China design news 中国设计新闻 / Now China design is in English! 现在中国设计是英文的 !

28 April 2010    education

France-China cross-cultural design workshop 2010 « Hyperconnectivity 3.0 »

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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15 April 2010    events

The 5th Eco Design Fair opens its doors again in Shanghai

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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14 April 2010    graphic design   young talents in China

Yang Na’s Nana – a world of fantasy

yang na chinese graphic design sexual design

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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13 April 2010    interior design   product design

Pega gives a third dimension to walls

shanghai design company pega design

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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12 April 2010    product design

Thinker tables by Tom Price

tom prixe design in hangzhou

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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8 April 2010    architecture

Hairy and glowy like a UK pavilion

uk pavilion at shanghai expo 2010

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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7 April 2010    graphic design

China propaganda by Fiona Hewitt

chinese propaganda illustration

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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4 April 2010    product design

Chopstick/Steamer Stool in Beijing

jason 1 Base beijing 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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2 April 2010    graphic design   packaging

Damn Fine Tea celebrates Chinese new Year

china yunnan tea 3 packaging

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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1 April 2010    product design

Motion Global Eye for the blind eyes

9_spots première

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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