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After Hong Kong lifted all Covid-related travel curbs last year, more and more people made bookings at Mansfield Hui’s restaurant for farewell parties – a last gathering with friends and family before leaving the city for good. At one time there were eight to ten bookings for farewell feasts a week, the owner of Hopers’ Base, a Cantonese restaurant based in North Point since 2013, told HKFP. “At the height we could see two, three, or even four tables booked every night,” Hui said. But the business came with a price. Hopers’ Base lost a sizable portion of its regular diners, Hui said, adding th...
Hong Kong Free Press
Zines come in a wide array of shapes and sizes. Among the extensive collection curated by Samantha Chao, a zine librarian at the Asian Art Archive (AAA) in Hong Kong, certain zines were smaller than palm-sized, while others were about as large as ring binders. To properly accommodate the expanding collection within the city’s first formal zine archive, Chao selected three customised shelves to house the self-published medium that often had thin spines. Inspired by the layout of vinyl record stores, the archive features pull-out drawers filled with alphabetically arranged zines, providing reade...
Hong Kong Free Press
Part of HKFP’s four-part zine scene series. On the desk of Hong Kong designer Charis Poon were zines of various shapes and sizes. Among them was a folded user manual designed to resemble the popular Ricoh Auto Half camera, providing a step-by-step guide to operating a film camera. Another zine took the form of a pocket tissue pack crafted from parchment paper, containing sheets of paper that detailed the author’s allergies. These zines were not created by the 32-year-old artist herself but by the students she taught at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) School of Design. Poon had ass...
Hong Kong Free Press
On the small and tranquil island of Peng Chau, just a half-hour ferry ride from bustling Central, Hong Kong zine designer Forrest Lau finds solace and inspiration away from fast-paced city life. The island with just over 5,700 residents “nurtures” and fuels his creative pursuits, the artist said. Inside Lau’s village house is a small studio filled with dozens of books about zine-making and graphic design. More than ten rolls of tape are neatly arranged on his desk, while papers illustrating the effects of various printing techniques are posted on the walls. Lau’s cat sat quietly next to a pile...
Hong Kong Free Press
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