The Urban Design of Impermanence - Street, Places & Spaces in Hong Kong (Reprint Edition) by Peter Cookson Smith Card The Years of the Pigs

The Years of the Pigs are: 1959

This grater-slicer is ideal for Parmesan

It can be easily refilled with ordinary cigarette lighter gas

White rims with light pink give this dinnerware collection a comfortable and contemporary look

A sampan is an old-fashioned wooden boat

The Urban Design of Impermanence - Street, Places & Spaces in Hong Kong (Reprint Edition) by Peter Cookson Smith Card The Years of the PigsThe notion of impermanence underlies the urban design language of Hong Kong to a significant extent. The citys intensely urban environment has long reflected embedded patterns of change and temporality in both physical and cultural dimensionsa forever reconstructed city of dislocation, adaptation and imagination. These characteristics are intrinsically interwoven with street and spatial patterns, producing a sense of immediacy and transience,