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HONG KONG BRICK
Florian Wegenast and Christine Lew,
Studio Florian and Christine
Design Trust Seed Grantees, DTFS 2019 Mentees
Reflecting on the current situation in Hong Kong,
Florian Wegenast and Christine Lew have come up with
the 'Hong Kong Brick', a design artifact created from
the construction waste of shops that were taken down
during the COVID-19 crisis. In the process, small gravel,
cement, and glass pieces were collected from different
shops around Hong Kong, broken down into smaller
fragments, then utilized in a terrazzo casting to create a
new brick.
Thinking beyond the immediate crisis, the designers
decided to cast a brick form to also feature the duality
of bricks as the foundation of rebuilding something
new, representing how the past can propel us to create
a positive impact for the future.
Florian Wegenast Christine
Lew Hong Kong Brick
HONG KONG BEIWEI ZANSYU
COOKIE CUTTERS
Adonian Chan, Trilingua
Design Trust Seed Grantee, DTFS 2019 Mentee, 2017 Gala
Co-Creative Director
Type designer Adonian Chan has designed and made
cookie cutters in the style of the uniquely-Hong Kong
Beiwei Zansyu, a font that had defined the city’s visual
culture for decades and he had researched with the
support of Design Trust.
Among designs in the form of Chinese characters, such
as for "peace", and for "energy", pictured are
cookies cut out in the shape of the Chinese character
("evil"). The former DTFS Mentee and Seed Grant
recipient explains that the concept behind this design
is “ to create something more positive, ‘digestible’ and
light-hearted out of something that is conceived as
unfavourable,” putting forth an optimistic perspective
amidst the challenging landscape of the ongoing
pandemic in Hong Kong and beyond.
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