KIORY 記憶
記

喺做你爸媽之前,
佢哋係點樣嘅人?
Who were your parents
before they were
your parents?

想睇下本書
一條問題,可以帶你返去佢未成為爸媽之前。One question can take you back to the life they had before you knew them.
布面精裝嘅長輩故事書,封面嵌住一張舊相,擺喺木枱上
穿線精裝,布面燙金。一本可以傳落去嘅書。Thread-sewn, cloth and foil. A book made to be handed down.
Four moments

如果可以行入佢過去一日,你想去邊一日?If you could step into one day from their past, where would you go?

揀一個場景。我哋畀你一條可以直接問嘅問題。Choose a scene. We will give you the question to ask.

01 · 搬去新地方嗰日The day she moved

「搬到新地方嗰日,你第一樣見到嘅係咩?」「搬到新地方那天,你第一眼看見的是什麼?」

"The day you moved somewhere new. What was the first thing you saw?"

由呢條問題開始Start with this question
The Book

揭開本書,會聽返佢點講。Read the story. Then hear them tell it.

壹
茶樓卡座嘅枱面:一杯熱茶、一個蓋碗、一罐餅,同一部擺喺枱上面嘅電話

傾偈Talk

坐低飲杯茶,或者由外國打個電話返嚟。揀一條問題,等佢慢慢講。Sit with them over tea, or call home from far away. Choose a question and let the conversation wander.

PLATE I · A TEA HOUSE TABLE
貳
長輩故事書內頁:結婚一章,舊婚照配文字同聽把聲QR

成書The book

我哋將錄音寫成章節,再將每張舊相放返入屬於佢嘅故事。We shape the recordings into chapters and place each old photograph inside the story it belongs to.

PLATE II · CHAPTER SIX, MARRIAGE
叁
長輩後生時嘅舊相,著紅褸企喺聖誕樹前面

留聲Their voice

書入面嘅小印,會打開嗰一刻嘅錄音。你聽到嘅,係佢當時親口點講。The small seal beside a passage opens the recording from that moment. You hear the way they told it.

PLATE III · A RED COAT, ONE CHRISTMAS

想睇下真嘅一本?Want to see a real one?

睇下本書See the book
布面精裝嘅長輩故事書,封面嵌住一張舊相,擺喺木枱上

第一條可以咁問:「你細個住嗰間屋係點樣㗎?」A first question: "What was the home you grew up in like?"

工藝CRAFTCraft
穿線精裝 · 無酸紙 · 不褪色顏料墨 · 布面燙金Sewn binding · acid-free paper · pigment ink · cloth & foil 印得住一百年,傳到孫嗰代Built to last a hundred years, and be handed down
做法METHODMethod
你問,佢講。佢唔使有智能電話You ask, they talk. They need no smartphone of their own 答夠未,你哋話事You decide when they have answered enough
把聲VOICEVoice
每一句金句隔籬一個印,一掃就係佢親口講嗰句A seal beside every quoted line. Scan it and hear them say that line 語言、口語定書面語,兩樣都你哋揀You choose the languages, and spoken words or formal written Chinese
落單ORDEROrder
而家落單即刻開始,唔使等,唔使排隊。Order now and it starts straight away, with no queue to join 頭十個家庭行先,呢一批已經滿咗。多謝大家。The founding ten families came first, and that group is closed. Thank you.
地方PLACEPlace
香港Hong Kong 工作室喺香港,本地同海外都寄A Hong Kong studio, delivering here and overseas
First book

第一本 KIORY,係喺我媽媽張枱開始。The first KIORY book began at my mother's table.

我問佢細個嘅事。佢用我由細聽到大嗰把聲慢慢答。嗰段對話後來變成一本書,而家揭到每一章,仲可以聽返佢當時點講。I asked about her childhood. She answered in the voice I had known all my life. That conversation became a book, and every chapter still carries the recording.

睇第一本書點樣整成 →See how the first book was made →

Questions

常見問題Common questions

長輩故事書係咩?What is a Kiory book?

一本用你屋企長輩自己把聲做出嚟嘅長輩故事書。佢講,我哋寫成中英對照嘅章節,每一句金句隔籬印住一個QR,一掃就聽返佢親口講嗰句。穿線精裝、無酸紙、不褪色顏料墨,係一本可以傳過百年嘅實體書,唔係相簿。A life story book made from an elder's own spoken memories. They talk, we write it into bilingual chapters, and a QR code printed beside every quoted line plays the original recording of them saying it. Smyth-sewn, acid-free paper, pigment ink: a physical book built to last over a hundred years, not a photo album.

實際點做?How does it actually work?

兩個方法,你揀啱佢嗰個。你自己問佢:題庫喺你部電話度,分咗唔同主題,你可以揀,亦可以自己寫,你坐喺佢隔籬,或者喺天涯海角打個電話返嚟都一樣得,佢淨係要開口講,唔使有智能電話,咩都唔使裝。或者佢自己答:如果佢用開手機,我哋send問題畀佢,之後快慢由你哋話事,一個下晝答晒幾條最爽,想慢慢嚟一個禮拜一條都冇問題。一條問題兩三分鐘就夠。答夠咗就成書,印刷之前你逐頁睇過同批准。Two ways, whichever suits them. You interview them: the question library is on your phone, sorted by theme, and you pick from it or write your own, and you sit beside them, or you call from the other side of the world and it works exactly the same, because all they have to do is talk, with no smartphone and nothing installed. Or they answer alone: if they are comfortable on a phone we send the questions over, and the pace after that is yours, several in one afternoon if they are on a roll, or one a week if you would rather take your time. Two or three minutes per question is plenty. When enough questions have been answered you have the book, and you review the proof page by page before anything prints.

我阿媽唔識用電腦,得唔得?My mother is not good with technology. Does that matter?

得。佢唔使學任何新嘢。佢用返平時同你講嘢嗰個方法答就得,撳兩下錄音。真係唔想自己錄嘅話,你坐喺佢隔籬幫佢錄都一樣得。It does not. There is nothing for them to learn. They answer the way they already talk to you, in two taps. And if they would rather not record at all, you can sit beside them and record it yourself instead.

佢話「有咩好講啫」,唔肯講點算?What if they say they have nothing worth telling?

幾乎個個一開口都係咁講,跟住講咗兩個鐘。所以我哋唔會叫佢「錄自己嘅故事」,嗰個係大工程,冇人開得到頭。我哋畀你一條好具體嘅問題,例如「你細個住嗰間屋係點樣㗎?」,佢答嘅時候唔覺自己喺度做緊一件大事。Almost everyone opens with exactly that line, and then talks for two hours. Which is why we never ask anyone to record their life story: that is a project, and nobody starts a project. You get one very concrete question instead, something like what was the flat you grew up in like, and answering it never feels like a big undertaking.

幾錢?How much does it cost?

電子版 HK$398,本書整好嗰日就收到,唔使等印刷;之後想印,呢 HK$398 喺傳家版度全數扣返。傳家版 HK$1,980,布面燙金、相片嵌入封面、穿線釘裝。故事、照片、每句金句嘅QR、中英對照,兩個版本完全一樣,分別係本書本身。雙人傳家版 HK$3,480,爸媽兩位一本書,一年一年並排。加印一本畀兄弟姊妹係原書一半價錢。睇晒定價。The digital edition is HK$398, delivered the day the book is finished with no print run to wait for, and if you print later the HK$398 comes off the Heirloom Edition in full. The Heirloom Edition is HK$1,980 in cloth with foil stamping, a photograph tipped in on the cover and a sewn binding. The story, the photographs, the voice QR beside every quote and the bilingual text are identical in both: what changes is the object. The Two-Person Heirloom is HK$3,480, both parents in one book, year by year. An extra copy for a sibling is half the price of the book it copies. See full pricing.

啲錄音同相會唔會外流?What happens to the recordings and photos?

係你哋屋企嘅,唔會賣,唔會分享畀第三方,你叫停就刪。QR連結唔會俾人估到,亦都唔會俾搜尋器收錄,所以一個陌生人係搵唔到、抄唔到佢把聲。They stay yours. We do not sell them and we do not share them with third parties, and we delete them if you ask. The QR links cannot be guessed and are not indexed by search engines, so a stranger cannot find or scrape their voice.

仲有其他問題 →More questions →

有嘢想問本書?Questions about the book?

有一日,屋企人會打開呢本書,
再聽到佢親口講。
One day, someone in the family will open this book
and hear them answer.

One day, someone in the family will open this book and hear them answer.

問下我哋Ask us

印刷之前你會逐頁睇到成書嘅proof,你批准咗先開印。You review the finished proof page by page. Nothing prints until you approve it.

一本書,留低佢親口講過嘅事。
A book of the stories they told you themselves.
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