A group blog about Chinese tech, media and design
This year’s Met Gala had the unfortunate theme “China: Through the Looking Glass”, which was, according to their curators, “not about China per se, but about a China that exists as a collective fantasy.”
Um. Oookay.
But what did the 600 million or so internet users in “China per se” think about the…
Continue readingWhat the internet users in China thought about the China-themed Met Gala
In the years leading up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Fuwa (福娃, “dolls of good fortune”), the official Olympic mascots, were everywhere: on billboards, in TV ads, made into stuffed toys, and erected as mini-statues in malls and airports all across the country. Since then, hyper-cute anthropomorphic mascots designed through public contests have…
Continue readingMascots: the Cutest Social Police?
A fantastic account about growing up as a teen gamer in China – dodging parental fears of “videogame addiction,” finding meaning in leveling up and going cold turkey as she is forced to surrender her laptop.
From Haoyun Su:
Inspired by ProPublica’s StateFace, EyesAsia is a web font focusing on East Asia. In brief, you type a letter and get a mini map in return (open-sourced on Github). It includes the following shapes:
- East Asian countries, such as Japan and…
Continue readingAn icon font for Chinese provinces and East Asian countries
Endless Learning poster design for US & China Typographic Poster Exchange 2013.
More designs by the talented Fever Chu 朱安邦 on their Behance profile.
Our illustrated notes from some of the talks and panels we attended this week at Art Basel Hong Kong.
Into Asia: Publishing Asian Editions:
Digital Geographies: Net Art in China:
