China Design Now
| Author | : Hongxing Zhang |
| Publisher | : Victoria & Albert Museum |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2008-03 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : |
Published to coincide with the exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Mar. 15-July 13, 2008.
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China's Design Revolution
| Author | : Lorraine Justice |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 169 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0262017423 |
The evolution of Chinese design and the major shift in the culture of creativity in a post-Mao China. China is on the verge of a design revolution. A "third generation" of the People's Republic of China that came of age during China's "opening up" period of the 1980s now strives for fame, fortune, and self expression. This generation, workers in their thirties and forties, has more freedom to create--and to consume--than their parents or grandparents. In China's Design Revolution, Lorraine Justice maps the evolution of Chinese design and innovation. Justice explains that just as this "third generation" (post-Revolution, post-Cultural Revolution) reaches for self-expression, China's government is making massive investments in design and innovation, supporting design and creative activities (including design education programs, innovation parks, and privatized companies) at the local and national levels. The goal is to stimulate economic growth--and to establish China as a global creative power. Influenced by Mao and Confucius, communism and capitalism, patriotism and cosmopolitanism, China's third generation will drive the culture of design and innovation in China--and maybe the rest of the world. Justice describes and documents examples of Chinese design and innovation that range from ancient ceramics to communist propaganda posters. She then explores current award-winning projects in media, fashion, graphic, interior, and product design; and examines the lifestyle and purchasing trends of the "fourth generation," now in their teens and twenties. China's Design Revolution offers an essential guide to the inextricably entwined stories of design, culture, and politics in China.
Evolution of Haviland China Design
| Author | : Nora Travis |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Book for Collectors w |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780764310973 |
Beautiful photography illustrates the evolution of Haviland china from its beginnings in the 1840s through the twentieth century. From the early multifloral and botanical designs, through the Japanese influence, the Impressionist, Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles, to patterns and shapes of the mid-twentieth century. Many of the patterns are cataloged by Schleiger numbers, the form of pattern identification preferred by most Haviland matchers. Rounding out the presentation are a listing of back marks and current market prices that are included with the captions.
A History of Design Institutes in China
| Author | : Charlie Q. L. Xue |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2018-07-11 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 135135678X |
A History of Design Institutes in China examines the intricate relationship between design institutes, the state, and, in later periods, the market economy through a carefully situated discussion of significant theoretical and historical issues including socialist utopia, collective and individual design, structural transformation, and architectural exportation, amongst others. It shows how, over the past six decades, China’s design institutes have served the state’s strategy for socialist construction and urbanisation to create socioeconomic and cultural value. Through first-hand research, authors Xue and Ding reveal how the tensions between pragmatism, creativity, collaboration, and resistance have played a crucial role in defining architectural production. Appealing to academics, researchers, and graduate students, this book provides a much-needed contribution to the discourse on architectural history, building practices, and policymaking in contemporary China.
Learning from China
| Author | : Shonquis Moreno |
| Publisher | : Frame Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2021 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9492311496 |
This book showcases 50 pioneering retail projects in China and explores them as windows into the industry’s future. As e-commerce uproots the norms and conventions of physical retail, Chinese retailers are showing the way forward. What can designers, architects and industry leaders learn from this melting pot of innovation? Departing from Frame’s successful Powershopseries, Learning from China showcases 50 retail designs developed by a troupe of national and international designers in China. From multifunctional lifestyle destinations and food kiosks to multi-brand stores and themed pop-ups, this curated selection of case studies provides a window into the future of the industry. Features •This 320-page reference book collects 50 pioneering retail designs in China. •The book explores the multifunctional lifestyle destinations and food kiosks to multi-brand stores and themed pop-ups that are setting the scene in the Chinese retail. •Featured projects are accompanied by descriptive text, stunning photography, drawings and sketches, and designer profiles in four to eight pages features. •Each of the book’s four chapters is prefaced by a short introduction highlighting leading trends in the retail industry in China. •Closing the chapters, key takeaways provide an indispensable tool for interior designers, architects and clients alike as we tackle the future of the brick-and-mortar store.
Learning from Shenzhen
| Author | : Mary Ann O'Donnell |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 314 |
| Release | : 2017-02-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 022640126X |
This multidisciplinary volume, the first of its kind, presents an account of China’s contemporary transformation via one of its most important yet overlooked cities: Shenzhen, located just north of Hong Kong. In recent decades, Shenzhen has transformed from an experimental site for economic reform into a dominant city at the crossroads of the global economy. The first of China’s special economic zones, Shenzhen is today a UNESCO City of Design and the hub of China’s emerging technology industries. Bringing China studies into dialogue with urban studies, the contributors explore how the post-Mao Chinese appropriation of capitalist logic led to a dramatic remodeling of the Chinese city and collective life in China today. These essays show how urban villages and informal institutions enabled social transformation through cases of public health, labor, architecture, gender, politics, education, and more. Offering scholars and general readers alike an unprecedented look at one of the world’s most dynamic metropolises, this collective history uses the urban case study to explore critical problems and possibilities relevant for modern-day China and beyond.
Design with Nature Now
| Author | : Frederick R. Steiner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2019-10-15 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781558443938 |
In 1969, Ian McHarg's seminal book, Design with Nature, set forth a new vision for regional planning using natural systems. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, a team of landscape architects and planners from PennDesign have showcased some of the most advanced ecological design projects in the world today. Written in clear language and featuring vivid color images, Design with Nature Now demonstrates McHarg's enduring influence on contemporary practitioners as they contend with climate change and other 21st-century challenges.
The Rise of Biodesign
| Author | : Mary Polites |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2019-06-17 |
| Genre | : Design |
| ISBN | : 9787560881898 |
-To provide insight to the process which engages nature and design, this collection of work shines light on the educational methods currently being explored in China's top institutions Bio-inspired design is both simple and complex. Simple because it provides an easy reference to discuss ideas through a means we all can relate to and become inspired by - the natural world. The topic engages a spectrum of professionals, from environmental enthusiasts to design professionals and scientists. The complexity arises when we need to understand beyond what we see and understand how nature works. At many levels, we are still exploring how systems are inter-related and to decipher these relationships we have to look beyond the idealized inspiration. Throughout the world, research and development that focuses on bio-inspiration has been steadily increasing and is expected to continue to do so for the next two decades. Currently, China is one of the leaders in scholarly articles focusing on bio-inspiration. Although this topic is developing at an impressive rate, much of the public awareness of bio-inspiration and similar areas of research such as biomimetics and biomimicry is relatively unknown. Therefore, to provide insight into this process, this collection of work shines light on the methods currently being explored in China's top institutions.
Made in China, Designed in California, Criticised in Europe
| Author | : Mieke Gerritzen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2020-07-14 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9789063695873 |
When everything is destined to be designed, design disappears into the everyday. We simply do not see it anymore because it is everywhere. This is the vanishing act of design. At this moment, design registers its redundancy: our products, environments and services have been comprehensively improved. Everything has been designed to perfection and is under a permanent upgrade regime.Within such a paradigm, design is taken over by the capitalist logic of reproduction. But this does not come without conflicts, struggles and tensions. The most obvious of these, is that design is constantly being replaced. Our dispense culture prompts a yearning for longevity. The compulsion to delete brings alive a desire to retrieve objects, ideas and experiences that refuse to become obsolete. Society is growing more aware of sustainability and alert to the depletion of this world. For the ambitious designer, it is time to take the next step: designing the future with a more holistic consideration and approach. The book is a critical look at the design world with its various design disciplines and how these have developed in the past 10 years. Made in China, Designed in California, Criticised in Europeis for professional designers that care about design, the environment and how we live.
Chinese Graphic Design in Twentieth Centure
| Author | : Scott Minick |
| Publisher | : Thames and Hudson |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010-04-27 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 9780500288733 |
An astonishing collection of graphics, uncovered from long- forgotten sources, mostly in China itself. From posters and advertisements to book covers and magazines, this book presents a dazzling panoply of modern graphic design in China. Beginning with the basic traditions of Chinese graphics, the authors show how the writer and artist Lu Xun became the center of cultural revival in the new China. We see Art Deco coming to China in the Shanghai Style, and the birth of a dynamic national design style, born of Russian Constructivism and China’s own drive for new technology. The Socialist Realist art of Mao in turn adopted folk art traditions to fuel the Revolutionary machine, while the continuing search for a new identity can be seen in the graphic images of protest from the summer of 1989.
