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Introduction to the exhibition by curators Lauren Parker and Hongxing Zhang [2m 00s]
Introduction to Shenzhen: Frontier City [1m 43s]
Introduction to Shanghai: Dream City [1m 27s]
Introduction to Beijing: Future City [2m 10s]
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Chronology
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Further Reading
Download the guide to books, papers/articles, journals, magazines and websites on design and architecture in contemporary China.
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WALLPAPERS
He Jun (MEWE Design Alliance),
Map of Shenzhen, 2007.
Commissioned by the V&A for China Design Now publication.
“Shenzen is an immigrant city and was created overnight. It is like a gigantic lottery game where each citizen has their equal chance of winning. By joining the numbered balls in ascending order, a map of Shenzhen appears and the winning numbers spell out the city’s name.”
– He Jun
Liu Zhizhi (MEWE Design Alliance),
Map of Shanghai, 2007.
Commissioned by the V&A for China Design Now publication.
“The pre–1949 city of Shanghai was known for it’s ever-illuminating neons. Modern-day Shanghai is keen to recapture this legacy of colour and sound. Outlining Shanghai with neon tubes, this map intends to portray a truly ever-glowing city” – Liu Zhizhi
Guang Yu (MEWE Design Alliance),
Map of northeast Beijing, 2007.
Commissioned by the V&A for China Design Now publication.
“Beijing churns out an infinite amount of printed papers daily, a testiment to the city’s unprecendented speed of development. Every piece of paper on the map is collected from the exact area of the city it represents.” – Guang Yu
