deTour 2024

Hong Kong’s annual design festival deTour returns to PMQ to showcase creative works from local and international creative communities. This year’s theme highlights the underlying connections between design and inner strength, inspired by Erich Fromm’s book To Have or To Be, in which he argues that true value lies in what we are and not, as society would have us believe, what we own.

Throughout PMQ, there will be 17 installations that prompt visitors to think about how design has affected our lives and environments. deTour has also collaborated with Seoul-based Kimchi and Chips to create large-scale immersive installations that blur reality and illusion – take the time to examine Reworld Type 2, which constructs images by remixing fragments from our surroundings and cityscape.

Look out also for the interactive scale by Wich Chau and Match Chen, which speaks to achieving balance and equilibrium in life; 3D-printed vessels and soilless foam which supports various plant growths in Air-Scape; a look at post-modern feng shui by Yoojin Chung, and much more.

Apart from the installations and exhibitions, there will also be a series of talks and workshops, so if you’ve ever wanted to dabble in coffee ground sculpture or learn about the connection between design and psychology, then here’s your chance. 

Entry to deTour 2024 is free. See more details about the programme on the official website.