The changing face of Hong Kong typography

Ken Fung and Kevin Mak, co-founders of @streetsignhk, are architects by profession who are into preserving street signs in their spare time. They worked with Nan Fung to help bring some of the city's neon signs to life for the exhibition and are hosting a Neon Light Puzzle Workshop on June 6.

"TKO Plaza is very easily accessible to the general public," Fung states. "Of course, we took this opportunity to promote signboard culture and its conservation to a wider audience."

"Also, the Cantonese word for shopping literally translates as: walking on streets," Mak notes. "In the old days when people really shopped along the streets, signboards served to attract customers. As the city developed, shopping gradually shifted from streets to shopping malls. Bringing signboards into a shopping mall through this exhibition is an interesting contrast."