Centrestage 2024 时尚贸易活动 by Rachel Tsang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 活动与事件设计 Competition Category.

铜活动· 2025

Centrestage 2024 时尚贸易活动

by Rachel Tsang

Client: Hong Kong Trade Development Council

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 活动 Category

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The Design

About Centrestage 2024 时尚贸易活动

Centrestage 2024是在香港举办的为期四天的时尚盛会。Centrestage 2024汇聚了来自17个国家及地区的250个品牌,同期举办时装秀、研讨会、商贸交流活动及时尚导览。设计主题将精湛工艺与科技进步相融合,通过大胆的红色基调、投影灯光、LED墙及互动地屏加以呈现。主场地面积逾11000平方米,划分为五个主题展区。另设的晚间秀场采用环形天桥,以一座大型香山为中心布局。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Centrestage 2024 时尚贸易活动是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Centrestage 2024 时尚贸易活动将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Centrestage 2024 时尚贸易活动出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: CENTRESTAGE, the annual highlight of the Asian fashion scene, serves as a premier platform for promoting global designer brands and collections and facilitating the launch of new products in the region. HKTDC invited industry professionals from around the world to participate in the annual event, fostering collaborative opportunities. This year we showcased 250 brands from 17 countries and regions, offered a captivating lineup of events including fashion shows, seminars, networking activities and fashion tours for all visitors.
Dimensions & Packaging: This year's CENTRESTAGE events were divided into two parts. The ELITES show at the Hong Kong Palace Museum occupied 450 sqm and hosted 300 guests. The grand event at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center spanned over 11000 sqm, featuring a fairground space and a highlighted main calkwalk stage for 600 guests. The meticulous planning and innovative design elements ensured an immersive and unforgettable experience for all attendees.
Tags: CENTRESTAGE, Hong Kong Fashion Event, HKTDC, FASHIONALLY, ELITES, YDC, Fashion Hong Kong, , Asia’s Fashion Spotlight, Exhibition Design
Production Technology: The couture journey began with raw fabric, progressing through craftsmanship to modern technology. Projection technology and lighting created dynamic patterns on fabric, with LED walls and interactive floor enhancing the immersive experience. Decorative elements like mega cotton fabric, beads, plastic, and LED lights symbolized fashion's evolution. Graphics blended classical lace and embroidery with futuristic coding and pixel elements, featured with AI generated models with runway shows, illustrating the dynamic transformation of fashion craftsmanship across different eras.
Design Challenge: We dedicated 9 months from thorough research, planning, follow with study industry trend and innovative design. This approach aimed to create a "wow" factor, such as the 10m long interactive floor with dynamic hanging fabric above. Similarly the vibrant overhead neon LED light strings at the Urban zones required detailed drawing and coordination. It was also crucial to have an experienced support team on site, especially for ELITES at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, ensuring a smooth move-in and transforming the museum space into an immersive show venue within 16 hours.
Research: The CENTRESTAGE event featured an AI-generated model video to promote exhibitors' collections, created immersive and interactive moments perfect for Instagram. A highlight was the use of over 150,000 incense sticks to form a mega-sized incense mountain, serving as a dynamic backdrop for the ELITES models. This innovative approach combined traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology, offering an unique and captivating experience for all attendees.
Inspiration: The combination of "craftsmanship" and "technological advancement" was the concept of the event, which transformed traditional craft techniques and innovative technologies into stylish and unique fashion. The use of bold red color represented motivated action for the fashion industry. The vitality and strong emotions, including love, passion, and intensity, in the “craftformation” broke through traditional fashion arts with avant-garde trends and creativity.
Project Duration: CENTRESTAGE, a 4-day fashion event, was held from 4th to 7th September 2024 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). The CENTRESTAGE ELITES show took place at the Hong Kong Palace Museum the night before the fair opened.
Operation Flow: The main event at HKCEC featured five thematic zones: Craftmanship, Urban, Contemporary, Athleisure, and Circular Fashion. The strategically designed layout and thoughtful venue decoration, including the Main Stage, Presentation, and Mini Parade areas enriched our trade hall & shows variety. For the ELITES show at the Palace Museum, inspired by "HOME" and "Circle" concept, we created a circular runway centered with a 5.8m diameter by 2.3m height, a mega incense mountain, blended with unique lighting effects to create a world-class haute couture event.
Team Members: HKTDC Creative Department
Image Credits: Hong Kong Trade Development Council