Hong Kong Bun Festival
HKD were back in Hong Kong this month to review the production progress of Kowloon’s soon to re-open Space Museum. While there, the always curious team were taken for a behind the scenes tour of the annual Bun Festival, held on Cheung Chau island. The celebrations culminate in a scrambling competition – up a 60ft tower of […]
Singapore Science Centre fellowship
HKD are really delighted that Richard Houghton has been invited to be a Fellow of Science Centre Singapore. This is a great honour and an opportunity to share his experiences, passion, ideas and knowledge and contribute to the future development of the Centre, now in it’s 40th year of inspiring science.
From Wasteland to Wasteland
Margate’s long-running social explores the work of a group of artists inspired by the First World War and TS Eliot. Starting with the dramatic Lochnagar Crater site in France, and the stories behind it, Dawn Cole, Dan Thompson, Helder Clara, Graham Ward and Lorna Dallas-Conte are working on the From Wasteland to Wasteland project. Together, they’ve visited the battlefield site, drawn connections with TS […]
Children’s Exploration Centre, Udaipur
HKD’s Indian adventure… Curiosity is the driving force behind an exciting new children’s exploration centre in Udaipur, India. The new centre, which is currently on the drawing board, will provide diverse hands-on, creative and self-directed experiences so people can make sense of the world and their place in it. To make sure they are getting […]
The F Word
Forgiveness is a complex subject. When an apparently unforgivable act has taken place, how can exhibition visitors be asked to stop, slow down and engage with such difficult and challenging content? From acts of terror to personal assault The F Word: stories that transform is a new travelling exhibition developed by The Forgiveness Project. The exhibition […]
1st Friday event – Margate Caves
Marine Studios is really excited to be hosting a celebration of Margate Caves re-opening at our next First Friday event. Come and meet the amazing team behind this project who have successfully secured close to £1.5 million of funding from HLF and the Big Lottery Fund with their six-year campaign, view the designs for the new building and […]
GEEK 2017 is taking over DREAMLAND
Let’s get together and play some games! In 2012 we launched our own a festival of play and games GEEK. Since then it has run annually in Margate with spin off events popping up in Birmingham, Singapore and others. We are currently building the programme for February 2017. We are looking forward to meeting innovative game […]
Re-display of the Ancient Lives Gallery
HKD to deliver a ‘collectively curated new space’ The re-display of the Ancient Civilisations Gallery in Maidstone Museum will be ‘a collectively curated space’. HKD is looking forward to working with the client team and two advisory groups CUR8 and KAB on this exciting project. The re-display of the Ancient Civilisations Gallery will encourage visitors to look again, be curious and […]
Linocut artwork with local talent
HKD have commissioned local print maker Nick Morley to illustrate the life and times of Delapre Abbey. Nick creates his traditional linocuts at his Margate based Hello Print Studio. We love the texture of the ink! Fancy a go yourself? Read his linocuts book to learn how.
God’s House Tower
HKD love a challenge and a brave brief – and this project has them both. We will be working with ‘a’ space arts in Southampton to reopen the medieval God’s House Tower. The 700 year old building was one of the UK’s earliest coastal fortifications, and has since been a gaol, a museum and home to the Town […]
