The Steiner Series: Dairy Farm – Communicating Without Words Billy PottsSeptember 22, 2023 It turns out the Dairy Farm logo reveals multitudes about Henry Steiner’s approach to design... CultureDesignFood0 Comments 010 min read
Hong Kong Patterns, Part III: Africa, Europe and the Cosmopolitan City Billy PottsMarch 2, 2023 An exhibition at CHAT explores Hong Kong’s links to Africa, reflecting the city’s emergence as a global hub... DesignExhibitionFashionHistorySmall Stories & Secret StoriesWhere To Go, To Play, To Rest0 Comments 05 min read
Hong Kong Patterns, Part II: Silk City Billy PottsJanuary 31, 2023 The arrival of Japanese department stores led to a boom in silk manufacturing – and some strange cultural blends... DesignFashionHistoryProduct DesignSmall Stories & Secret StoriesWhere To Go, To Play, To Rest0 Comments 07 min read
Hong Kong’s Vintage Treasures Are Overseas Christopher DewolfDecember 23, 2022 The fruits of Hong Kong’s industrial history can be found in second-hand shops around the world... DesignHeritageHistoryProduct DesignSmall Stories & Secret Stories0 Comments 09 min read
Hong Kong Patterns, Part I: Daimaru’s Distinct Style Billy PottsDecember 22, 2022 When the Japanese department store opened a flagship branch in Hong Kong, its gift wrap became a local icon... DesignExhibitionProduct DesignWhere To Go, To Play, To Rest0 Comments 04 min read
Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part X: How Plastic Flowers Built a Global Metropolis Christopher DewolfJanuary 16, 2020 Hong Kong once made plastic products that were shipped around the world. What's left of that history?... DesignHeritageHistoryProduct Design0 Comments 08 min read
Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part IX: Locally-Brewed Beer Christopher DewolfOctober 16, 2019 Hong Kong has been awash in beer since its very beginnings as a British colony. ... CultureFood0 Comments 012 min read
Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part VIII: The Ill Fate of Rennie’s Mill, AKA Little Taiwan Christopher DewolfSeptember 4, 2019 The story of an unlucky Canadian who opened a flour mill – and how it eventually became a bastion of support for the Kuomintang... Big StoriesHistorySmall Stories & Secret Stories0 Comments 011 min read
Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part VII: The Rise and Fall of Local Milk Christopher DewolfJuly 17, 2019 Hong Kong's dairy industry launched a multinational business empire – but don't try finding any local milk in the supermarket.... CultureFoodHeritageHistorySmall Stories & Secret Stories0 Comments 09 min read
Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part VI: Indigo Christopher DewolfJune 27, 2019 Indigo dyeing is making a comeback decades after the artisanal industry died out.... CultureDesignFashionHeritageHistoryTraditionWhere To Go, To Play, To Rest0 Comments 06 min read
Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part V: Incense Christopher DewolfApril 10, 2019 The trees that gave Hong Kong its name fuelled local industry for centuries – but they are now at risk of disappearing.... CultureHeritageHistoryNatureSmall Stories & Secret Stories0 Comments 08 min read
Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part IV: The Rock That Built Hong Kong Christopher DewolfMarch 6, 2019 How generations of Hakka quarry workers and stonemasons provided the granite that built the city as we know it.... HeritageHistorySmall Stories & Secret Stories0 Comments 011 min read
Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part III: Squatter Factories Christopher DewolfFebruary 6, 2019 Hong Kong became an industrial powerhouse thanks in part to informal factories run out of shantytowns and residential flats.... CultureHistorySmall Stories & Secret StoriesUrbanism0 Comments 08 min read
Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part II: Mining Christopher DewolfJanuary 2, 2019 Hong Kong was once home to dozens of mines. What happened to this overlooked part of its industrial history?... HeritageHistorySmall Stories & Secret Stories0 Comments 08 min read
Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part I: A City That Made Things Christopher DewolfOctober 11, 2018 A group of amateur historians is investigating Hong Kong's long and diverse industrial past.... HeritageHistoryUrbanism0 Comments 07 min read
