What is good design? Too often in Hong Kong design is judged according to the safe, practical standards of corporations and institutions, two disrupters from the contemporary art world feel.
To shake things up, the pair have launched a design festival called Postapalooza. Dozens of distinctive and striking posters submitted by artists from across East Asia, both amateur and professional, are on display at Heath, the hip culture hub in the basement of Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui, until June 12.
A judging panel of Hong Kong creatives from a range of disciplines selected the 41 works which now grace the walls of Heath, a raw industrial space.
“We didn’t want to stick with graphic design judges. We wanted to get people from different backgrounds [with] a wider range of tastes, who wouldn’t judge based on strict design rules,” says Li, a photographer and creative director who is also the head of culture at Heath.