AUTOGRAPHS FROM ACADEMIA




The synchronicity of Hong Kong continues to amaze...I recently had the honor of meeting Prof. John Heskett, acclaimed design historian and author. His comprehensive book "Industrial Design" served as my first introduction to ID back in 1998, when Yale taught its first course in Industrial Design. We recently met at a dinner party hosted by Lorraine Justice, the Head of Design here at the Poly. His conversation was even more fascinating than his text, a distinguished British accent flavoring his commentaries on Hong Kong civility, world politics, and the future of design. Despite the distance of 5 years and thousands of miles, I suddenly felt I was back in the bosom of mother Yale...how things come full circle here in Hong Kong!