January 2012
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DIY Transportations as Art
It’s kind of funny that it took an institution all the way from Italy to bring these awesome local Chinese inventions into a gallery, in China. Nonetheless, it was still a great thing, when Color went to Shanghai last year to present an exhibition to explore why and how individuals are inventing new ways of getting from A to B.
Wang Qiang in his Flying Machine. Photo by Mauro Bedoni
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Emotional Automobiles by Li Hui
As most of my friends know, I am not a big fan of automobiles. This is one of the many reasons I love New York City, because I could try to avoid being in one as much as possible, usually walking, biking to where ever I need to go. But never have I thought about how automobiles would feel if they had human emotions. As tough and pompous as they look on the surface, could they also be vulnerable...
September 2010
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Neocha Edge Creative Collective
As web-magazine and creative collective, Neocha represent and showcase leading Chinese creative talents.
Tagged China by Nato.
Graphic design by rubberpixy.
Graphic design by Wang Meng.
Illustration by Nanguazi.
Illustration by My Name Is Black.
Illustration by xiao longhua.
Illustration by I am white.
Fashion from xixi.
Photography by Ren Hang.
Toys by...
August 2010
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Photojournalism winners
Some interesting photos from this year’s China News Photography Award (Golden Lens).
《粗暴拆迁》
A farmer in Hangzhou waving the flag and protesting against forced demolition of his house.
《无良小偷趁乱行窃》
While students raise their teacher up in the air to celebrate the end of the national exam, a thief took the opportunity to steal his wallet.
《7岁男子汉撑起1个家》
A seven year old boy who takes...
July 2010
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Book Design by Zhang Dali
From Vision Union.
The binding of the books read 张 (Zhang).
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Chinese Typography
From designbrandchina blog.
Forum of Chinese Type Design & Awards Presentation of CHINESE KAISHU, 5th FounderType Chinese Type Design Competition
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Chinese Graphic Design in the 20th Century
The old “new China”, inspiration for Chinese designers in the 21st century and collector items for western designers.
Chinese Graphic Design in the 20th Century: A Documentary - XIN Icograda World Design Congress Beijing 2009
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RMB City
RMB City, a city being built in Second Life by China Tracy (Cao Fei), is a condensed incarnation of contemporary Chinese cities with most of their characteristics; a series of new Chinese fantasy realms that are highly self-contradictory, inter-permeative, pan-political, extremely entertaining, and laden with irony and suspicion.
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China Design Market 2010
Right. First establish the function and then the form. After decades of developing it’s economy, technology and other “hardwares”, China have created an international design industry basing from Beijing. Judging from the works already seen from Beijing design studios, the city will not only look prettier but become even more interesting then it already is.
The construction of...
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Corner Shop where your connection is your currency
The Corner Shop 小卖部 was a networking project created in Shanghai in 2007 during the Shanghai International Creative Week. It was created by Cai Kai, Anouchka van Driel, Gao Ling, Elaine W. Ho, Lulu Li.
Info from the site:
typical chinese corner shop goods, such as sunflower seeds, cigarettes and snack sausages are available, but the currency here is not cash, just business cards. your name is...
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HomeShop 家作坊
Located in the centre of Beijing on one of its old hutong alleyways, HomeShop is a 25sqm store space turned sleeping-working-living studio which uses its window front as the beginning point from which to examine our ways of relaying between public and private, the commercial and pure exchange as such. That given, temporality is a crucial aspect to the work of HomeShop, whereby these relations...
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iwishicoulddescribeittoyoubetter
iwishicoulddescribeittoyoubetter is a kind of collaborative blog written from Beijing, New York, Vienna, Sendai, Tokyo, Berlin, Osaka and Zurich. As it says on the site, “Less a collective, design studio or fixed group, but the place of perchance running into one another, where encounters are created and some relationships last, others to which we wave warmly in retrospect.” Well, I...
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Lightning Babe by Lulu
Lightning Babe, by Lulu (Li Xinlu), is a modern twist on the 1950’s Chinese female gymnastics figure, similar dress, hairstyle, green uniform, pink cheeks, energetic voice and music. The Lightning Babe works range from posters, animated wallpaper for projections, small sculptures, bags, clothing, and emoticons for MSN PC, cushions, etc. Found in Get It Louder 2007 exhibition.
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Mina Wu Chair Dress
I found Mina Wu’s Chair Dress project from the Get It Louder 2007 exhibition.
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April 2010
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Designs by Qian Qian
Qian Qian is a graphic artist based in New York City.
His Master’s Illustion 2007
Bless Fortune Longevity & Happiness 2007
China Shadow 2006