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
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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
Mystery of the Coins /
I was cutting seats the other day while listening to David Attenborough and all of a sudden three coins fell out of the seat. Someone had deliberately sewn them, in a straight line, into the lining of the seat - the interesting thing was that there was one coin from each place in the Pearl River Delta area - 1 Macanese Pataca, 1 Hong Kong Dollar and 1 RMB. Can anyone explain?
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
New Wheelchair accessible Taxi Launched in Hong Kong /
We are really pleased to be blogging about Diamond Cab, Hong Kong's first wheelchair accessible taxis. If you have not visited their website, then check them out www.diamondcab.com.hk . Diamond Cab's call center is managing pre-bookings starting from 24 January - Today! Highest priority to Wheelchair users, of course.
Looking forward to seeing these cabs on the road soon!
Joseph's Radio Interview /
Check out Joe's interview on 88.1FM - For all our Non-Canto speaking friends out there, here is a brief summary: "The Handsome Bag Company is awesome!"
'nuff said!
Click HERE to listen to Joseph on 88.1 FM
Exhibiting at Detour 27 November, 2010 /
Showing our chair outside the Kitchens at Victoria Prison in Central
In Search of Icons /
We were picking materials up and decided to take a little tour of the chop shops where all the big time part recycling goes on, interesting stuff.
Wokai Scramble V2 Urban Scavenger Hunt /
The Wokai Scramble happened last weekend and it was a great success. We raised over HKD8000 for Wokai, which is a microfinancing institution that aids entrepreneurs in rural China.
Handsome Bag Co. was one of several prize sponsors for the scramble - well done to Kathryn and Francis, the fastest pair, for winning those tote bags! We hope you make good use of them.
This beautiful video was made by Brian Fu, from flwrider, who also shot our craftslady interviews
http://vimeo.com/15841845
An Intro to The Women Worker's Association /
This is our second video in a series about the craftspeople and NGOs that we work with. This is Ha from the Hong Kong Women Worker's Association http://vimeo.com/15530878
Carpet Banner and Leather Exhibition 10/09/10 - 26/09/10 /
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.
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