As a continuation of last week’s walk about, this week I have decided to focus on the many manhole covers I have collected. Having read up on the handfull of articles available, I discovered that many of these covers were imported from Britan pre-Chinese handover and remained in service til today, no updated versions have been seen or have been released.
The main purpose were to prevent slip as Mr. Lai Chiu Cheurng, a 20 year veteran having worked at the Sewage Department here in Hong Kong. The most commonly seen indications mark : HK for indication of government property to prevent theft and reselling, DC meaning Drainage Contract , HML for Heavy, Medium and Light Duty. (content taken from interview on devb.gov.hk)
I then set off in a minimalist approach to slightly update the font and also to better the purpose of anti-slip. I was thinking of designing in grooves, and later on having extended to using simple graphics to replace certain utilities such as sewage, water supply and electricity.
My results are fonts that are formed by iron casted ridges for improved tracktion. Some old designs were kept while updates were made to others.
This assignment was met with some commentsfrom my instructors and is not completed yet, please stay tuned for updates!
ANDY WAS HERE
ANDY was here 🤓 