Berlin Happened Awhile Ago
Yes, I've been a little slow with the posting so I'm continuing with the update. I went to they DMY Design Festival in Berlin with Ambassadors of Design - that happened in June. The Handsome team decided to do something a little bit different from usual – we had a tiny bit of funding and about 2 weeks so we made some simple slide projectors out of leftover plastic from a sign maker in Fortress Hill, some lenses from a laboratory glassware shop in Wong Chuk Hang, a few metal rods from a hardware store in To Kwa Wan and some Ikea lamps (Causeway).
We made our own customized slide format! (Thanks to Elise Bourdeau and Ali Van for helping out with that). We were hoping for traditional slides from those old school slide projectors but apparently nobody does that anymore. Ours turned out beautifully.
The exhibition hall was brighter than I had anticipated so we built a tent out of material from taxi seats – thanks to Martin Cheung and Topaz Leung (notice that the main supports are photographic light stands), Amus Leung, Gladys and Janko.
I hung out by the tent and people came over to play with the projectors and ask about Hong Kong. Some curious people stayed and chatted for over an hour. One person said it was like the storyteller's tent they used to have at country fairs.
Rock Stars and Suits
We did a shoot with Josh Wong of Noughts and Exes getting fitted for a tcny suit last night. Here come some behind the scenes photos and some HK indie action. Check out the full story on tcny's blog:We Dress Rock Stars Check out Noughts and Exes single, 'The Start of Us', here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJgM2r6PPW8
Rolling Out the Production Model Strida
The limited edition Handsome Taxi Stridas just got in from Taiwan- there are 30 of them at the K11 Design Store and they cost HKD5,500.
Representing
Joe is still at the wheel of the Handsome Taxi over in Berlin and he's just been flagged down to exhibit at the Creative Ecologies Exhibition. We're parked right next to Freeman Lau, Alan Chan, Michael Young, Danny Fang and G.O.D. The Creative Ecologies exhibition will be open to the general public from 25 March till 9 December, 2011, at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin, at Jägerstrasse 33 (entrance at Oberwallstrasse), in Berlin-Mitte.
Enquiries about the exhibition can be made by calling +49 (0) 30 22 66 77 228.
TVB Filming at the Commune
A sneak preview of the TVB interview we gave at our new 'Handsome Headquarters', the Commune- more on this soon and opening party on the 28th! Photo Credits to Kent Wong
Top Young Asian Product Designers!
Last night we accepted our Perspective Magazine 40 Under 40 award, which goes to the top 40 designers under 40 years old. We're amazed and delighted- we can't believe we did this in just under 1 year and we have all of our supporters to thank- THANK YOU!
Mystery Ad Filmed at Handsome Studio
Here's a sneak peak at Joe being filmed for an ad at our studios- can't say who it's for or what it's about but it may have something to do with creativity... and sports. Photo credits to Julian Chow
A Familiar Car at Tung Chow Sofa
I was down at Tung Chow Sofa to pick up seat covers and admiring all the cars in the garages (like the Roller pictured below) when I noticed a very familiar car being re-upholstered by Mr. Ng- familiar in the sense that It was my parents' car! Very pleased to see that their car has been re-upholstered by the pros who do HK's taxi seats :) Mr. Ng of Tung Chow Sofa with my Parents' car
Ascot Chang- Some Seriously Handsome Shirts
A couple weeks ago I was asked to help out with a video for Ascot Chang, I was happy to do it and it was very easy- smile, get measured, wear nice shirts. What I didn't expect was an order from Tony Chang, himself. Here he is with our new Melanie Messenger, we're making one for him now.
Ascot Chang is a family run business.
Linda and Her New Site
Our good friend, Linda, has just updated her website and she included her designs for Handsome Bag Co. http://linda-huang.com/wordpress/?p=197
Nana and Bird- Business Times Weekend 03/11
Thanks to Nana and Bird for the shout out in Business Times Weekend. Nana and Bird are a pop up store in Singapore- check them out on our list of stockists: http://www.handsomeco.com/oldwp/stockists/
Bold Italic Underline
Nice little shout out for Handsome and Joe by Bold Italic Underline http://whyneedone.blogspot.com/2011/03/simple-sharp-street-causeway-bay.html
Yahoo Leisure Hot Picks 20th January, 2011
So now I know what everybody's been talking about for the past couple days. I was completely oblivious to this... Click the photo for the article:
Exhibiting at Detour 27 November, 2010
Photos from the Mini Design Mart
There is a complete set of photos on our facebook and flickr
林一峰 is our first customer!
We are very proud to announce that our first customer is 林一峰, who bought #3 - henceforth to be known as 'the Chet'. What can we say? The man has style!
Version #4
Picked up #4 - pretty much identical to #3 but no front pocket. Think we've got this one down. #4 features a second inside pocket, extended shoulder straps for added comfort- see #4 on its first outing here: