Organisation 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.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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G Bruyns
- School of Design - Associate Professor
- PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research - Member of RISUD, RCMI
Person: Academic
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Marc Nicolas Chataigner
- School of Design - Assistant Professor of Practice
Person: Teaching / Clinical
Research output
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Tranquillity amidst the bustle: Positive solitude and public open space design in high-density urban contexts
Bi, X., Fang, Y., Villani, C., Jian, I. Y., Leung, K. Y. & Siu, K. W. M. (Corresponding Author), Jan 2026, In: Urban Studies. 63, 1, p. 59-75 17 p.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
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Urban Artisanal Food Design for Regeneration and Resilience in Johannesburg, South Africa
Campbell, A. D., 1 Jan 2026, The Transformative Nature of Food: Adaptation, Connectivity and Identity. Daou, D. & Sarantou, M. (eds.). Routledge, p. 199-213 15 p.Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Chapter in an edited book (as author) › Academic research › peer-review
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3DCMM: 3D Comprehensive Morphable Models With UV-UNet for Accurate Head Creation
Zhang, J., Zhou, K., Luximon, Y., Lee, T. Y. & Li, P., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 27, p. 1887-1900 14 p.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
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Prizes
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16th China National Invention Exhibition Silver Award Lucid Platform by MERECL, School of Design
Yu, G. T. (Recipient) & YIP , M. (Recipient), Oct 2006
Prize: Prize (research)
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1st place in Animation of the month category of our September Edition, 2019
Cheung, W. Y. S. (Recipient), 1 Sept 2019
Prize: Other distinction › Other distinction (research)
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1st Runner-up Award of the AIA Capstone Award 2024/2025
Fong, C. T. (Recipient), Hui, W. L. (Recipient) & Wang, H. (Supervisor), May 2025
Prize: Prize (teaching & learning)
Activities
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The Design Society (External organisation)
Tufail, M. (Member)
Aug 2026Activity: Office holder / membership of professional bodies › Office holder / member of network
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The 24th annual ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference (IDC 2025)
Yu, J. (Programme Chair)
23 Jun 2025 → 26 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organizer / committee member
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Design Studies (Journal)
Yu, J. (Reviewer)
8 Feb 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Review of books, other publications, or software
Press/Media
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Designing for Discovery: A Journey through space and emotion
12/06/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Student theses
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Adventurous Homemaking: Exploring collaborations toward agroecological probabilities
Wernli, M. (Author), 4 Mar 2020Student thesis: PhD
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A Framework of Culture-based Innovation for the Protection and Development of Intangible Cultural Heritages for Design with Focus on Yanchuan Patchwork
Xue, B. (Author), de Bont, C. J. P. M. (Chief supervisor) & Wei, H. (Co-supervisor), Feb 2019Student thesis: PhD
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An Appropriate Technology System for Emergent Beekeepers: Field Testing and Development Towards Implementation
Brown, I. L. (Author) & Campbell, A. D. (Author), Campbell, A. D. (Chief supervisor) & Malan, N. (Co-supervisor), 2017Student thesis: MPhil