北北村 bakbakcyun

Our Story

Having a workshop of my own, working as a wood worker was never deemed feasible for the first 25 years of my life and hence it was never a dream. Growing up in the metropolitan Hong Kong and trained as a Geographer, I have never seen the path of becoming a wood worker came in my life until one tiny little push. In 2017 I have moved into Peng Chau with my partner and considering the sc

arce resources we had I thought I had to step-up and build simple furniture on my own. Having bought a table saw and let it sit for a couple of months, not having an idea of how wood working should be done, I was luckily admitted to a short woodworking course ran by a publicly funded institution out of an application I have submitted a year ago back then (well that came in real handy). Making use of the brief yet precious 3-months training I had I have slowly built a tiny workshop in my place and start working with wood. Was never in lack of ideas as what I built was what I need, be it a simple cabinet that fits right into the space next to our fridge or curtain holders that only has to do the simple job. Slowly improving I have started to build wood products for my neighbors and from people across the internet who has noticed us via social media. My partner has spent years working with leather as a hobbyists and I have also taken lessons on sewing, we are always thrilled to have projects that allow us to blend in all three materials, wood, leather and fabric. The Spirit of BBC

Drawing inspirations from what I need from my daily routines, we always look into small problems from our daily lives and solve it with our crafts. We stick to the finest quality of real wood and take durability as our priority in contrary to cost reduction. Our spirit is heavily influenced by another realm of service we offer, repair works. By laying our hands over pre-loved antique chairs and worn-out leather goods we study how things are made and how modern manufacturing has considered cost too much to an extent they sacrifice its durability. All our products are built considering it has to be used for a decade at least. Crafting

All our products are designed and crafted by us, wood working and sewing by me and leather goods by my partner in our workshop in Peng Chau. Our Space

Our workshop also serves as a retail store and we only sell what we design and what we manufacture right there. At least for now I still manage to uphold this major uniqueness of bundling the design, manufacturing, marketing and selling of our products, in our place. I have never seen a store that bare such an element and it is also an experiment to see if it brings the greatest joy when the production chain is centralised instead of being segmented.

北北村的開始

開工場；做木工，從來也不是我的夢想，因我從沒想過這件事情是可行的。

2017 年搬到離島，心想是不是要自己動手做才會有價錢相宜的傢俱。半年後，恰巧年多前報名的公營機構木工班終於開班。努力學習，三個月後帶著僅有的知識在屋後逐小的建立了自己的工場，一邊做著自己用的東西，一邊替街坊製作他們合用的木器。

從前也學過車縫，伙伴鍾愛製作皮革製品，所以當一件產品能夠盡用揉合木工、布藝、皮革這三種材料，我們是特別興奮的。

北北村的理念

木工部最大靈感是源自於自己的生活，初期的小件和傢俱都是針對自己的需要。而這種需要也可以引伸至其他對木傢俱有要求的人的需要，就是外型精美，材料要天然、紮實，設計要多用途及緊貼需要。

我們相信當每一件產品經過思考、調整、以耐用性而不是成本為前提，是可以做出一件不會被輕易更換淘汰的家品。

另外我們也提供維修服務，一方面修復物品可令得以物盡其用，另一方修復也是一個學習的機會，瞭解到一般消費品以成本作最大考量時所作出的調整引致產品的壽命下降，我們就可以在自己的出品中加以補強。我們所造的產品都是希望可以合理使用十年以上。

製造

香港製造，坪洲製造，我自己在家造的。沒有取巧，沒有代工，童叟無欺。

空間

我們的工作室同樣是我們產品銷售的地方，所以我們同時是一間只售買由自己設計及製造的產品的店舖。這個元素對我們是別具意義的，因在我的認知中從來沒有這樣的店舖。而這也是一個實驗，看看將設計、製造、營銷全集中在同一人同一個地方是否可以帶來更大的樂趣。