Posts Tagged ‘beijing’
Decosterconcept
Mongolian sartorialists and military simplicity in an avant-garde collection Decoster Concept is a new design project created by Ziggy Chen (Chinese: Chen Xiang), a well-known fashion designer from Shanghai and founder of Decoster. Decoster Concept is a high level, conceptual label launched in the second half of 2011. The creative research behind the project, the attentive [...]
Beijing Taxi
“Beijing Taxi” – documentary, 75′, 2009 – documentary’s extract – produced by Invisibile Film. An encounter with Beijing’s taxi drivers before the Olympics, a dialogue peppered with many anecdotes and personal life experiences; a view from lower down, from a travelling car’s window, to face the latest dream of today’s China. The taxi drivers’ world as [...]
Liyuan Library in Huairou
Nestled in a wood, Liyang Library is a corner of peace in a small village of Huairou, on the outskirts of Beijing, just two hours away from the capital’s busy urban life. Designed by Li Xiaodong Studio, the library is a modern complement to a countryside village. In a booming country where rural life often [...]
The Same
Lin Tianmiao’s presents a thread-covered apocalypse at Beijing BCA After two years of absence from the art scene, Lin Tianmiao is back for the largest solo exhibition of her career with new works at Beijing Center for the Arts (BCA). As one of the most important Chinese contemporary female artists, she’s renowned internationally for her ability to transform threads [...]
My flat in Beijing
In the last years Chinese cities have seen a dramatic raise in real estate prices. Common People, the laobaixing (老百姓）of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou can hardly afford to buy a house. The government is showing its concern about this issue and it’s implementing new policies to limit price growth but it’s just a dog chasing [...]