A group blog about Chinese tech, media and design
Cool: TBWA’s Olympic ad for Adidas.
Makes sense? I don’t know — yes, there are many people in China and so I’m guessing the theme is something grandiose along the lines of “standing on the shoulder of billions.” But it’s looks a bit like they’re competing somewhere in hell…
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Alibaba ads spotted at the Hong Kong International Airport.
I’m back in Hong Kong for a few weeks, so if anyone here is interested in picking my brain (or chatting) over a cup of tea/coffee, drop me a line.
Previously blogged, China’s Internet Police, and now back with new animated, region-customized imagery. They float on-screen, on the bottom left, to show they’re watching. They also sometimes get in the way of the text (which I don’t quite understand).
Click on them will bring you to the their BBS, like this (please bear with my…
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This looks like a very cool undertaking. Collabor8 (C8) is an 8 week project that will run from the 28th of April to the 20th of June, bringing together Chinese and Australian designers in a series of online courses and discussions. It’s being put on by the Omnium Research group at the College of Fine Arts. It’s…
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Presenting Hong Kong’s most famous graffiti artist and typographer…
And it’s true — I do see his work around town, when I am home. Unfortunately, he passed away in July.
See the Chinese Wikipedia entry about him for more details.
Photo taken by Frank Chan…
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“We are very pleased to announce that 13th FIRA Roboworld Cup China 2008 will take place in Qingdao from 22-25 July, 2008. We would like to invite you to take part in the FIRA Cup and Congress.
13th FIRA RoboWorld Cup China 2008
Date: 22-25 July 2008
Venue: Shinan Software Park, Qingdao China”
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Remember the “Numa Numa” song, originally performed by the Moldovan band O-Zone (actual title of song = Dragostea din tei)?
It’s been a while since the song, the MTV and its spoofs were circulated around the internet, but I found a witty animated version today on Tudou that transliterated the Romanian words into…
Continue readingDJ麦啊喜: the Numa Numa song in China
鲍昆 Bao Kun is (according to billsdue) a renowned photographer in China, who joined the Chinese Photography Association in 1983 and also taught at the University of Science & Technology Beijing.
His photoblog has some great work, including a post (full of photos) about New Cities New Citizens:
Continue readingVeteran photographer: 鲍昆 Bao Kun
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