Bruno Porto is a graphic designer, illustrator and educator based in Shanghai, China. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide, and he has acted as jury member for a number of awards and organisations, including SIB – Brazilian Illustrators Society and the Brazilian Graphic Designers Association. In addition to teaching at Raffles Design Institute in Shanghai, Bruno has...
Beijing Design Week 2011 will see the first Beijing International Design Triennial (BIDT) take place at the National Museum of China. The venue, located east of Tian’anmen Square, comprises of five halls and covers a total of 6000 square meters. Each hall will play host to one of five exhibitions organised by BIDT, and each exhibition (put together by...
Founded in 1998 by Virginie Fournier, Shanghai Trio combines traditional Chinese craftwork with a modern Western touch for its innovative products. The brand makes use of both refined and rough materials, from bamboo and organic cotton to modern plasticized cloth and yak down, to revive simple products inspired by everyday Chinese life. Shanghai Trio is also a workshop committed to...
Render © Zaha Hadid Architects Earlier this year, Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou Opera House opened to the public. Shaped to resemble two pebbles on the bank of the Pearl River, the building boasts a 1,800-seat theatre plus 400-seat multifunctional hall, rehearsal rooms and an entrance hall, with claims of “an ambition and optimism that will create future.” Zaha recently...
Adam Schokora and Sean Leow, NeochaEDGE co-founders NeochaEDGE is both a Shanghai-based creative agency and a bilingual web-magazine dedicated to celebrating Chinese creativity. As an agency, NeochaEDGE represents a wide range of upcoming Chinese creative talent (from various disciplines) under the EDGE Creative Collective. This is cleverly complimented by an web-magazine, which showcases the inspiring content from these young designers,...
Plastered8 T-shirts is China’s first street brand, and was founded by self-proclaimed creative dictator, Dominic Johnson-Hill. The brand celebrates iconic imagery taken from Beijing’s streets and “plasters” them on t-shirts. Everyday design is inspiration – from neon signs framing karaoke halls, to delicate acrobatic twists and illegal sticker ads. We caught up with Dominic this month to discuss his...
British photographer and videographer, Sean Gallagher (who we interviewed in May), was recently awarded a second grant by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The result is a body of work that addresses a quiet crisis taking place in China’s wetlands, which cover some 65 million hectares, ranking first in Asia and representing 10% of the world’s total wetlands....
Featuring designs that reflect China’s cultural richness, the Paper Tiger Shanghai collection comprises of contemporary, colourful and energetic gift papers made from 100% recycled paper and soy-based inks. The brand mixes traditional with contemporary to make gift wrapping fun and expressive for the giver, as well as special for the receiver. Born and raised in New York, but of...
Originally launched in 2005, Get It Louder (GIL) has been dubbed China’s “most influential and closely watched exhibition of emerging talent across creative disciplines.” Whether it can claim ownership of that title – as most exhibitions do in China – is another matter. However, with work from upcoming designers to Carsick Cars frontman, Zhang Shouwang, Ai Weiwei and Charlie...
Based in Beijing, Khaki Creative & Design co-founder and creative director, Nod Young, is a prolific artist whose passion lies in typography and graphic design. He draws heavily on Chinese culture and tradition to inform his working process, and has continuously pushed the boundaries of creativity in China, a country in which art and design are still in their...
