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Muni It
Check it out, wheel it out. Unicycling used to be something you saw in a circus. Hong Kong has a Unicycle Association which holds a unicycle hockey game every Monday at North Point and organizes Muni riding – unicycle hikes and mountaineering. If that sounds a fun thing to do, you first have to buy a unicycle. They are many and varied, the most basic doesn’t even come with a seat. It’s known as the ‘Ultimate Wheel’ and comes in three types: 20-inch, 24-inch and 28-inch. Prices are $518, $791 and $1029 respectively at www.unicycle.com. |
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Scan It
It is not difficult to find electronic translators on the Internet, each trying to make skipping between languages  more convenient and easier. Quicktionary, though, is a pen that scans a word or line of text and translates it directly into another language. Each pen translates text between two languages, chosen from among English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean... The latest device, Quicktionary III, has a touch screen and keyboard for it’s $783 from www.scanningpens.co.uk |
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IT It
This year’s HK Computer & Communications Festival 2007 (HKCCF 2007) will be held from August 24-27 in HKCEC Hall 1. The HKCCF has become one of the largest IT exhibitions locally and attracted 340,000 visitors from around the world last year. Opening hours are 1pm to 10pm except on August 27 when it closes at 6pm. Tickets are $20 and available at any 7-Eleven branch in MTR or KCR stations. For more information www.hkccfexpo.com or www.chkci.org.hk |
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Design It
So you think you are one hot-shot young designer? Well, international eyewear celebrity Alain Mikli is giving you the chance to prove it with the mikliStudio Design Award 2007. This is an eyewear design competition in two categories, the academic group and the open group, and the winner of each will get a one-week internship at the mikliStudio in France and learn how to design and make great eyewear. The winning designs will be showcased in more than 40 Alain Mikli shops around world. The result of the contest will be announced on November 6 while the entry deadline is October 15. For more details see www.msaward.com or www.mikli.com |
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Eaten by It
Among some fascinating new items in local Goods of Design (GOD) shops are a couple of unusual bean bag chairs – one in the form of a shark, the other shaped like a penguin. As a substitute for that old sofa or sagging chair, they’re easy to fall and relax into but then expect a few laughs when it looks as though the bean bag chairs are having you for lunch. The size of the Sharkey chair is 58x76x86cm and the Penguin 63x90x110cm. Both are $975 and are waiting to swallow you and your wallet at all GOD shops in Hong Kong. |
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Scent It
 Paris’s Crazylibellule and Poppies have come up with an answer to all the sprayed perfume that goes everywhere except on the person using it. It looks like a lipstick but is actually a 5gm perfume stick petite enough for the smallest handbag. Easy to use, it only requires a soft rub to leave you smelling divine. Each of the three mood collections – “exotic” Shanghaijava, “sensual” Poule de Luxe and “delicate” Les Divines Alcoves – has seven ‘flavours’ so there are plenty of aromas to choose from. The scented sticks are available on www.hqhair.com for $118. |
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