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D2 Place Weekend Markets

Local illustrator Mr.Lui

Background

"D2 Place Weekend Markets" is a creative local market at D2 Place which advocates local culture and encourages

youngsters to develop creative Industries.It provides a platform for the local teenagers to sell their products, also

blood-stained fingerprints

demonstrate their ideas and creativity to the visitors.The teenagers only need to pay the low fee to rent a booth.

zombie cosplayers

The opening hour of the weekend market is 1pm to 9pm.There are different themes of the market every week.

waterproof paper-made accessories

Characteristics

Virtual to reality

One of the selling point of market is many booths are owned by online (Instagram, Facebook) shop owners.In D2 market, it combines the online business and the reality business.

Henna Tattoo
Organic Snacks

Actual goods are displayed to customers. The booth owners could introduce the features and interact with the customers so as to encourage new blood to enter creative industry.

Originality

Most of the products are designed by the booth owners.The originality and innovated idea are based on the personal

Liveband

experience and aims of the designer.New elements are being put in each weekend market as to attract people attention.

MM5-Zombie Paradise

The theme of the weekend market was “ MM5-Zombie Paradise” on 30/10-01/11 at 1pm to 9pm. In term of the interior design, there were blood-stained fingerprints on the window, a chain of blade with blood fall on the wall and staff would dress up as zombies walking around the market to scare people. Vintage style is adopted as portraits were printed and sticked on the wall.

Selling points

Fashion related to the Korean style clothes,handmade artificial leather goods,paper-made accessories with waterproof function. Exotic products could be found like Indian feature such as the indian tattoo Henna, dream-catching net which Indian use to make a wish.

For the food aspect,visitors could also purchase a lot of snacks such as the handmade cookie,bread.Also, some unique flavoring agents which people would alway use on the process of cooking food are also available in the market.

Live Band

There is also a venue for the youngsters to perform such as singing, playing in band. For example, a team of live band, songwriter Edwin Ho, Instagram singer Hong Jim Kiu and Danny were invited to sing a series of Cantonese pop music for three hours in order to entertain the visitors.


Past themes of weekend market

2015 JUNE

  1. 《Weekend Wardrobe》
  2. 《Alpaca Wandering Market》
  3. 《Kick-Off Summer Market》
  4. Hitchhike 《Hong Kong Market》

2015 JULY

  1. LOCOLOCO 《Let’s Party》
  2. 《GALAMARKET》
  3. 《Coolala Summer Market》
  4. 《Gather Market》

2015 AUGUST

  1. 《D.D Market》
  2. 《STYLE ME UP!》
  3. 《Indie Market》
  4. LOCOLOCO《Find Your Four Leaf Clover》
  5. 《Remember Your Canterbury Bells》

2015 SEPTEMBER

  1. 《Back To School》
  2. 《Hong Kong Handmade》
  3. 《The Lakeside Market》
  4. 《Nomad Nomad》
  5. 《Noah Market》

2015 OCTOBER

  1. 《Monster Unleashed》
  2. 《Young Entrepreneur Bazaar》
  3. 《Color Your Life with Art》
  4. 《Color Your Life with Story》
  5. 《MM5-Zombie Paradise》


Location

2/F,D2 Place,9 Cheung Yee Sl, Lai Chi Kok,

Hong Kong

D2 place Entrance


Transportation

Weekend market is closed to the MTR Station.Visitors could get there by taking MTR to Lai Chi Kok Station. Then getting out to the D2 exit.Visitors could also get there by bus No.44M and minibus 44A.


References

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  1. ^ "D2 place official website".
  2. ^ "D2 place official facebook pagecite web".
  3. ^ "周末到荔枝角D2 Place逛本地設計市集吧!".
  4. ^ "荔枝角「香港市集」 年青人做主賣食物手作".
  5. ^ "Kowloon minibus company". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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