Created as a humble seat for cramped, post-war city life, the plastic stool has long been a fixture across Hong Kong: at no-frills food stalls, wet markets and in homes. Decades on, it has been given a second chance as an artistic vessel for memory and belonging. Architecture and design PostMag Culture How Hong Kong’s humble plastic stool became a design-world darling Created as a humble seat for cramped, post-war city life.