[It’s Hong Kong] Reissue Collector’s Edition──Cherish Hong Kong 2 The City Special

Introduction to this issue: At the end of 2024, "Being Hong Kong is Hong Kong" Once again, we present the re-edited "Reissue Collector's Edition"── "Cherish Hong Kong 2 The City Special" 404 pages of content, more than 400 historical pictures, photography and illustration creations, From the out-of-print "This Is Hong Kong" quarterly magazine in 2021 and 2022, 3 major themes, surrounding Hong Kong streets, city fonts and Kowloon Walled City, More than 20 graphic stories from different perspectives. REedit REdesign REprint, Turn the quarterly magazine into a timeless book. REvisit REthink RECreate, Let's take a city time walk together. I've been through this all the way Let us walk through the future together. Highlights in this issue: #REclaim REmap RElive HK Streetscapes REvisit// Hong Kong streets through the lenses of foreign photographers John Thomson, who was the first to come to the Far East to record images in the 19th century, Ed Van der Elsken, who worked for Magnum Photo Agency, and Keith Macgregor, who has been taking photos in Hong Kong for more than 50 years since the 1970s, are three foreign photographers of different eras and styles. Through the lens of the home, it shows the formation and transformation of the urban street landscape along the way. REcord// On the busy streets, whenever things change Peter Cookson Smith, an urban planner who has lived in Hong Kong for more than 40 years, has been visiting many old districts in Hong Kong since the turn of the millennium to conduct street observations, and carefully painted the mixed vitality of Hong Kong's streets with sketches. Kwok Si-hang, a design scholar from the Polytechnic University, used local neon signs, fonts and Fa Yuen Street as objects to study and construct important elements of Hong Kong's street culture. For them, the experience of "walking" in Hong Kong is so unique... REdiscover// At Central Street No matter how Central is changed, the planning methods in the early years of the opening of the port can still be seen today; and the symbiotic relationship of more mountains and less flat land, the coexistence of old and new, and a mixture of Chinese and foreign, has established the characteristics of this place, and even all the roads. The texture of the streets. From 180 years ago to now, Des Voeux Road running east-west along the tramway, and even the platform ramp climbing up the mountain along various ramps, stairs or pedestrian elevators, all along the way, you can see the decay and majesty of the city. . REgion// Where there is a street, there is a district Kowloon Tong, Tai Kok Tsui and San Po Kong are three neighborhoods with different historical backgrounds and atmospheres, respectively demonstrating garden cities in the early 20th century and later industrial community planning. Lin Jiancai, UUendy Lau and Penso, three Hong Kong creatives with different styles, each use different angles and brushstrokes to interpret their thoughts and feelings about the neighborhood. #REcollect REthink REwrite The HK Characters Reminiscence// City word tour, Hong Kong’s heritage "Not everything in this world can be reunited after a long separation." Lin Xiaomin, the founder of "Hong Kong Heritage", has witnessed that in recent years, with the laws related to signboards taking effect, traditional neon signs have been updated several times in just a few years. As the bright lights gradually come to an end, she uses images to and text to record the beauty of the fonts and craftsmanship of various local signboards. REvive// New generation of type makers, font revival movement In recent years, many new generation Hong Kong designers and folk typewriters have rediscovered the historical origins of common street fonts such as Northern Wei style, Li Hankai style and prison style. At the same time, they have redesigned or digitized the disappearing fonts, hoping to preserve Hong Kong's unique style. Some street scenes, while reconnecting with the cultural roots of our city. REfract// Da Nan between words and pictures Tai Nan Street in Sham Shui Po is one of the streets that has attracted the most attention in recent years. Along Tai Nan Street and the surrounding blocks, the photographer started from fonts and strokes to record various old and new shops, different generations, and the interactions of people from various backgrounds and classes. Thus showing the complexity and vitality of this community. REmember//How did Tsang Tso-choi disappear from the streets of Hong Kong? In April 2022, the "authentic calligraphy of Tsang Tso Choi" was exposed under the railway bridge on Boundary Street in Mong Kok, which set off a new wave of conservation craze. The calligraphy of the "Emperor of Kowloon" was once spread across Hong Kong and Kowloon, and is the common memory of many Hong Kong people. However, with the death of the "Emperor" in 2007, the calligraphy he left on the streets was gradually buried or disappeared. #REvisit REcord REbirth Kowloon Walled City REcord//Dark city, there is light "Dark City - Days and Nights in the Kowloon Walled City", co-authored by British architect Ian Lambot and Canadian photographer Greg Girard, is a classic record of the Kowloon Walled City. It also breaks the one-sided impression in the past and becomes a model for future research on the Walled City. important basis. REbuild// Possibility of Walled City He Xun, a Chinese-American architect and the daughter of He Tao, went to the Walled City for ten months of architectural research in 1991. The adaptability of the people in the Walled City gave her a better understanding of human nature, and inspired her later understanding of high-density cities. , the concept and practice of how to make people live in peace. REimagine// Infinite reincarnation in the post-city walled era After the demolition of the Walled City, novels, animations, movies, games and other related creations were successively produced in various media, whether in Hong Kong or overseas, including the novel "Kowloon Walled City" by local writer Yu Er, and the comics adapted by cartoonist Szeto Jianqiao. Version, designer/illustrator Rex Koo's comic book Strange City, and even the virtual game of post-90s game designer Poki Chan each show their different emotional projections of the Walled City. ISBN: 978-988-74818-5-0 Pricing: HK$200 Printing and production location: Hong Kong Publication date: late December