In a place like Hong Kong, where designers are aplenty and competition is tough, pitching clients has become a secret for few, a norm for many. To survive in the crowded space, undercutting is commonplace – ‘all-you-can-eat’ design services are available at $4,000 a month, and logos for as low as $500 a pop. So… Continue reading Design is a Left Brain Task.
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Are designers the best judges of beauty?
Today, we begin with the age-old philosophical question – what is beauty? Ask anyone from the creative industries, and you’re bound to get more than their two cents on this mega subject. As visual communicators, we not only thrive on but are also driven by aesthetic beauty, arguably more than any other profession. But let’s… Continue reading Are designers the best judges of beauty?
No #hashtag, no #life?
Ever imagined what life would be without air conditioning? Believe it or not, the pre-AC era did exist, though some of us might prefer to keep this age-revealing detail to ourselves… Growing up in a tenement block in Hong Kong, living conditions were modest, at best. Back in the days, there was little in the… Continue reading No #hashtag, no #life?
Raymond Kar Kit Tam 