Talk to the Hand

THE LEARNING HOUSE People’s Architecture Office Beijing-based People’s Architecture Office has designed sheets of paper illustrated with city streets, which children can colour in and then fold into the shape of a house—an activity that stimulates their creativity and exercises their fine motor skills. ANTIBACTERIAL DOOR HANDLES Michael Young Studio UK-born, Hong Kong-based industrial designer Michael Young fused natural forms and cutting-edge technology to make these fluid-repellent, antibacterial door handles. Young used a laser-cutting process to engrave a pattern in the surface that mimics the qualities of water-repellent lotus leaves. HONG KONG BRICK Studio Florian and Christine Designers Florian Wegenest and Christine Lew scoured shops in Hong Kong that were closing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, collecting cement, glass and stone that they have given new life in the form of their terrazzo Hong Kong Brick. The designers…