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So Fresh and So Clean: Beautiful Vintage Soap Packaging from China

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August 15, 2013
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Feast your eyes on this collection of vintage soap packaging from China – assembled by the retro aficionado U-Book on Douban. U-Book also has some amazing galleries of mid-century Chinese clothing catalogues and a particularly lovely vintage Seagull camera. As some have remarked on Weibo, they look good enough to eat! (“很小的时候，总会觉得香皂是蛋糕那样能吃的东西，，看这个设计和颜色，，太有爱了”) View the full set here. (Via one

of our favorite artists Yan Cong)

The Golden Age of HK Ads

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November 27, 2012
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On December 13 & 16th, the Hong Kong Art Center will be screening what looks to be a truly delightful program of the golden age of Hong Kong TV advertising – from the 1970s to the present. The program will explore how these historic ads “embody local culture, reflect social reality and serve as important historical time capsules.” A Retrospective of Local Advertising from the 70s to Present + HK4As Kam Fan Awards 2012, Dec 13 & 16 at Hong Kong Art Center, Agnes B. Cinema More information here. If you’re not in Hong Kong to attend, here are a few of our favorite classic HK TVC’s – what are yours? Let us know in the comments! Philips TV ad featuring Chow Yun Fat… as a clown Stephen Chow with seriously rad sunglasses The secret life of anthropomorphic Yakult bottles (in cartoon form) Do the Puma hustle! Some deliciously analogue 80’s technology in this Fuji ad – floppy discs, VHS cassettes and Walkmen, oh my!