Students redesigned old shrimp paste shop in Tai O

A team of Environment and Interior Design students have joined the “Tai O Let's Go Cultural Festival” to renovate a local shrimp paste shop and design equipment for it. The project aims to help the old store to tell its very unique story to the public while adding new elements to local environment.

Led by Mr Michael Chan, Senior Teaching Fellow of PolyU Design, the team started from taking time to build relations and trust with the shop owners, then managed to design for their needs. Deliverables included an eye-catching installation that helped refreshing the exterior of shop with a long history.

The Festival was organised by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG) in partnership with the Tai O Cultural Association last December to promote local tourism and culture of the traditional fishermen’s village. Among a few spotlight activities of the Festival, “Tai O Stores Go!” that our design students participated involved 70 design students guided by designers from the Hong Kong Interior Design Association to reimagine, redesign and refurbish ten old stores in a melody of traditional and creative components.

In the media: 卓閱旅途——大澳Let's Go文化節 (頭條日報 2021-12-23)