Being quite a fan of graffiti and street art and it’s diversity and impact on a city, it was hard for me to arrive in Hong Kong and to see almost no graffiti on the walls and buildings around the city.
Maybe the laws on graffiti are especially strict or the people of this great […]
Austin Avenue: Hong Kong Street Art
Chinese work ethic: Living up to the hype
Recently I had the opportunity to visit a injection mould production factory located on the ourskirts of the up and coming “Whatever Hong Kong can do, we can do better” city, Shenzhen. Located just over the border into China’s Guangdong Province. A simple 30 minute train ride from Kowloon to the edge of Hong Kong […]
Getting stuff done in China
“Can you carry this? I want to take you with me to a meeting with one of our vendors” she said as she handed me the large, rough working model of a current design idea. Still clutching the work I thought I was going to be presenting my boss for final approval I realized this […]
“Why is there a queue outside Louis Vuitton?”
Exploring Hong Kong is one of the most sensory explosive activities available to an human being. Since my job hasn’t started yet I’ve taken the opportunity, before I get tied up, to soak up as much of the city as possible via my favourite mode of transport, the feet. To be honest you can’t walk […]
Sham Shui Po; Home.
We walked up the MTR underground station stairs, both of us carrying our 20kg bags and cursing our jet lagged brains for not keeping up with our legs. A wall of humid heat hit us and before we knew it we were out in the open, standing on Kweilin Street, Hong Kong. Of course we […]
Hong Kong and beyond…
So I’m sitting here in a tidy room, bag packed, passport ready. I leave for Hong Kong in 5 hours and will be in the East for almost 4 months. I’ll be working at Mattel for 3 months with onward journeys to Thailand and Japan. I won’t kid you around, I’m pretty dam excited. This […]