Empathy as Practice: Ethics as a Design Tool
I went over to Poly U to listen to Dr. Sue Thomas' seminar, 'Empathy as Practice: Ethics as a Design Tool'. Dr. Thomas came all the way from Holmesglen in Melbourne, where she teaches Fashion, Apparel Engineering and Design. Really glad she came as I enjoyed her talk so much and was happy to see that somebody could articulate some of the things we've been doing so clearly - there is an infographic which I would like to 'borrow'. I was also surprised to find that Dr. Thomas was using Handsome as a case study for her lecture- thanks Sue! -Billy
- From right to left: Me, Dr. Sue Thomas, Ms. Gail Taylor from Poly U and Dr. Anne Peirson-Smith from City U
Commercial Radio Interview
Nice chat with Cathy and Calvin today (they do the radio station for Taxi Drivers)- I think this was my first radio interview!
SCAD Style 2012
We're going to be speaking at SCAD style tomorrow at 7:30- come over and take a look if you like; the building itself is a great thing to see.
Eureka Design and G.U.M. in Perspective
Our friends, Annette Chu, Joey Man, Philip Heung and Raymond Leung, are featured in Perspective magazine this month. This bicycle shop was designed by Annette and Ray and we collaborated with Philip and Joey on a folding bicycle last year- there is a small photo of the bike in the article.
At the Kowloon Taxi Owner's Association Annual Banquet
We had the pleasure of being invited to the Kowloon Taxi Owner's Association new year banquet last weekend- it was great fun and kind of cool to see all the different people that make up the industry- drivers, owners, radio dispatchers, advertisers, radio disc jockeys, mechanics etc. etc. We donated a taxi watch to the raffle- I wonder if a taxi driver is now wearing one in a taxi...
Hong Kong Designer Exchange Book
Picked up a copy of the book that documents our designer exchange with Germany
The Ng Family from Tung Chow Sofa
This morning we filmed two interviews with two separate film crews at the same time- one with Dim Sum TV from Taiwan and one with the Shue Yan College film students. We got the chance to interview Mr. and Mrs. Ng (not Joseph's parents), who run Tung Chow Sofa with their son. It is from this little family business that we get many of our taxi seats. They gave us our first seat covers and without their support and patience there would be no Handsome Bag Co. and therefore no Handsome.
Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Ng.
Necescity
Thanks to William Stolerman for the kind review on Nescescity - click here to see a larger version of the article
SCMP Style Magazine
Thanks to Frances Moxon for featuring us among many other Asian designers in this month's Style Magazine. I'm still hunting around for a copy of my own so if anybody has one to spare I would gladly exchange it for a coffee.
ELLE Decoration
One of our bags was featured in ELLE Decoration- see if you can spot it - it's sort of a 'Where's Waldo' thing. Thanks to Catherine Cheung!
Zixag Commune (where we work) in HK Magazine
This week Julian Chow gives HK Magazine a grand tour of the Zixag Commune as one of Hong Kong's best creative spaces. We're so glad we get to work there! Big thanks to Hana Alberts for the feature. See the whole magazine here: http://www.asia-city.com/pdf/HKMagazine_911.pdf
Also featured:
The Laundromatte Noughts and Exes Ecols Untitled Limited Shanghai Street Studios
Surface Asia Magazine October 2011
A very big thank you to Chris DeWolf for this feature on our Strida exhibition in this latest issue of Surface Asia Magazine. I'm going to pick up a copy soon so I'll follow up with a high res scan when I've done that. Also featured:
Ascot Chang CreativeKids flwrider Graphic Airlines G.U.M. HK Honey Start From Zero
Travel + Leisure South East Asia October 2011
Thanks to Xinyi for our feature in Travel + Leisure this month!
Our Strida in Time Out September 2011
Our collaboration with Strida is in this latest issue of Time Out Hong Kong. Thanks Kawai.
Handsome Nike Video Out!
Here it is, Joe in the Nike video talking about Handsome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TZw-EfgwZw&feature=player_embedded
and the print ad is here:
Joseph in Mr. Magazine Talking About Driving and Riding Bikes September 2011
Check out Joe's sweet ride: 10 year old 7 seater Honda Odyssey- baller! Also featured: a Jaguar E Type and a Nissan GT-R. We still like the bike best!
Ascot Chang Featuring Our Watch In MR Magazine September 2011
Justin and Lincoln from Ascot Chang matched our red Taxi watch with a suit from their recent fashion show in the Landmark- thanks guys! And thanks to Ben, the editor over at Mr.