When a book designer turns the page
A shelter is a form of security to many. To book designer Chan Hei Shing, it is more than that. After leaving his full time job in 2014, Chan has longed for a shelter for his design business. “Though I was leading a nomadic working style for few years, I wished to run my design service in an office for a sense of professionalism and stability.”
Two years’ working as a freelancer, Chan had established his company Hei Shing Book Design and finally settled in DIP Kowloon Bay CITA centre in July. “Needless to say, the benefit like first year free rental and discounted rate on the second year (under the DIP scheme) is most attractive to us. Apart from printing facilities and stationery, the newly acquired laser cut machine is a plus. I just had two sessions to get to know the machine and test on paper samples. It would be helpful to our design and bookbinding workshop too.”
Being a rookie at DIP, Chan enjoys the creative and motivating vibe amid other design-prenuers. “Thanks to my incubatee fellow next door, I recently enrolled to a design competition for the first time even though I knew it for many years.” He is also looking forward to training especially on managing finance and proposal writing, as well as programmes like BODW and 7+1. “To be a creative entrepreneur is to be all-round,” says Chan.
Image: work by Hei Shing Book Design
Image: work by Hei Shing Book Design