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Duncan PESCODPermanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications and Technology)
The architecture of Creativity
The architecture of Creativity
“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.”
“The loftiest towers are built up from the ground.”
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade’s no easier to make than an oak.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 – 1969)
Chinese proverb
James Russell Lowell (1819 – 1891)
The architecture of Creativity
A good foundation 32 000 creative industry-related
establishments Engaging some 170 000 practitioners Contribute over $60 billion added value
annually to HK’s GDP (approx. 4% of our GDP)
Design
The Octopus More than
19 million issued Being modeled by
Holland and Dubai
Voted by the UK Design Councilas 1 of 13 stepsto a better world
CreateHK
CreateHK – 1 June 2009
CreateSmart Initiative - $300 million
Recruit Head, CreateHK
Tasks
Group resources scattered among departments
cut red tape Work together
with industries One-stop service
A Multi-pronged approach
Nurturing a pool of Creative Talent
Facilitating development of creative start-ups
Local market
Overseas promotions
Creative clusters
Creative clusters
Events
“Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture.”
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 – 1959)
Door always open
Thank you!