February 2012
20 posts
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One Step Back, Two Steps Forward
“When a brand enters the market, it is like a person taking their first steps on a long journey. After 5 years of wandering, Shan Design Studio has passed several forking pathways and we are now moving forward in our exploration. This solo exhibition - One Step Back, Two Steps Forward - showcases many of our works whilst placing emphasis on our design process, as well as the ...
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Mass Metamorphosis
“Mass Metamorphosis is a group exhibition by CYJO, Marcella Campa & Stefano Avesani, and Matthew Niederhauser that explores the social, cultural and environmental effects of rapid modernisation on China. The exponential rate at which China has been developing over the past 60 years has transformed the country into an economic power. Globally, China boasts a profound influence on...
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Wang Shu Awarded Pritzker Prize
Congratulations to Chinese architect, Wang Shu, for winning the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2012. He is the first Chinese citizen to receive this prestigious award.
Architect and professor, Wang Shu, was born in 1963 in Urumqi, Xinjiang. He studied at Nanjing Institute of Technology until postgraduate level before founding Amateur Architecture Studio with his wife, Lu Wenyu, in Hangzhou,...
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HomeShop
HomeShop began as a storefront residence and artist initiative in Beijing, 2008. Located in an old hutong alleyway, the space and its window front are used to examine ways of relaying between the public and private”. The space allows artists, designers and thinkers to come together through a variety of interwoven activities, interventions and documentary gestures, whilst also serving as...
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Tapani Private View
If you’re in Hong Kong tonight, why not drop by the private viewing of Tapani’s Mod Collection at ilivetomorrow? Details under the cut.
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Decoster
Officially launched in 2000 by Chen Xiang, Decoster is one of China’s oldest designer brands. Collections are inspired by Shanghai, where the brand originated, as well as the conflict between East and West. Decoster aims to reflect these cultural conflicts and “hopes to bring new experiences and understanding to consumers’ busy urban lives”. Last year, Decoster also launched a more high-end,...
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Aric Chen on BJDW 2012
Beijing Design Week (BJDW) 2012 promises to be bigger and better than last year; I spoke with Creative Director, Aric Chen, to find out how.
First of all, what initially brought you to Beijing? To be honest, it was simply Beijing that brought me to Beijing. I had no real reason to come here, except my attraction to a city that clearly had a lot going on, that was profoundly and intriguingly...
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Li Xiaodong
Based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, architect Li Xiaodong believes in striving for “the highest order of the human environment”. His working process aims as little as possible to follow an architectural style, which “limits the potential to be unique and creative”, and adopts a careful consideration of context and culture instead. Pictured is his completed Liyuan...
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Triple Major Nomad Store
For those of you who are lucky enough to be in London right now, be sure to check out Triple Major’s Nomad Store at Isis Gallery. But you’ll have to be quick - today is the last day! Details.
Image via Superfuture.
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Wallpaper China
Wallpaper China gets it’s own website (in Chinese only). Visit.
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Jonah Kessel
Jonah Kessel is an interactive art director, visual journalist and nomadically curious photographer. He offers visual communications solutions across a wide array of platforms including videography, photography, mixed media production, print, web and interactive design. Motivated to “Imagine. Create. Inspire” and to use his passion for visual storytelling to bring about...
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Li Jun
EightSix recently posted some interesting graphic works by Beijing-based designer, Li Jun. We’re hoping to track down Li Jun for an interview soon; meanwhile, visit EightSix for more images.
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Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA
Just…it’s like someone threw the Shanghai Pearl Tower into a building. Via Dezeen.
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Beijing Design Week 2012
Yesterday, (probably one of many) preview events took place at CMoDA for Beijing Design Week 2012. The focus this year will be on crafts: expanding its meaning, as well as looking at authenticity and preservation (especially in light of the recent demolition of Liang Sicheng’s residence). Milan will be this year’s guest city and, of course, many more think tanks and workshops will be...
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Chen Man for i-D
“In light of China’s recent Dragon-tastic new year, [i-D magazine] have snapped up [Chen Man] to produce 12 covers celebrating the diversity of Chinese beauty. In a world rife with glossy spreads it’s harder than it looks to make a picture stand out – but Chen Man’s flair for high-impact imagery is everything we love about fashion photography; bold, luxurious, and ...
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More on Trace Architecture Office
Constructed by Trace Architecture Office (TAO), the Museum of Handcraft Paper is located next to Xinzhuang Village in Yunnan, which has a long history of making and developing handcrafted paper. The museum project is part of a plan to preserve this tradition, showcasing the history, process and techniques behind paper production. The museum also consists of a bookstore, work spaces and guest...
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More on Bishan Project
“Ou Ning and Zuo Jing have made successive efforts to initiate discussion on the question of rural reconstruction. Ou Ning [previously] served as Artistic Director for the 2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. Although the exhibition still retained much of the raucous individualism of its predecessors, the countryside and its history had ...
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Wuhao Winter-Water Exhibition
We’re finally back after an extended break during which, we promise, content was being curated for Design China. Before we get on with the next post, I’d like to point out our new URL: www.design-china.org!
Back to business: “Tucked away deep within the hutongs of Beijing’s Dongcheng district, the new Wuhao Curated Shop is Beijing’s first proper concept shop....