The Lion Rock Press is a brand that does not simply reference Hong Kong - it actively documents, celebrates, and distributes the city's living identity through premium design.
The brand was founded by Claire Yates, a Eurasian entrepreneur whose personal story mirrors the dual cultural identity that defines modern Hong Kong. Growing up in a family with deep roots in the city's paper-merchant heritage, Claire channelled both her love of Hong Kong and her eye for design into a business that has since become one of the city's most recognisable independent creative brands. The Lion Rock Press is listed with the Hong Kong Tourism Board, stocked at leading retailers including Goods of Desire and Bookazine, and regularly commissioned by major Hong Kong corporations for bespoke gifting solutions.
The brand's product range spans greeting cards and gift wrap to jigsaw puzzles, children's wooden toys, candles, ornaments, homeware, and apparel - each category unified by a consistent visual identity rooted in Hong Kong's iconography: the harbour, the tram, the red taxi, dim sum and also the less obvious - the wild boar is recreated as a Christmas decoration resplendent in a red santa hat - and their most recent 1000-piece puzzle celebrates auspicious symbols within Hong Kong. These are not mere souvenirs. They are lovingly designed artefacts that carry cultural meaning - products that prompt stories, stir memories, and forge connections between people and a place.
A defining aspect of The Lion Rock Press is its role as a creative ecosystem. The brand actively commissions and partners with Hong Kong-based artists and illustrators, and stocks work from local authors and makers, providing them with a commercial platform for work that celebrates the city. This commitment to nurturing local creative talent is central to the brand's identity and distinguishes it from generic souvenir retailers.
The brand also functions as a bridge - between East and West, tradition and modernity, local and global. Its Eurasian DNA means its designs speak to Hong Kong's multicultural reality: products that resonate equally with lifelong residents, returning expats, international visitors, and the global diaspora. In an era when many Hong Kong residents are dispersed around the world, The Lion Rock Press has become something deeply meaningful: a way to hold onto home.
The brand's name is itself a declaration of cultural purpose. By choosing this name, The Lion Rock Press signals that its purpose runs deeper than commerce: it is about belonging, memory, and pride in a place that is always worth celebrating
