Joseph's Chair Wins 3rd Place at Ambassadors of Design Ball 2010
Very happy to hear that Joseph has just won 3rd place at this year's Ambassadors of Design Ball with his design, 'the Skinny'.
The skinny is made of bent aluminum, heat bent lexan plastic and rubber washers. It was built by hand and Joseph says his aim was to push the properties of the materials to their boundaries to create a chair that is functional even though it appears to be impractical.
The Ambassadors of Design collective aims to raise awareness of creativity and design in Hong Kong and it hosts an annual open competition. This year's competition theme was 'Chairs' and it saw many wonderful designs from Hong Kong designers as well as contributions from internationally renowned talents such as Zaha Hadid, Kelly Hoppen, and Thomas Heatherwick who partook by providing their chair designs for an auction on the night of the ball.
Congratulations Joseph!
China Daily Thursday, 02 September, 2010
Here is an excellent article by Emma Dai of the China Daily.
Post Magazine Sunday, 29 August, 2010
New article in the Post Magazine by Nadine Bateman- thank you for a wonderful write-up Nadine.
Panel Discussion at the HKSEC 28 August, 2010
Home Sew for Handsome Bag Co.
Hey everyone! Please head over to our 'IMPACT' page to see our newly edited interview video of our seamstress, sister Kwun.
As much as this project is about the finished product, the design and manufacture process is just as important to us at the Handsome Bag Co. So here is a glimpse of the people that work behind the scenes to deliver you a good, honest product.
http://vimeo.com/14494407
Arthur Tien, the Prince of Cake, Gets Inspired by the HSBC
Thanks Arthur- hey everybody! Check out Arthur's website: http://princeofcake.com/
HK Economic Times 12 August, 2010
An article about the Book Fair panel we spoke at kindly provided by Stella of ECOLS.
Photos from the Mini Design Mart
There is a complete set of photos on our facebook and flickr
HKSEC 2010 Social Entrepreneur
Joseph will be speaking on a panel at the HK Social Entrepreneur Challenge at Chinese University on August 28th- should be good!
Date: August 28, 2010 (Sat) Time: 2:00pm to 4:30pm
Venue: LT 5, Teaching Building at Chak Cheung Street, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. (Map)
Language: English
Sandymama 14 August, 2010
We will be at Sandymama's studio from 14:00 to 18:00 on Saturday the 14th of August. There will be a demonstration from 15:00 to 16:00 for those who are curious. http://www.sandymama.com/index_topic.php?did=14&didpath=/14
Mini Design Mart 13-15 August, 2010
We will be at the Mini Design Mart AND at Sandymama's studio this weekend, info on Sandymama to come:
Our Location; Do not be misled by 'Salvage Design Company' - that will have changed on the day:
Mingpao Weekly 07/08/10
Went over to Sandymama's studio at lunch on Monday- shared a couple sandwiches with Chet Lam and Sandy and did this nice interview with Dawn from Mingpao. Everyone was so nice!
Milk Magazine #472 05/08/10
Our first interview- EVER. Text by Gigi Man of Milk Magazine. Logo by Linda Huang and webpage by Jess Chong.
New Logo by Linda Huang
Our new logo was designed by the talented Linda Huang—everybody should hire her! Linda is working in New York and I am in Hong Kong so we did this over three hours on Skype and I could see the whole process with screen share.
Visit Linda’s portfolio- and contact her if you need a great logo!
Sweet Smell of Success!
The talk at the annual Hong Kong Book Fair went really well. A good crowd showed up and asked lots of great questions and we got a chance to rub shoulders with experts from the Poly U School of Design, CUHK Centre for Entrepreneurship as well as ECOLS eco store. Managed to hold my own in Cantonese for an hour and a half too.
Caring for the World Seminar Series
We are taking part in a panel discussion on Upcycling and businesses that promote upcycling in Hong Kong- please come and support.
Venue: Meeting Room S425
Time: July.24 (Sat) 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Register for your free seat here (3rd event):
Big Cutting Weekend
Got down to lots and lots of cutting over at the Handsome Bag Company (we like to call it 'the HSBC'). Design Mini Mart is coming! Must get to work - also purchased the most expensive pair of scissors I have ever encountered. These bad boys better last for the rest of my life!