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Lauren James

The Hong Kong protests are ripe with vivid iconography. Much of the artwork that has emerged from the anti-extradition- bill movement is visually striking and charged with emotion, often incorporating the slogans and mottos of the demonstrations, which this week passed their 100th day.
As artists and protesters in the city apply their creativity to posters and logos, a whole industry has sprung up around protest merchandise, capitalising on the global swell of support for the city.
While it is likely that some of these products have never actually been bought nor produced, here are some of the more offbeat printed items available.

Hong Kong-based sticker printer Design Gardenia produces kawaii (cute Japanese-style) stationery themed around the protests, featuring woodland animals holding up “resist” signs and umbrellas, and wearing hard hats and goggles.

This “Anti Extradition Club” T-shirt is clearly not a rip-off of any streetwear brand beloved by Hongkongers, oh no (Anti Social Social Club, look out). The seller, EverythingHK, has a range of other edgy products, including a T-shirt that reads “Welcome to the city of expired tear gas” and a sticker with a cartoon of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the head of Hong Kong’s government, playing off a meme popularised by rapper Drake.

Pepe the Frog has become a symbol of the alt-right movement elsewhere in the world, yet in Hong Kong the cartoon frog has been appropriated by protesters. One US-based merchandiser has taken this and run with it, churning out trainers, hoodies and pool sliders emblazoned with the frog decked out in protective goggles and a helmet. If you actually own some of these, please get in touch.

“Say no to curry lamb,” reads this T-shirt by Singaporean designer Claude Stargen, accompanied by an image of Lam as the aforementioned animal.

US-based seller I Love FL has a range of gym socks, caps, visors, beanies and T-shirts printed with pro-Hong Kong slogans. The prints include Taiwanese designer Kyo Chen’s “Free Hong Kong” ambigram (which can be read vertically as Hong Kong and horizontally as “ga yau”, a phrase of encouragement), and even the lyrics of protest anthem Glory to Hong Kong printed in their entirety.

Referencing the widely seen “Keep calm and carry on” merchandise, one Hong Kong online retailer presumably churned out this design so quickly that they didn’t have time to proofread. The same website also sells a shirt reading “Anti popo club”, evoking a certain streetwear brand again, as well as an extensive range of Pepe-themed items.


Monetising a disturbing incident in which a protester was shot in the eye, allegedly by police, one seller over on TeePublic offers adult and child tees, stickers, badges and mugs with the same goofy typeface and injured Pepe image, lifted from a placard design seen held by a young female protester in August.

This tee from online marketplace Spreadshirt evokes the famous Les Misérables song Do You Hear The People Sing?, which has been adopted in the demonstrations. The shirt gives off a distinctly DIY flavour, with generic graphics, naff typography, a “you” too many and a Bauhinia flag whacked in for good measure.


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(L-R) Tattoo artist David "Vidzul" Zuleta, and his Sage Victor who had a tattoo with a Hong Kong protest theme, Central. 07AUG19 [FEATURES] SCMP / Xiaomei Chen

HK tatoos for protest by YC. Carl Photo: Courtesy of YC. Carl [FEATURES 2019]

HK tattoos for protest by YC. Carl Photo: Courtesy of YC. Carl [FEATURES 2019]

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A whole industry has sprung up around protest merchandise, capitalising on the global swell of support for the city
Here are some of the more offbeat printed items on sale



A whole industry has sprung up around protest merchandise, capitalising on the global swell of support for the city. Here are some of the more offbeat printed items on sale.


Hong Kong protests

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Hong Kong protest merchandise: tees, socks, badges and more, from clever to downright bizarre

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} A whole industry has sprung up around protest merchandise, capitalising on the global swell of support for the city Here are some of the more offbeat printed items on sale

A whole industry has sprung up around protest merchandise, capitalising on the global swell of support for the city

Here are some of the more offbeat printed items on sale