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jan 18th 2010    product design

Christmas tree on air

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In 2008, Hong Kong based visual artist Chapman Tse created an inflatable Christmas deer to be used as an alternative choice from the traditional Christmas tree.
Trendy and coherent with modern interior designs, it can be stored easily after each usage. [Read more →]

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jan 16th 2010    product design

Nipple Straw

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Tao Ma is a Chinese designer. He created Nipple Straw to help people enjoy again the happiness of their childhood. A « Proust’s madeleine cake » ? [Read more →]

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jan 15th 2010    product design

Arachnocampa, a city of light

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Christopher Tomoya James came to Shanghai to be the Creative Director of an international exhibition design firm. He worked on a number of large scale projects including the design of a pavilion for the Shanghai Expo in 2010 and multiple exhibition identity designs for international brands. He then created Arachnocampa in 2009, a light and concept design studio. [Read more →]

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jan 13th 2010    graphic design

Kaige Tang, a shadow of light and colors

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Kaige Tang (Shadow) graduated from the China Academy of Art in 2009 and majored in Media and Image Design. His work extends into graphic, web, motion, and toy design. He freelances through his personal connections and through the international advertising group TBWA/agency.com, landing work for Ballantines, Visa, and others. His work has also been published in leading magazines like Milk and YOHO.

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jan 10th 2010    product design

Meng Fandi can Ring my bell… silently

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Meng Fandi created Ring, an alarm clock that is specially designed for couples and deaf-mute people and that awakes them with a gentle vibration rather than an acoustic signal. [Read more →]

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jan 5th 2010    product design

Fabric jewels

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Born in China in 1984, Chris Cheung is now studying design at the prestigious Pratt Institute in New York.
He designed very contemporary and poetic jewels and accessories. [Read more →]

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déc 2nd 2009    events

Business of Design Week 2009 starts in Hong Kong

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Asia’s largest annual design event, Business of Design Week 2009 (BODW) will be held from the 2nd to the 5th of December in Hong Kong. [Read more →]

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nov 25th 2009    events

L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique celebrates its 1st anniversary in China

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On the 28th of November, in Shanghai, the China based campus of L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique will celebrate its 1st anniversary in China.

After one year of activity in China, the annual figures and facts of the China based campus of L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique speak for themselves:
- 750 Hours of class,
- 150 China-based teachers and professionals gathered in a strong network,
- 38 Master’s degree students,
- 38 Four-month design internships in China-based companies, [Read more →]

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nov 24th 2009    architecture   bizarre

Chinese farmers built a bamboo Bird’s Nest

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The Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed “The Bird’s Nest”, is no doubt an icon in the Middle Empire. But for some farmers close to Hangzhou, in the southeast of China, the Herzog & de Meuron structure was just too far away… so they built their own replica out of bamboo. [Read more →]

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nov 14th 2009    product design   young talents in China

Antoine Persyn’s Iboga fights the blues

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Antoine Persyn, a 5th year student in the China based Master degree programme of the French design school, L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique, created this beautiful « Iboga » lamp for the Shanghai Ecodesign Fair in April 2009.  Made out of bamboo wood, this lamp is meant to help people feel better at home like a medication. [Read more →]

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