Design gallery helps drive HK towards creative capital
Updated: 2007-11-09 14:29
HONG KONG - For Charlotte, a young lady from England who is now teaching in Hong Kong, China, the Design Gallery at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center was an interesting place where she could shop for local products of unique designs.
 Products on display at the Design gallery. [File photo]
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"I like the cakes. I think I have never seen them anywhere else, " she said, referring to a couple of cake-shaped puffy pillows on display at the gallery, which goes by the Hong Kong-based brand name Puffy Shop.
Charlotte was one of a monthly total of about 60,000 visitors attracted to the 6,000 products on display. Most visited the gallery on business trips to events held at the exhibition center while some followed advice from locally based friends for souvenirs.
Polly Hou, who has been working in Hong Kong, often recommended the gallery to friends from the mainland as an ideal place to buy presents.
Established in 1991 by the Trade Development Council, the gallery showcases products designed or made in Hong Kong, ranging from consumer electronics, consumer appliances, watches and clocks, desktop stationery, to jewelry and fashion accessories.
Local companies, especially those of small and medium scale, could consign their products of unique designs at the gallery after meeting certain prerequisites and going through selection processes.
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