Where do you find design inspiration? Sometimes it can be found in the mundane, everyday items that we usually take for granted. I’ve long been admiring tramcars, a mode of transportation I take almost daily. The trams in Hong Kong have been transporting people across the island for over a century. Lumbering down the tracks, the tram is usually the slow choice for getting where you want to go; but at just HKD 2.00 (about US$ 0.25) it’s the most economical...
Everyday Inspiration: Taking the Slow Way Home
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I love the tram; on fine, cooler days, travelling with the windows open allows a breeze to pass through the tramcar, cooling the air naturally. I feel especially lucky if the tram I board is an older model, fitted with lovely caned seating and wood-frame windows and detailing. Given the opportunity, I would love to rip one of the two seaters right off the tram and carry it straight home to my dining room. For now, I’ll have to settle with enjoying the tram furniture in situ, taking the slow way home.
-Liz
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these are rarely seen in town now, replaced by the ones with plastic seats. love the old ones, though they used to give me bedbug bites when i was little.
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Love the photos, too.
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I loved taking the tram home too, only late at night when the tram is not crowded. When it's packed, (and yes, I really mean PACKED packed, I've seen people squeeze between each other...) it's horrible. If unlucky, you'll be standing right next to the dirty, smelly, wet old guy who is coughing in your face.
Early morning is great. The cool air flows right in the tram and it just feels so nice. You see newspaper deliveries and setting up of the newstands. Market people setting up their shops...
Late evening is the best time. It's slow so I get to see all the fun stuff that's happening in the street below, or just watch the lights of the buildings.
I remember I woke up early one morning and just took the tram from the east end to the west. By the time I got there (after couple of hours) I got off and took the return tram back home. Only costed me HK$2 roundtrip (with student discount).
I miss Hong Kong.
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