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The Busy Weekend- MaD and TEDx /  by Billy Potts

Incredibly busy weekend- so busy that we've only now had the opportunity to blog about it. Hot on the heels of doing MaD Pecha Kucha in Guangzhou, Handsome has been at MaD's Social Enterprise Summit and TEDx Youth Day. Joe managed to hobble on stage to foot-stamping and applause after completing Trailwalker in 27.5 hours and Billy handled TEDx fresh from supporting Joe's team out at Tai Mo Shan early that morning. Two fantastic events, we're happy and honoured to have been invited.

TED X Youth Day 20/11/10 /  by Billy Potts

We'll be talking about our experiences with Handsome bag and what lead up to the formation of it at TED X Youth Day on the 20th of November, registration is happening now and will go on till next week. Lots of great speakers that day including, ukulele virtuoso, Jake Shimabukuro- should be a really fantastic event. You can register for a seat here

MAD Pecha Kucha - Road Trip to Guangzhou 8/11/10 /  by Billy Potts

Joe and I took the day out on Sunday to take a road trip up to Guangzhou to speak at MaD PechaKucha @ Guangzhou. Check them out here. Got some nice feedback and some nice photos too, actually the bit about the dodgy Cantonese is a bit embarrassing but I was under pressure!:

@棉布番薯 最喜欢Joseph跟Billy.一个阳光不造做.一个温柔很真诚.因为自己喜欢做手工.所以听到俊记的故事也就特别留意他们.启发跟激励满大的.作为一个学生.比他们有更多的空闲时间.我还有什么借口一直拖延很久很久之前就想要去做的事.

@cjh127 一个PKNXmad活动,认识了6位设计师,分享了6个设计创意故事!最喜欢的讲者是可爱的Billy,喜欢他那操着一口不太流利的粤语的模样还有他的不give up!

@菜衍青：昨天参加了一场激动人心的PKNxMaD。无论是PKN亦或是MaD，它们每一次都能够让充满梦想的年青人热血沸腾，台上的讲者们向我们展现了改变世界的无限种可能性。印象最深刻的是Joseph和Billy的“Handsome Bag”，在通过废物升级改造成时尚品的同时，为香港妇女提供工作机会。社会创新是这个时代给予年轻人的巨大舞台，我们都应该站上去。

Carpet Banner and Leather Exhibition 10/09/10 - 26/09/10 /  by Billy Potts

We are part of the Carpet Banner and Leather UpCycling exhibition again- catch the last couple days at the JCCAC in Shek Kip Mei before it goes forever! There are some really great things which have been designed by some very talented and young HK creatives from very diverse backgrounds. My personal favourites are the Jerry Can speaker system, the scrap wood and leather pinhole cameras and the old QWERTY keyboard key USB sticks- of course those Taxi Bags are pretty cool too.

Joseph's Chair Wins 3rd Place at Ambassadors of Design Ball 2010 /  by Billy Potts

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!

HKSEC 2010 Social Entrepreneur /  by Billy Potts

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 /  by Billy Potts

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