In 2013, PolyU Design became the only School from Asia on Business Insider's World's Best 25 Design School list.
It was listed as one of the Top 10 Best Industrial Design Schools in the World in 2015 and one of the Special Mentioned Graphic Design Schools in the World by Design Schools Hub in 2016.
Since 2015, the School has been ranked one of the top in the globe on the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings® by Subject - Art and Design. Currently it is one of the top in Asia and the 16th in the world. Read reports of 2017, 2018 and 2019 for details.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
Research output
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Compactness as a Condition, Compaction as an Ambition—Potentials and Pitfalls of an Interdisciplinary Global Debate on the Compact City
Endemann, H., Bruyns, G. & Buehring, J., 2023, Urban and Transit Planning - City Planning: Urbanization and Circular Development. Alberti, F., Gallo, P., Matamanda, A. R., He, B-J., Galderisi, A. & Smol, M. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 121-131 11 p. (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review
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Examining Gender-oriented Design Features in Computational Toys and Kits for Young Children
Cen, J., Xu, T. & Yu, J., 19 Apr 2023, CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Hamburg Germany: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1-19 19 p. 303Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review
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Family Negotiation in Joint Media Engagement with Creative Computing
Yu, J., Widman, S. & Roque, R., 19 Apr 2023, CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Hamburg Germany: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1-15 15 p. 92Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review
Prizes
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16th China National Invention Exhibition Silver Award Lucid Platform by MERECL, School of Design
Yu, Gino Tu (Recipient) & YIP , MILO (Recipient), Oct 2006
Prize: Prize (research)
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1st place in Animation of the month category of our September Edition, 2019
Cheung, Wing Yee Step (Recipient), 1 Sep 2019
Prize: Other distinction › Other distinction (research)
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2010 AIJU International Toy Design Competition 1st Prize
Leclerc, Remi (Recipient), SCOLARI, JEAN CHRISTOPHE (Recipient), WU , KA LAI ALI (Recipient), XU , DANQING MILES (Recipient) & LAUGHTON, SCOT GEOFFREY (Recipient), Jun 2011
Prize: Prize (research)
Activities
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IEEE International Conference VIrtual Reality
Been-Lirn Duh (Panel Chair)
25 Mar 2023 → 29 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organizer / committee member
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Journal of Innovation Management (Journal)
Joern Henning Buehring (Editor), Mika Aaltonen (Associate editor) & Lucy Kimbell (Associate editor)
2023 → 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work for journals
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Distinguished Scholar
Joern Henning Buehring (Participant)
1 Jan 2023 → …Activity: Other activity types › Academicians
Press/Media
Student theses
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Adventurous Homemaking: Exploring collaborations toward agroecological probabilities
Author: Wernli, M., 4 Mar 2020Student thesis: PhD
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An analytical study of motivation for creative workers in China's creative industries
Author: Chan, Y. K., 2019Supervisor: Ma, C. F. H. (Chief supervisor) & Ng, M. Y. S. (Co-supervisor)
Student thesis: PhD
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An exploration on the roles of design to create shared value as an integrative social and business innovation process
Author: Kyulee, K., 2020Supervisor: Liu, X. (Chief supervisor), de Bont, C. J. P. M. (Co-supervisor) & Gutierrez, L. (Co-supervisor)
Student thesis: PhD