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useless data project (2)

collecting information in hong kong's landscape (part 2- see part 1 here)


chinese characters evolved from pictures. when modern typography incorporates pictorial elements, the characters continue this legacy of visual communication.




(From left to right)

top row: hoist/go up, wash (verb), report (verb), tea

second row: crocodile, thief, morning, window

third row: spicy, night, fresh, safety (using the radical for "woman")

bottom row: hour/time, cancer, medicine, love



1960 government campaign for healthier, cleaner and safer neighbourhoods in hong kong


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