We are born to be creative.

The world is changing every single day with new challenges emerging every single minute. As a member of the global village, we should learn to step into others’ shoes, and respond to the happenings and people around us—and this is the ultimate essence of “empathy”.

The root of creativity and the purpose of design relies on our ability to think and see with different perspectives. The process of practising creativity is indeed a set of design thinking that begins with empathy.

In 2020, PMQ collaborated with multidisciplinary creative partners and organisations, under the sponsorship of Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, to introduce design thinking to our kids through empathy in different daily contexts. Kids experienced this problem-solving methodology through iterative process, namely “Empathize”, “Define”, “Ideate”, “Prototype”, and “Test”. They were encouraged to think with different angles in order to understand the users’ needs and problems; and from that, develop possible solutions, and through realization they struggled through the process of “attempt, failure, and improve”, and finally “succeed”. Interpersonal communications and collaboration were also important elements throughout the whole training.

Participating school (In alphabetical order)

Canossa Primary School

CCC Kei Tsun Primary School

Fresh Fish Traders’ School

Hennessy Road Government Primary School

HHCKLA Buddhist Ching Kok Lin Association School

King’s College Old Boys’ Association Primary School (School 2)

LKWFS Lau Tak Yung Memorial Primary School

Shek Lei St. John’s Catholic Primary School

SKH Fung Kei Millennium Primary School

SKH Ka Fuk Wing Chun Primary School

SKH Yan Laap Memorial Primary School

Tai Po Old Market Public School

Tin Shui Wai Methodist Primary School

Yan Chai Hospital Choi Hin To Primary School