On Monday the 26th of April, the Chinese program of L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique launched a new design workshop. Dedicated to the brand « Haier », it gathers 35 design students from 5 different design schools:
- Tsinghua University 清华
- Tongji University 同济
- Shandong Art and Design University 山东工业美术学院
- Qingdao University 青岛大学
- L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique / China Campus
For one week, students will work on the “kitchen” and will have to use their cross-cultural skills to answer the brief. [Read more →]
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education
15 April 2010
events
The Eco Design Fair Spring 2010 will open its doors from the 17th of April 2010 to the 18th.
The fith edition of this event will take place at the Jiashan Market, in Shanghai’s Xuhui District (Lane 550 Shaanxi Road South, no. 37).
With a record number of over 65 participating eco-conscious businesses, it will be the biggest event to date. Sustainable, organic, natural, non-toxic, recycled, ethical, energy-saving, and environmentally aware products will be exhibited. [Read more →]
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events
Yang Na studied arts at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. She created a personage “Nana” that has recently been exhibited at the Metaphysical Art Gallery of Taipei and the Art Seasons Gallery in Zurich but also at the Shanghai MOMA, Moon River MOCA Beijing or Chengdu Art Museum. [Read more →]
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graphic design · young talents in China
PEGA Design, a Shanghai based Taiwanese design company, has released a new line of « wall stickers » that blurs the line between decoration and function. The unfold series features a number of different designs that adhere to walls. Each sticker serves a specific function and aims to explore designing electronic appliances from a decorative perspective. [Read more →]
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interior design · product design
British designer Tom Price’s solo exhibition at Chapter 7 in Hangzhou 杭州 was the culmination of a ten week invitation to China to create new works for the gallery’s opening show.
One body of work Tom designed is entitled “Thinker Tables” and is produced from black, white and grey polypropylene tubes that have been fused together, and then melted at one end to create a smooth flat tabletop. [Read more →]
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product design
Renewing the design for the UK pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010, British designer Thomas Heatherwick teaming up with Mace, the consultancy and construction company, has come up with a new six-storey pavilion under the theme being “Better City, Better Life” that will provide a dramatic demonstration of creativity and innovation in the UK. [Read more →]
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architecture
Fiona Hewitt is an inspired painter. Amazed by « toys, communist-era propaganda, the Fifties, the Forties, sweets and packaging », she drowns her audience in color and magical excitement with her beautiful illustrations. She then sell them on her website: Fiona Hewitt [Read more →]
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graphic design
Ryan Horsman, a recent graduate from the University of Michigan with a Masters of Architecture, created the Chopstick/Steamer Stool during a summer abroad program at B.A.S.E. Beijing. The goal of this particular project was to use everyday Chinese items in new ways. The Chopstick/Steamer Stool takes traditional bamboo steamers, thousands of disposable chopsticks and simple cushioning material, and combines them into a piece of furniture. [Read more →]
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product design
Damn Fine Tea has collaborated with the Minneapolis graphics team Aesthetic Apparatus for this special tin. It was designed for the Chinese New Year 2010 and has adorned upon it a big fat happy tiger in celebration. Each of these 50 tins (only 50 tins are produced) was printed in MPLS by Aesthetic Apparatus.
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graphic design · packaging
The Motion Global Eye by China Telecom aims to create a humanistic platform for the vision impaired, one that will enable them to interact with today’s modern technologies in a much more natural and intuitive way. The devices has 9 points and a central guide. This setup mimics today’s most commonly used key input – the alphanumeric keypad. [Read more →]
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product design
