Happenings

Blueprint would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Swire Properties’ Placemaking Academy students for their amazing achievement at the 2021 Event Marketing Awards! The team won not one but two Gold awards in the Best Creative Idea and Best Public Event categories.
The second edition of the Academy saw 21 students from four Hong Kong universities take up an apprenticeship (from July to December 2020) to design, plan and execute the Company’s year-end community celebration – the White Christmas Street Fair.
During this time, Blueprint acted as a home base for these students and they were able to come up with their fantastic ideas inside of our Coworking Space facilities. Our flexible Event Venues also proved very useful when helping them pitch and present their ideas to various audiences in safe yet vibrant environments such as our Auditorium and Town Hall.
Once again, a big congratulations to all the Placemaking Academy students involved, and Blueprint is very happy we got to play a role in fostering their innovation.

Right from our early days as an accelerator programme, Blueprint has always been supportive of nurturing start-ups and helping them achieve their big dreams. So we are proud to be a Supporting Organization for Start-up Express 2021, the start-up development programme organised by the HKTDC. Through a series of capability building, mentoring sessions and marketing activities, the programme aims to assist local start-ups in building connection, exploring markets, seeking partners and enhancing brand awareness.

With our new Blueprint Buzz Question-and-Answer Series, our Members can stay connected, share knowledge, and gain special insight and words of wisdom from all backgrounds and areas of expertise!
For our first question, all our Members were invited to tell us what their favourite lunch spots around Quarry Bay are! With the answers in hand, we created a handy and interactive Google map detailing all our Blueprint Buzz Lunch Spots – check it out below for some lunch inspiration you can find right at Blueprint's doorstep!

Ready to get back to event planning? Ease your way back into it with a special 40% discount on all of Blueprint’s safe and restriction-friendly Event Venues! .
Test the waters by keeping it small in our Boardroom or amp up the connectivity by jumping straight into our Town Hall which is currently large enough to socially distance up to 40 persons. Check out our full range of Event Venues that are ready and waiting for you.
Our all-inclusive rental packages come with high-quality AV equipment for hassle-free video-conferencing, and our health and safety measures ensure a worry-free experience.
As government restrictions change from time to time, Blueprint will always ensure the setup of your Event complies to the most recent and relevant restrictions at the time of your booking.
Click the link below to enquire today!

Blueprint provided smart flexible working solutions for companies and individuals during 2020 as more people become familiar with work-from-home policies. Our all-inclusive facilities and flexible plans helped to support the livelihood of our community during these uncertain times.

Blueprint has remained committed to caring about our Members’ and Guests’ health and safety. During this time, we continue to implement the following measures around Blueprint:

Regular Cleaning and Disinfection
- Regular cleaning of all areas of Blueprint including Work Zones (Coworking Space and Private Offices) and Common Areas (Café, Lounge, pantry areas, and washrooms) and frequent disinfection of high-touch areas such as door knobs and switches.

Temperature Checks and Health Declarations
- Body temperature checks are carried out at Reception for anyone entering Blueprint
- QR code for the LeaveHomeSafe app available for visitors to scan and record their visits.
- Guests and visitors entering Member-Only Work Zones or our Event Venues must complete a Health Declaration upon entering Blueprint.

Safe Social Distancing Measures
In addition to the above measures, we follow all contemporaneous government restrictions such that:
- Masks must be worn throughout Blueprint;
- Group seating in the Café and Lounge adheres to maximum limits; and
- We work closely with Event bookings to ensure venue set-up and arrangements are within the guidelines.

Blueprint is proud to support HKTDC MarketingPulse ONLINE! Under this year's theme “Marketing for GOOD”, MarketingPulse ONLINE will lead the discussion on how marketing and creativity can contribute positive energy to all stakeholders, society and the world. he two-day virtual conference will bring you inspirational sharing from brands and agencies, practical marketing know-how through a series of workshops, as well as networking opportunities connecting you with marketers in Hong Kong and around the world.

On International Women's Day 2021, we chose to take part in #ChooseToChallenge by raising our hands high to call out gender bias and inequality. We also screened a few different IWD webinars in our Lounge for Members to come enjoy and support the occasion.

Blueprint is the proud venue sponsor for our BMTK Partner FastLane's webinar on Digital Transformation! In collaboration with Wantedly and Workstem, they invite us to explore smart-working solutions for time-poor entrepreneurs.
Key takeaways:
- Common pitfalls of entrepreneurs fall into
- Change of business practice changes since the pandemic
- How to gain an edge on competitors by streamlining your business

Our Members enjoyed a virtual Lion Dance viewing with some festive Chinese New Year treats (peanut dumplings, sesame cookies, and more!) and generously 'fed the lion' - i.e put donations towards Feeding Hong Kong to support those less fortunate during the Lunar New Year.

If you have a great idea or a business venture you’re looking to jump-start, the Business Angel Programme is here to help! Open to all start-ups and SMEs, the programme aims to connect entrepreneurs with Angel Investors, giving you the opportunity to present your business ideas to potential investors. With guidance along the way, they provide feedback from industry experts, mentorship, and presentation training.

Kung Hei Fat Choy from Team Blueprint! Wishing all Blueprint Members' and their families a happy, healthy & prosperous Year of the Ox!

To celebrate the holidays, we got creative this year with our Christmas Gift-Giving session in the Town Hall!
There were freebies up for grabs as well as a range of thoughtful gifts for all our Members to win through a Lucky Draw.
Some Members also chose to take part in Secret Santa, where they were randomly given the name of another Member and tasked with buying them a present within a HK$100 budget.
The event garnered a great Christmas turnout and we were happy to see so many masked-but-smiling faces winning their presents!

We put in our (pink) steps for a good cause in October. As part of Bravera's #PinkSteps Walkathon Challenge, we walked to raise breast cancer awareness and donated towards Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation whilst we did it!
Blueprint sponsored 5 Members to take on the Walkathon Challenge, which required participants to walk 21KM at their own pace within 7 days. All proceeds went directly to the HKBCF for breast cancer research.
We want to thank all of our Members who took part in the Challenge and congratulations to those who were able to hit their goal of 21KM!

Our two urban farming sessions with Rooftop Republic were a lot of fun, and what made one of them even better was that we were able to donate our harvest to those in need. We were taught the basics of harvesting during our first urban farming session at The Loop. As a group, we managed to pool together 5.35kg of fresh sweet potato leaves which were then generously donated to Feeding Hong Kong.

The Committee stands as a platform for Members to 'have a say' through a dedicated channel for dialogue with our Community Team, discussing things such as events, initiatives, and other things you'd like to see at Blueprint.

A huge congratulations to PALO IT on their exciting milestone - becoming the FIRST tech company in Hong Kong to earn B Corporation status!